Thank you to all the parents, alums, and friends that made it out to Regionals this weekend. For me, this weekend was the most enjoyable of my frisbee career. We dominated our opponents, but it was the way we dominated our opponents that made this weekend great. You might say that we're a team without superstars because we won as a team this weekend. I'd say that we were a team of 21 superstars that played as a team and dominated as a team this weekend.

We drew the 16-seeded University of Maine-Farmington in the first round. A new program, Maine-Farmington didn't have the disc skill or the athleticism to hang with B-Mo. Brown shook off the early morning cobwebs, threw and cut with precision and rattled off a 15-2 victory.

In the quarterfinals, B-Mo was matched up against Dartmouth. This was Brown's third game against Dartmouth this year, and despite winning the first two meeting comfortably, B-Mo had yet to bring their A game against these Ivy League opponents. Before the game, the captains and coaches set a goal: It was not enough to win 15-9, 15-4 was the score to shoot for. B-Mo was up to the challenge, they scrapped and fought on defense. When Dartmouth turned it over, they responded with great offensive efficiency. Brown turned the disc over 4 times the entire game! After a 15-3 win, Brown shook hands with the wide eyed Dartmouth players as lines like: "you guys were awesome" and "damn you guys are good" greeted B-Mo's ears.

Having won their first games so easily, the coaches were worried that B-Mo would come out flat in their semifinal match-up against the 4 seed, Amherst College. Extra effort was made to fire everyone up for the last match of the day. Responding well, Brown came out firing on all cylinders. In windy conditions, B-Mo defenders swarmed to every loose disc. On offense, handlers Jon Jay, CJ Hoppel and Paul Vandenberg pierced Amherst's cup with precision throws and Brown marched up the field for goal after goal. Final score, Brown 15-4.

On Sunday at 12:15, under moderate winds and a persistent drizzle, Brown played Tufts for the Regional Championship. Most followers of New England college ultimate had predicted this match-up for the finals. Over the season, Tufts and Brown had proven themselves at a different level from the rest of their regional competition. But if Tufts was a tier above the rest of New England, then Sunday's performance showed that Brown was a level above Tufts. The game started with a great layout block by experienced senior Will Arnold and ended with an exhilarating run-and-catch deep goal by freshman Ben Saper. Between, team defense carried the day for Brown. Many a time, Tufts handlers resorted to punting the disc down field at stall 9. Dan Macarthur's shut down defensive job on Tufts' main handler, a great layout block by Dave "the doc" Morgenroth, and an 11'6'' in the air defensive grab by springy Colin Mahoney were just some of the highlights. Offensively, Brown showed why their style of ultimate is superior. Working the disc up the open side of the field until Tufts poached the lane and then reversing it up the break-mark side for the goal. Brown took half 8-2 and the game 15-4.

B-Mo has come along way since Yale four weeks ago, a tournament in which they trailed Tufts 8-7 at the half (although they won the game). Nationals are in three weeks in Seattle, WA. If Brown can improve as much as they did in the weeks after Yale cup in the weeks leading up to Nationals, B-Mo will make a very strong run at the year's biggest tournament.

Neale Mahoney