A Capella wrapped up a successful weekend at the Minnesota Ultimate Disc Invitational in Maple Plain Minnesota. The Open Division of the tournament saw 15 teams compete from Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Winnipeg. Out of the 15 teams A Capella was seeded thirteenth but finished 10th overall. They lost their first three games in pool play, but rebounded winning all three of their consolation games.
A Capella was placed as the fourth seed in Pool A. The pool included Climax, Blocka Cheddar and Wisconsin Hops. They finished 3rd, 2nd, and 6th respectfully but were seeded 1st, 8th and 13th. This was the group of death in which 3 of the four teams broke seed and the only team that didn't finished with two losses to the first and second place team.
In game one A Capella lost 15-1 against Blocka Cheddar. BC was made up of Masters division National contender Surly and Grey Ducks.
In game two A Capella lost 15-2 against Climax the perennially second best Open team in Minnesota.
In game three A Capella lost 15-4 against Wisconsin Hops. They also lost 13-4 against Hops in the MS Open.
That wrapped up pool play and for their first game of consolation they faced off against YCC Open B and won 15-8.
In their first game on Sunday, A Capella played against Male Men. Male Men was an open team created by Brandon Matis a Winona State Ultimate player that was part of the leadership of the Banana Slugs (The former team name of the A Capella Ultimate Club). In that game A Capella won in upset fashion.
In their final game, the boys of MOFO put up their closest fight yet. A Capella escaped with a 14-11 hard cap victory. MOFO put up a late run with four straight scores but failed to convert a downwind point to keep the game alive.
Breaking seed by 3 is a success and due to the poor seeding of 0-5 Imperial (9 seed), A Capella did not get a shot at facing off against the 8th or 9th place finishers YCC Open A and Mad Men. Their next competition will be August 2nd in Rochester Minnesota. ACU will be competing in the 3rd Annual Chuck Hermann Memorial Ultimate Tournament. ACU also competed in the 2nd Annual where they finished second losing 12-11 on universe point to a local area Rochester League Team.
It'll be championship or bust for ACU next weekend as this young team looks to continue its development.
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