{"id":1419,"date":"2019-08-29T20:33:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T20:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2019-08-30T12:02:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T12:02:06","slug":"cuc-2019-mixed-division-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/2019\/08\/29\/cuc-2019-mixed-division-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"CUC 2019: Mixed Division Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ultimate Canada Magazine \u2013 August 2<\/em>9
Written by: Etienne Fournier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

** English version follows **<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R\u00e9sum\u00e9 Mixte [Pres\u00e9nt\u00e9 par Discraft]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le pr\u00e9-classement de la division Master Mixte est un exercice p\u00e9rilleux. Celui de la division Mixte l\u2019est encore plus. Toutes les 20 \u00e9quipes qualifi\u00e9es pour le CUC 2019 tenu \u00e0 Brampton Ontario visaient la m\u00e9daille d\u2019Or. Andrew Batchelor, le directeur comp\u00e9titif de l\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement nous confiait que 14 de ces \u00e9quipes pouvaient esp\u00e9rer prendre part au quart de finale. Anchor (Atlantique) \u00e9tait class\u00e9e #1. La pression serait \u00e9norme pour l\u2019\u00e9quipe championne de 2018, Pretty Boys & Handsome Girls (MB).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo\/ Daniel Ngai<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

La pression sur les champions d\u00e9fendant s\u2019est av\u00e9r\u00e9 telle qu\u2019ils ont perdu d\u00e8s les pr\u00e9-quarts de finale contre PB&HG (Manitoba #5). TT (CB, #8) a \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019autre pr\u00e9-class\u00e9e dans le top qui a vu ses espoir arr\u00eat\u00e9s en pr\u00e9-quart suite \u00e0 leur d\u00e9faite contre Union (Ontario, #4). Ces deux matchs se sont termin\u00e9s par une seul point d\u2019\u00e9cart. Pour ce qui est des surprises plus pr\u00e9visibles, Lab (Montr\u00e9al, #13) et Iceberg (Qu\u00e9bec, #11) se sont qualifi\u00e9es pour les quarts de finale. Les alignements de ces deux \u00e9quipes pr\u00e9sentaient des athl\u00e8tes aguerris et habitu\u00e9s \u00e0 comp\u00e9titionner \u00e0 haut niveau. Ils avaient le potentiel d\u2019aller loin dans ce championnat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quart de finale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les deux quarts du haut de tableau pr\u00e9sentaient 3 \u00e9quipes du Qu\u00e9bec tandis que les deux quarts du bas de tableau pr\u00e9sentaient 4 \u00e9quipes de l\u2019Ontario. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lab a vaincu Iceberg 14-10 dans un match o\u00f9 l\u2019athl\u00e9tisme et les habilet\u00e9s ont \u00e9t\u00e9 mises de l\u2019avant. Les deux \u00e9quipe se connaissaient tr\u00e8s et avaient plusieurs proches amiti\u00e9s. L\u2019autre quart de finale du haut de tableau opposait Battleship (Qu\u00e9bec, #6) et PB&HG. L\u2019\u00e9quipe qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise l\u2019a emport\u00e9 12-10. Battleship a pris la premi\u00e8re demie 8-2 et a su maintenir son avance malgr\u00e9 la pression exerc\u00e9e par les Manitobains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les autres quarts de finales, toutes ontariennes, ont offertes des matchs extr\u00eamement serr\u00e9s. Force (#7) a vaincu sur point universel Khaos (#2) apr\u00e8s que ces derniers ait men\u00e9 pendant presque toute la partie. L\u2019autre quart devait aussi se terminer par un seul point de diff\u00e9rence en faveur de Soup (#3) contre Union (#4) dans un match o\u00f9 l\u2019esprit sportif a \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9rieusement malmen\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demies finales<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

La premi\u00e8re demie finale a \u00e9t\u00e9 toute qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise, opposant l\u2019exp\u00e9rience de Lab \u00e0 Battleship qui a chang\u00e9 pr\u00e8s de la moiti\u00e9 de son alignement en d\u00e9but de saison. La profondeur de l\u2019alignement de Lab l\u2019a finalement emport\u00e9 sur Battleship 15-8, qualifiant Lab pour la finale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019autre demie finale a \u00e9t\u00e9 toute ontarienne. Le mouvement de disque continu et la d\u00e9fensive serr\u00e9e de Soup a eu raison de Force par le compte de 15-7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Match pour le Bronze<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les deux \u00e9quipes bataillant pour le Bronze se connaissaient bien pour s\u2019\u00eatre affront\u00e9es plusieurs fois