BA THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN SPORTS MONDAY, MAY 9, 2005 INTRAMURALS Pearson/Douthart hammers Destroyers Scholarship halls dominate in CoPaa shutout CoRec shutout BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS mphillips@kansan.com KANSAN SPORTWRITER Two scholarship halls took the CoRec ultimate Frisbee championship with a dominating performance that ended with a shutout. Pearson/Douthart scholarship halls defeated the Destroyers 13-0 last night at the Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets. "We had played against them before," Pearson's Shawn Atkinson, Hutchinson junior, said, "So we knew what to expect coming in." After scoring on the opening possession, Pearson/Douthart intercepted a pass right on the goal line, then passed the disc in for score number two. The whole team helped out with the scoring. Jason Mitchell caught two of those and threw another. Four different players caught four of the first five touchdowns. Pearson/Douthart didn't let up for the remainder of the half. It went into the break with an 11-0 advantage. He said the team knew it would win the game after the first five points. "We go for the home runs a little bit more than other teams." Mitchell, Independence junior, said. The team scored in every conceivable fashion. Mitchell found Michaela Sakumura, Lawrence freshman, for the ninth point on a short pass. But the team's preferred method of scoring seemed to be ULTIMATE FRISBEE ROSTERS Name Hometown/Year Pearson/Douhart Shawn Atkinson Jesse Newell Matt Unger Caleb Knoernschil Jason Mitchell Michaelia Sakumura Amanda Williams Cindy Oursler Katy Armstrong Ankeny, Iowa, graduate student Garden City sophomore Atchison senior Burden sophomore Highland, Calif., junior Overland Park sophomore Lenexa junior Eden Prairie, Minn., senior Nashville, Tenn., junior Overland Park junior Hutchinson junior Emporia junior St. Louis senior Lyndon senior Independence junior Lawrence freshman Wichita freshman Geuda Springs senior Lawrence freshman Destroyers Kevin Arney Mike Merz Tyson Scott Heather Rodemius Jessica Wall Chris Pyle Matt Mourning Amanda Maloney Meagan Vessels Paul Garcia Every time the Destroyers had an opportunity, they tried a long pass with the hope of scoring the first point. Despite a few close calls, the team was never able to land a pass in the end zone, and it finished the game scoreless. F the long, floating throw from midfield. On defense, the team rarely started in poor field position because of interceptions and knocked-down passes. It was a bigger surprise when the team was unable to score than when it did. Also contributing to the first half scoring were Matt Unger, St. Louis senior, and Jesse Newell, Emporia junior. The second half moved slower, with the scholarship hall Every time the Destroyers had an opportunity, they tried a long pass with the hope of scoring their first point. team controlling the ball on its half of the field. Despite a few close calls, the team was never able to land a pass in the end zone, and it finished the game scoreless. Atkinson passed it to Mitchell, his roommate, for the team's 13th and final point. Frisbee CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12A In a span of four minutes, 25 seconds, the team scored four unanswered points. Jackson and Joe Nickels led the charge with a string of back-and-forth catches while moving downfield. Toward the end of the run, the team's communication was so good it looked like they were executing a rehearsed pattern each time down field. On defense, the team adjusted their strategy depending on the wind. "We played a zone defense upwind, and went man-to-man downwind," Nickels, Elgin, Ill. junior, said. "And we kept the tall guys in the back." The strategy paid off, and the Pinkies rarely saw a scoring opportunity. With six minutes to play in the opening half, the Pinkies began to chip away at the six-point deficit. They put up two points before the Blunts regrouped. On the Blunts' next trip downfield they had the disc in the corner, just a few yards away from the touchdown. - Edited by Azita Tafreshi Instead of trying to throw it in against the Pinkies defense, they used a series of four passes to gradually move the disc to the other side of the field, each time moving closer to the line, until they had the touchdown. Going into halftime, the Blunts enjoyed a commanding 8-2 lead. The Pinkies looked sharp coming out of the break., but were unable to turn their opportunities into points. For the first six minutes of the half, the Blunts were unable to advance the disc past midfield. Despite these opportunities, the Pinkies did not score until 9:15 into the half. From there, the teams played a fairly even back-and-forth game for the remaining time. While it was a tightly contested game, it lacked the structure of a league game. "It's a lot more relaxed out here," Nickels said, "There aren't a lot of calls made." With just two seconds remaining, the Pinkies found themselves down 11-5, and had the Instead of ending the game, they chose to call time-out and set up the long pass. disc in their own end zone. It worked, and fans of both teams cheered the final score as time ran out. The teams exchanged friend- y handshakes after the game, and ioked about the outcome. and joker too. It may not have been a league game, but the Fighting Blunts came out in midseason form to claim the championship. Edited by Lori Bettes Rachel Seymour/KANSAN Jack McFarland, Sioux Falls, S.D., sophomore and Fighting Blunts team member, reaches out to block Luke Mahoney, Overland Park freshman and Pinkies team member, during yesterday evening's intramural ultimate Frisbee game. ULTIMATE FRISBEE ROSTERS Name Fighting Blunts Nathan Dixey Jack McFarland Kent Domas Joe Nickels Casey Aull Eric Lops Josh Parshall Allan Jackson Taylor Lenon Hometown/year Pinkies Zach Straus Malakai Edison Alex Straus Mark Pacey Ian McClard Matt Henley Ryan Bigley Riley Rothe Chicago sophomore Sioux Falls, S.D., freshman San Antonio junior Elgin, Ill., junior Libertyville, Ill., freshman Olathe junior Columbia, Mo., junior Robinson junior Hiawatha junior Topeka senior Olathe senior Toreka freshman Manhattan junior Newton freshman Ft. 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