State College Ultimate League

Welcome

Welcome to the State College Ultimate League (SCUL). This is a city league for summer play of the game of ultimate. We're looking forward to our 12th season of ultimate here in the summer of 09. This is a co-ed league and everyone is welcome, especially beginners! SCUL was created to generate interest in the game, to teach folks how the game should be played, and most importantly, to have fun!!! Sign up on our mailing list to get regular updates, or read below for more information.

The registration deadline has passed, but we are still accepting registrations from women for our 2009 summer league.

Rules

The most important aspect of the rules is regarding sportsmanship:

Ultimate has traditionally relied upon a spirit of sportsmanship which places the responsibility for fair play on the player. Highly competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of the bond of mutual respect between players, adherence to the agreed upon rules of the game, or the basic joy of play. Protection of these vital elements serves to eliminate adverse conduct from the Ultimate field. Such actions as taunting of opposing players, dangerous aggression, intentional fouling, or other "win-at-all-costs" behavior are contrary to the spirit of the game and must be avoided by all players.

If you've never played ultimate before, check out The Ultimate Handbook. This year we will be following 11th edition rules.

Spirit of the Game

Each year, we acknowledge ultimate players that play the game the way it should be played. The Andy Jacobson Spirit of the Game Award represents a commitment to good sportsmanship, fair play, and dedication to the sport of ultimate frisbee. Below are the previous winners of this award.

1999: Andy Jacobson
2000: Kris Boose
2001: Chris Brackbill
2002: Liz Marshall & Dave Hunter
2003: Danielle Berardi & Lenny Gugino
2004: Rob Borger & Sue Niezgoda
2005: Doug McLaughlin & Claudine Widmer
2006: Julie Danna & Benjy Romig
2007: Eliza Powell & Tim Roberts
2008: Kelly Borra & Brian Rowan
2009: Melissa May & Ray Liu

*To nominate a player for the SOTG Award, email Mike Duffey with a short paragraph about why that player deserves the SOTG Award. Voting will take place during the playoffs to determine the winners.

Rosters

All people who completed registration forms and paid dues before the registration deadline have been placed in the SCUL lottery and drafted to teams. Each year a lottery committee drafts teams in an effort to make teams as evenly matched as possible. As a reminder, baggage requests are only accepted for couples and experience players who are bringing novice players into the league.

Here are the current rosters for our 2009 summer league!

Schedule / Results

Below is the schedule for the 2009 summer league season. We will be playing on Thursday nights again. The first round of games usually begin at 7 pm and the feature game begins around 9 pm. Checkout the weekly highlights after each week by clicking on the date!

A word about weather: We will play in light rain, but not a driving rainstorm. We will not play if there is lightning in the area!!! Do not take shelter under trees if there is lightning! Go to your cars and await further instructions. In general, we will resume play 15 minutes after lightning has passed the area and/or is has stopped raining hard.