au cours des derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. Ces affrontements se sont g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement termin\u00e9s par un faible \u00e9cart en faveur de Battleship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le capitaine de l\u2019\u00e9quipe qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise, le #18 Kevin Guillemette, a fait ce qu\u2019on attendait de lui; bouger le disque, s\u2019offrir en soutien et alimenter le jeu long. Le #32 Peter Mapp, bas\u00e9 \u00e0 Ottawa a lui aussi connu un fort match pour Battleship; il s\u2019est offert comme cible pour le jeu long et a gagn\u00e9 plusieurs batailles a\u00e9riennes, inscrivant 3 points dans la match pour le bronze. Andr\u00e9anne L\u00e9gar\u00e9 #87 a donn\u00e9 a Battleship une s\u00e9rieuse option sur la victoire en inscrivant un point Callahan malgr\u00e9 son petit gabarit sur un disque flottant qui, malgr\u00e9 son petit gabarit, elle a su attrap\u00e9 parmi l\u2019amoncellement de joueurs dans la zone de point de Force. Genevi\u00e8ve Richard #14 de Sherbrooke a  s\u00e9curis\u00e9 une avance de 2 points tard dans la deuxi\u00e8me demie quelques instants avant que la sir\u00e8ne qui annonce le dernier point du match. Du c\u00f4t\u00e9 de Force, Caitlind Lusty #25 a \u00e9t\u00e9 dominante tant dans ses trac\u00e9s qu\u2019en d\u00e9fensive tandis que le #9 Tyler Sadler a assur\u00e9 une belle distribution de disque. Les exploits de ces deux joueurs ne devaient suffir pour contenir Battleship qui a tout simplement gagn\u00e9 plus de batailles individuelles que Force.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u00e9daille d\u2019Or<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo\/ Daniel Ngai<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Les attentes \u00e9taient \u00e9lev\u00e9es pour la finale qui a oppos\u00e9 Lab \u00e0 Soup. Les joueurs des deux \u00e9quipes savaient \u00e0 quoi s\u2019attendre de l\u2019adversaire. Ils se sont souvent affronter dans diff\u00e9rentes \u00e9quipes au cours des pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes ann\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les deux \u00e9quipes ont \u00e9chang\u00e9 l\u2019avance 5 fois au cours de la seule premi\u00e8re mi-temps. Andr\u00e9 Arsenault #13 de Lab a tranch\u00e9 le d\u00e9bat en inscrivant le 8\u00e8 point de son \u00e9quipe pour confirmer une courte avance de 8-7 \u00e0 la mi-temps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soup a r\u00e9pondu en attaquant la deuxi\u00e8me mi-temps avec deux points bris cons\u00e9cutifs. Malgr\u00e9 le doute qu\u2019a provoqu\u00e9 cette pouss\u00e9e, l\u2019\u00e9quipe qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise s\u2019est ressaisie en inscrivant deux bris sans r\u00e9ponse, prenant la premi\u00e8re avance de 2 points du match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soup a fait preuve d\u2019une r\u00e9silience extraordinaire. Contrairement \u00e0 ce qu\u2019elle nous a habitu\u00e9, Julie Landry #11 de Lab a rat\u00e9 une passe de routine qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 intercept\u00e9 par le Kielan Way #13. Quelques secondes plus tard, Way a attrap\u00e9 en lame lanc\u00e9e par Joel Bellavance #11 malgr\u00e9 la pression de deux d\u00e9fenseurs. Ce point bris a cr\u00e9\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9 13-13. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lab a r\u00e9pondu en inscrivant leur 14\u00e8 point en offensive. On s\u2019attendait \u00e0 ce qu\u2019un point universel soit n\u00e9cessaire pour d\u00e9terminer qui gagnerait l\u2019Or. C\u2019est encore Andr\u00e9 Arsenault #13 qui a tranch\u00e9 le d\u00e9bat en sortant de nul part pour intercepter une passe pr\u00e8s de la zone de point de Soup. Arsenault a remis rapidement \u00e0 Kevin Quinlan #81 pour ensuite s\u2019ouvrir quelques secondes plus tard dans la zone payante et confirmer le point de la victoire. Lab a ainsi gagn\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d\u2019Or apr\u00e8s une bataille \u00e9pique entre les deux \u00e9quipes en pr\u00e9sence, chacune ayant \u00e9t\u00e9 contraintes de se battre pour chaque espace, chaque passes et chaque points. Lab devient ainsi la premi\u00e8re \u00e9quipe qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise mixte \u00e0 devoir organiser \u00c9quipe Canada pour les Mondiaux 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MVP Miguel Goderre with VC’s Jess Richard. Photo\/ Daniel Ngai.