Quarterfinal

So Thursday was quarterfinals day.

Fakulti vs Sub Zero.

Sub Zero, from Minneapolis, USA, have a smaller squad. They have a handful of outstanding throwers, and a lot of experience at the elite level.

We played on field Upper 1, with most of the crowd down at Lower 1, near the shade, hill and beer.

Whether it was nerves or bad luck, we started poorly. 5 straight points to Sub Zero after miscommunications and drops from us.

We opened our scoring with an assertive huck from Matt to Ant. 1 pass score.

Then it was time for us to dictate terms, now that we could start a point on D.

Bring out the Pommy Zone.

This zone slowed down their offense, allowed us to be loud and noisy on the sideline, and slowly brought us back in the game.

We traded til half, 9-4.

Time to accelerate. More pommy zone.

11-9 to Sub Zero. We were closing the gap.

But it wasn't enough. Sub Zero made errors, but we made more. Frustration.

Sub Zero prevailed 17-10, and were through to the semifinals.

The loss was disappointing, as we hadn't played well in our biggest game, and we had looked tired.

In other games, the 2 other Aussie teams prevailed, Thong over Doublewide and Chilly over Clapham.