We attended 3 tournaments: Easterns, Carleton Invite, and Canadian Nationals.
Easterns: after a loss to McGill on day one, the Gee-Gees cleaned up their act and rolled through the remaining teams to win it all. Saturday saw pool play against McGill, Toronto A, and McMaster. Saturday's games were against Toronto B, Western, Guelph, and finals versus Queens. The Queens came was tight, with Ottawa pulling ahead near the end to win the tournament.
Carleton Invite: Ottawa scrimmaged Carleton, Queens and McGill, beating Queens and McGill and losing to Carleton. This mini-tournament gave experience for the Gee-Gees, who played these games without key starters Brianna Jaffray, Kathryn Pohran, and Vivianne Fortin.
Nationals: Ottawa attended the three day tournament in Waterloo. The team played all weekend long in extremely poor weather conditions - we're talking wind storm warnings, and horizontal rain.
Day 1 Game 1 matched up against against Brock: final score 10-5 Ottawa.
The second game was an extremely close one versus McGill. McGill pulled out the win 9-8 over Ottawa. Ottawa's third and final game on Friday was against host school Waterloo, with Ottawa beating them 10-5.
Saturday's weather was even worse than Friday. Games were so close and very low scoring due to the weather conditions - most teams were only able to score down-wind.
Ottawa's first game was against Montreal, and the Gee-Gees ended up beating them with a final score of 5-4.
That win brought the Gee-Gees into pre-quarters, matching up against McGill B. Rookie players get a lot of play-time, with newcomer Romy Proulx getting her first real introduction to competitive ultimate. Watch out for this girl! Ottawa beat McGill's second team with a score of 10-7.
Quarter finals against Queens - a tough-fought game all around, with Ottawa catching a break upwind. Sweet plays made by "Ninja" Fortin, and handler "BJ" Jaffray takes care of the disc on offense. Starter Kathryn Pohran lays out to make a play on defense and dislocates her shoulder, putting her out for the game. A half-time-cap rule puts Ottawa back on downwind defense after half time, and Queens scores with the wind easily, winning the game 9-8 over Ottawa.
Day 3: Pohran is still unable to play for the day.
First game, Ottawa matches up against rival McGill, who has beat the Gee-Gees all year. Ottawa loses once more, 10-8.
In the 7/8 placement game, Ottawa plays Toronto A. The team plays to get experience, and play time is fairly equal across the board. Players step up into their roles, with "rookie" lines making big plays. Pascale R-C has some great hands, making some quick snatches to keep the disc in play. Captains and vets Laura Evgin and Kaylee Sparks control the disc calmly throughout the game. Finally, Ottawa loses to Toronto 15-10.
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