	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Feature Game	Bye
May 28	Scrimmage Night
June 4	White def. Yellow 15 - 13	Green def. Purple 15 - 8	Orange def. Black 15 - 12	Blue def. Red 15 - 8	Pink
June 11	Purple def. Yellow 15 - 12	Black def. Blue 15 - 10	Red def. Pink 15 - 8	White def. Green 15 - 6	Orange
June 18	White def. Purple 15 - 9	Green def. Yellow 13 - 6	Blue def. Pink 15 - 8	Orange def. Red 14 - 13	Black
June 25	White def. Blue 15 - 3	Green def. Orange 15 - 12	Pink def. Purple 15 - 9	Black def. Yellow 15 - 7	Red
June 30*	White def. Red 15 - 1	Orange def. Yellow 15 - 11	Black def. Purple 15 - 4	Green def. Pink 14 - 12	Blue
July 9	Blue def. Yellow 15 - 12	Green def. Red 15 - 11	Orange def. Pink 15 - 10	White def. Black 15 - 12	Purple
July 16	White def. Orange 15 - 5	Yellow def. Red 11 - 9	Pink def. Black 15 - 8	Blue def. Purple 15 - 10	Green
July 23	White def. Pink 15 - 13	Green def. Blue 14 - 12	Red def. Black 15 - 10	Orange def. Purple 15 - 14	Yellow
July 30	Green def. Black 15 - 12	Purple def. Red 15 - 3	Orange def. Blue 15 - 11	Pink def. Yellow 14 - 13	White
Playoffs	Playoffs will be held July 30 and August 6, 8, & 9. We will have two pools of teams play each other; after which, the top two teams in each pool will move on to the semifinals. Placement in the pools will be based on regular season standings. Pool A will be teams 1,4,5,8,9. Pool B will be teams 2,3,6,7. Pool games and the semifinals will be played to 13, the finals will be played to 15. Pool rankings will be based on win-loss, head-to-head, then point differential.
	Pool A		Pool B
July 30 9:15 pm	White def. Yellow 13 - 9	Blue def. Red 13 - 8			Pool B and Black
Aug. 6 7:00 pm	White def. Black 13 - 4	Yellow def. Red 15 - 14	Pink def. Green 13 - 10	Purple def. Orange 13 - 9	Blue
Aug. 6 9:15 pm	Yellow def. Blue 13 - 11	Black def. Red 13 - 8	Orange def. Pink 13 - 9	Purple def. Green 13 - 7	White
Aug. 8 9:30 am	White def. Red 13 - 7	Black def. Blue 13 - 10	Orange def. Green 15 - 14	Pink def. Purple 13 - 6	Yellow
Aug. 8 11:30 am	White def. Blue 13 - 11	Yellow def. Black 13 - 10			Pool B and Red
Aug. 8 2:00 pm	Semifinal #1 White def. #2 Purple 13 - 6		Semifinal #2: Pink def. Yellow 13 - 11
Aug. 9 1:00 pm	White def. Pink 15 - 11 Congratulations "On Rice" for winning the SCUL 2009 Championship!

*June 30th is the Tuesday before July 4th. We will be playing games that night instead of Thursday to allow for vacation schedules.

Standings

Standings will be posted below throughout the season. The standings are based on win-loss, point differential, then head-to-head.

Seed Team W L Points
For Points
Against Diff

1 (A1) White 8 0 120 62 +58

2 (B1) Green 7 1 107 88 +19

3 (B2) Orange 6 2 106 101 +5

4 (A2) Blue 4 4 96 97 -1

5 (A3) Black 3 5 99 96 +3

6 (B3) Pink 3 5 95 104 -9

7 (B4) Purple 2 6 84 105 -21

8 (A4) Red 2 6 75 103 -28

9 (A5) Yellow 1 7 85 111 -26

Pool A

Team W L Points
For Points
Against Diff

White 4 0 52 31 21

Yellow 3 1 50 48 2

Black 2 2 40 44 -4

Blue 1 3 45 47 -2

Red 0 4 39 54 -15

Pool B

Team W L Points
For Points
Against Diff

Pink 2 1 35 29 6

Purple 2 1 32 29 3

Orange 2 1 37 36 1

Green 0 3 31 41 -10

Contacts

Commissioner Mike Duffey mjd277@psu.edu

Treasurer Jenni Evans jle7@psu.edu

Competition Committee Bruce Lord, Herschel Tubbs bel@psu.edu , skyedisc@hotmail.com

Outreach Committee Brian Rowan (website), Kris Boose, & Timmer brianclc123@yahoo.com, krisboose@comcast.net, timmer21@netzero.com

Location

This year, we are returning to our traditional home on West Campus fields.

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Links

SCUL Mailing List
If you know that you're ready to join our league and want to get the latest news, go here and join our e-mail list.

Ultimate Players' Association
The sanctioning organizations for tournaments and outreach for the sport of Ultimate. Also the maintainer of official rules.

Discraft
Discraft is the manufacturer of the official Ultimate disc, the Ultrastar.

Isis
Penn State's ultimate frisbee club for women.

Spank
Penn State's ultimate frisbee club for men.