Conference Championships Results

So we traveled down to Youngstown NY for Conference Championships... the entire weekend was a weather disaster, but it was fun to play and a great experience for the team. We fought through rain and wind and mud on both days (followed by hot showers and a good meal on Saturday night) to finish the weekend as number 1.

Saturday's games were played against RIT (13-0), Cornell B Thorny Roses (12-2), Cornell A Wild Roses (13-2) and SUNY-Buffalo (13-0). 

Both games against Cornell (A and B teams) were the toughest of Saturday's match-ups. After a close game with Cornell at Keystone Classic earlier in the pre-series season, the Gee-Gees were determined not to let the same thing happen again here at Conference Championships. The athleticism from both teams made these games go the full time length, however the Gee-Gees offense would not be stopped today. With huge hucks from Merk, and consistent zone-O play from handlers Rock and BJ, the Gee-Gees would always find their way into the endzone for a score, with a significant number of points being scored by our speedy cutter Gab. Gee-Gees rookie Tessa Van Leeuwen made some stellar layout D's and had a handblock against Cornell's Wild Roses which amped up the team even further.

Walking up and down the sideline to give sideline help made for more mud puddles to splash through, although that didn't stop anyone from storming the field point after point to celebrate with our team as they conquered on the field.

Sunday's games started off cloudy with peeks of sunshine now and then - we were SO happy!

Walking through opponents Syracuse (13-0) and Rochester (13-0) brought us back to Cornell A - the Wild Roses - for the WNY Conference Championship final. Cornell played a zone-D the entire game, almost taking it right into the endzone before melting to a man-to-man defense. With the high winds (tracked at 35-40km/hour!), this started as a good idea. We started on offense and took the first point, making the game 1-0 Ottawa. However, Cornell took the next 3 points (1-3 Cornell), then Ottawa took 3 points... and so forth... with the Gee-Gee's getting smarter on the field and finally taking half.

There were definitely more turnovers than there needed to be, from both teams. However, we'll say that the hail that started halfway through the game added to that, as running into the hail was slightly blinding and got cold on the hands after a while.

The soft-cap concluded that the game would wrap up at 11 points, and the final score ended up being 11-8 Ottawa. A bit drawn out, but we're working on improving our mistakes : )

See you at Regional Championships Cornell!

See all final scores from WNY Conference Championships HERE

Keep up to date with the Ottawa womens scores: http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#college-womens/team/5797