UPA 2003 COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS
University of Michigan
Coaches: Miriam Allersma and Martha Carlson
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Players: | ||
| 00 - Lisa Lau | Senior | 5'6" |
| 3 - Alyssa Wood | Senior | 5'8" |
| 4 - Emily Walton | Senior | 5'8" |
| 5 - Melissa Wu | Senior | 5'9" |
| 7 - Kate Teeter | Grad Student | 5'9" |
| 8 - Suzanne Lambert | Senior | 5'5" |
| 13 - Michelle Koo | Senior | 5'4" |
| 15 - Marie LaVictoire | Grad Student | 5'6" |
| 16 - Jess Roberts | Grad Student | 5'8" |
| 17 - Jenny Hsieh | Sophomore | 5'3" |
| 18 - Robin Bravender | Sophomore | 5'5" |
| 19 - Sarah Hews | Sophomore | 5'3" |
| 21 - Monica Heger | Senior | 5'8" |
| 22 - Erin Murphy | Senior | 5'8" |
| 25 - Stephanie Bailey | Sophomore | 5'2" |
| 33 - Kate Hutchens | Freshman | 5'6" |
| 34 - Mollie Edgar | Sophomore | 5'2" |
| 55 - Joey Begg | Junior | 5'6" |
Flywheel ultimate has grown tremendously in the last several years. We've grown from being forced to play savage at some tournaments, to having enough people to field two full teams. This year we are composed of 7 seniors, a handful of returners and several rookies. Almost all of us come from a sports background prior to discovering ultimate, including cross-country, soccer, basketball, volleyball, crew and softball.
After losing a strong core of seniors last year, we weren't sure how this season was going to shape up. We started off a little rocky in the fall, but through intense conditioning and practices we have built ourselves a strong team, traveling to Arctic Vogue, Stanford, Terminus, South Bend, and Spring Phling. We played tight games against Duke and Oregon at Stanford, losing by only 2. At Terminus we won the C pool, beating Delaware in the finals. We won the South Bend Invite in a tight game against Notre Dame; and at Spring Phling we made it to the semis, losing to Wisconsin by only a few. Still feeling the sting of last year's disappointing loss to Indiana in the semis of Regionals, we came out this year working harder than ever. We beat Notre Dame in the finals, to take our region, and are very excited to be making our first Nationals appearance since 1990.