In the Beginning...
Perhaps I should introduce myself. I am one of the founding members of the Women's team,
Disco Inferno. We started in the Spring of '89, and had a building season. We played an exciting final round
at regionals that year, but lost to SUNY Binghamton in a close game. The founding team memebers who I
remember and who you can add to your list are: Liza Engelberg, Joanna Power, Amy Armstrong, Danielle Z.,
Merrit Carey, and the women Brett listed (from B-Motion history, above) I'm sure there are more, but I can't
really think of them right now. The following season we continued to grow, losing a couple women and gaining
a few new ones.
We struggled for a while with a name. We tended to choose a different name for each tournament. We played as Methane Brownies, Apathy, and the 7Ds. There are stories behind these names, but I'll save those for another time. Finally, Laine Shapiro and I, who became co-captains in Spring of 90 (I think) named the team Disco Inferno which went into effect in the spring of 91, or the fall of 91. The name was inspired by our love of Disco, and of the song Disco Inferno. The musical classic, performed by the Tramps, provided many lines which we were then able to use as cheers (for example:"Our funk is flaming out of control," and our slogan, "Burn baby, burn").
Meanwhile...back to the game itself. We played hard for the first few years, but had a hard time with player turn-over. In the spring of 90 we played Weslyan in the final round at Regionals, but lost in a very close, heartbreaking game.
I really can't remember what happened in the Spring of 91. In the Spring of 92, we played regionals in Albany, my home town. Laine, one of our star players, was injured with stress fractures, but we played hard for the first day. If my memory serves me, we did well, only losing one game, to Weslyan. The following day, after a restful evening at my parent's house in the woods, we came back out, tired and sunburned. We won our first game, and had to play a final match for the wild card spot, against Weslyan. Laine took lots of Ibuprofen, and played for this match. We ended up winning the match, and qualifying for Nationals. It was an incredible moment for us all. We ended up flying out to Colorado, after Laine begged the University for some financial assistance, and after those of us who were graduating explained the situation to our parents who were coming to Providence for the weekend. We pretty much got crushed at Nationals. The next year was a transition year. It was Laine's last year, and I finished in December. We played during the Spring, and even qualified for Nationals over our Nemesis at that time, Columbia U. There's plenty more to that story, but that is also for another time.
I moved to California in the Fall of 93, so this is where my knowledge of Brown Ultimate ends.
-Katie Yezzi
We struggled for a while with a name. We tended to choose a different name for each tournament. We played as Methane Brownies, Apathy, and the 7Ds. There are stories behind these names, but I'll save those for another time. Finally, Laine Shapiro and I, who became co-captains in Spring of 90 (I think) named the team Disco Inferno which went into effect in the spring of 91, or the fall of 91. The name was inspired by our love of Disco, and of the song Disco Inferno. The musical classic, performed by the Tramps, provided many lines which we were then able to use as cheers (for example:"Our funk is flaming out of control," and our slogan, "Burn baby, burn").
Meanwhile...back to the game itself. We played hard for the first few years, but had a hard time with player turn-over. In the spring of 90 we played Weslyan in the final round at Regionals, but lost in a very close, heartbreaking game.
I really can't remember what happened in the Spring of 91. In the Spring of 92, we played regionals in Albany, my home town. Laine, one of our star players, was injured with stress fractures, but we played hard for the first day. If my memory serves me, we did well, only losing one game, to Weslyan. The following day, after a restful evening at my parent's house in the woods, we came back out, tired and sunburned. We won our first game, and had to play a final match for the wild card spot, against Weslyan. Laine took lots of Ibuprofen, and played for this match. We ended up winning the match, and qualifying for Nationals. It was an incredible moment for us all. We ended up flying out to Colorado, after Laine begged the University for some financial assistance, and after those of us who were graduating explained the situation to our parents who were coming to Providence for the weekend. We pretty much got crushed at Nationals. The next year was a transition year. It was Laine's last year, and I finished in December. We played during the Spring, and even qualified for Nationals over our Nemesis at that time, Columbia U. There's plenty more to that story, but that is also for another time.
I moved to California in the Fall of 93, so this is where my knowledge of Brown Ultimate ends.
-Katie Yezzi