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Joueur le plus utile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miguel Goderre # 27 de Lab s\u2019est m\u00e9rit\u00e9 le titre de joueur le plus utile, inscrivant 3 points dans la finale en plus d\u2019avoir agit comme passeur principal tout au long du tournoi. Julie Landry #11 a aussi connu un tr\u00e8s fort match comme passeuse, inscrivant aussi 2 points et 1 passe pour le point. Joel Bellavance #11 de Soup a \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s solide pour circuler le disque tandis que sa co-\u00e9quipi\u00e8re Birkley Davis #16 a inscrivant 1 point en plus de sa contribution significative en attaque et en d\u00e9fensive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esprit sportif malmen\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tout comme pour la division Master Mixte, Soup et Lab ont termin\u00e9 dans les bas fonds du classement pour l\u2019esprit sportif. Seulement une \u00e9quipe du top 8 finale a atteint le top 8 de l\u2019esprit sportif (PB&HG a termin\u00e9 au 8\u00e8 rang g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et de l\u2019esprit sportif). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019ultimate mixte est en bonne sant\u00e9 au pays. Gagner avec un esprit sportif n\u2019est pas une option; c\u2019est la base m\u00eame du sport. C\u2019est la responsabilit\u00e9 de tous les athl\u00e8tes et de tous les leaders d\u2019\u00e9quipes de s\u2019assurer que victoires et esprit sportif demeurent indissociables. L\u2019esprit sportif doit faire partie du livre de jeu, du plan de match et des crit\u00e8res de s\u00e9lection aux essais. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixed Division Recap [Presented by Discraft]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master Mixed division seeding is tricky. Mixed division is even trickier. The 20 teams qualified to attend CUC 2019 in Brampton in the mixed division were all shooting for the Gold medal. According to Andrew Batchelor, the Competition Director of the tournament, 14 of these teams had a legitimate bid to the quarters. Anchor (Atlantic) was seeded #1. The pressure would be great on the defending champion, Pretty Boys & Handsome Girls (MB). Indeed, the pressure had proven greater than expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo\/ Daniel Ngai<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

First upset; the defending champion ambition to defend their title was stopped in pre-quarters in a very tight battle against PB&HG (Manitoba #5). TT (BC, #8) was another initially seeded top 8 team not qualifying for quarters, losing to Union (Ontario, #4) by a second pre-quarter game ending with a 1 point differential. Other upset, this one more predictable, was to see Lab (Montreal, #13) & Iceberg (Quebec, #11) qualify for quarters. Both teams lined-up very experienced and skilful rosters built to go far into this championship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quarterfinals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top two quarter brackets featured three teams from Quebec, and one from Manitoba, while the bottom two brackets were all four Ontario teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lab took Iceberg in a great athletic match-up favouring Lab 14-10. The 2 teams knew each other having friendship across both teams. The other quarters featured Battleship (Quebec, #6) who took over PB&HG 12-10 in a game where Battleship was able to hang on to an 8-2 lead at half regardless of a great come back from the Manitoba team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo\/ Daniel Ngai<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The four Ontario teams in the two other quarter-finals offered tremendously tight games until the end. Force (#7) upset Khaos (#2) on universe point after the latest had led almost all game long. The other quarter-final ended by Soup\u2019s (#3) victory over Union (#4) in what was a low spirited game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first semi would be an all Quebec one, the experienced Lab facing off Battleship who handled an almost 50% player turn over to start the season. Experience and depth would finally win the game; Lab was too strong for Battleship. They earned their spot for Gold with a 15-8 victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other semi-final would be an all-Ontario one. Soup’s constant disc movement and intense defense would be overwhelming for Force to manage. Soup qualified for the final with a 15-7 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bronze medal game<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two teams facing off in the bronze medal game knew each other fairly well, having played one another many times over the last 2 years. Each of those face offs resolved in a very tight output, almost all favouring Battleship. The Quebec team co-captain, #18 Kevin Guillemette did what he excels at; moving the disc around, getting open for resets and fire long throws. Ottawa based Peter Mapp #32 would also do what he does best for Battleship; offering long options and winning aerial battles, scoring three times in the Bronze medal game. Battleship\u2019s Andr\u00e9anne L\u00e9gar\u00e9 #87 would give her team a serious option on the medal by scoring a callahan, catching a floaty disc through the mingle of significantly taller players. Sherbrooke based Genevi\u00e8ve Richard #14 scored a break point late in the second half, securing her team a two-point lead a few minutes before the hard cap horn. Battleship finally won 10-7. Force\u2019s #25 Caitlind Lusty’s dominant cutting & defending and #9 Tyler Sadler’s great disc movement were not sufficient to offset Battleship earning their Bronze by winning a greater number of individual battles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gold medal game<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expectations were high for Lab vs Soup Gold medal game. Most of the two teams’ players had played one another many times in the past.  Both teams exchanged lead 5 times in the first half. Lab\u2019s Andr\u00e9 Arsenault #13 closed the debate scoring the 8th point for Lab in order to get to half leading 8-7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soup responded strongly by starting the second half with 2 consecutive breaks. Lab’s experienced roster started to have doubts. The Montreal based team would erase those two breaks a few points later scoring three in a row to take a 12-10 lead, earning the first two points lead of the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soup displayed amazing resiliency. Lab\u2019s Julie Landry #11 threw an uncharacteristic unforced error pass into Kielan Way #13 hands. A few seconds later, Way caught a difficult blady pass from handler Joel Bellavance #11 while being pressured by two Lab defenders. This breakpoint put both teams at 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2019 CUC Mixed Division Champions, Lab. Photo\/ Daniel Ngai<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Lab got the lead back by scoring their 14th point on offense. A universal point seemed necessary to define who would drive home with a Gold medal around their neck. Although, Lab\u2019s Andr\u00e9 Arsenault #13 came out of nowhere to intercept an up-the-line pass from Soup near their end zone. Arsenault quickly dished the disc to Kevin Quinlan #81 who quickly fed #13 back in the end zone. Universe point would not be required. Lab won Gold 15-13 in an epic battle where both teams fought for every inch, every pass and every goal. Watch the Gold medal game here.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MVPs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miguel Goderre # 27 from Lab was named the MVP, scoring three points in the final and acting as a primary handler through the Gold medal game. Julie Landry #11 had also a great impact as a handler, having two goals and one assist. Soup\u2019s Joel Bellavance #11 was very good at moving the disc while Birkley Davis #16 scored one point and contributed significantly with great cutting and exceptional person to person defense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Low Spirit ranking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similar to the Mixed Master division, Soup and Lab finished 2nd and 3rd last in spirit. Only one of the final top 8 teams made it to the top 8 in spirit (PB&HG finished 8th for spirit and ranking). Mixed Ultimate is very healthy in the country. Winning with spirit is not a nice to have; it is the sole foundation of the sport. It is up the all the players and team leaders to ensure that victory and spirit go hand in hand at all levels. It should be a part of every team’s playbook, game plan and try-out criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gold – Lab (QC)
Silver – Soup (ON)
Bronze – Battleship (QC)
Spirit – Quakers (QC)
MVP – Miguel Goderre
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Ultimate Canada Magazine \u2013 August 29Written by: Etienne Fournier ** English version follows ** R\u00e9sum\u00e9 Mixte [Pres\u00e9nt\u00e9 par Discraft] Le pr\u00e9-classement de la division Master Mixte est un exercice p\u00e9rilleux. Celui de la division Mixte l\u2019est encore plus. Toutes les 20 \u00e9quipes qualifi\u00e9es pour le CUC 2019 tenu \u00e0 Brampton Ontario visaient la m\u00e9daille d\u2019Or. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[250,111,26,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1419"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1447,"href":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419\/revisions\/1447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}