Layuma Tryouts
May 17th, 2010 No comments
Layuma, the premier Women’s Club team based in Gainesville, is reforming for the 2010 Club season and Tryouts are June 5-6 at Citizens. All levels across the state are welcome and encouraged to come out and play some Womens ultimate, regardless of their commitments for the summer. It should be a fun n sweaty time. Please contact the captains if you plan on coming: Florida.Layuma@gmail.com
More info: https://sites.google.com/site/floridalayuma/home
The next few articles will focus more on breaking down the UF 06 National Championship team. This article was inspired by a letter to John Madden from Ethan Albright an offensive lineman for the Redskins. The letter is enclosed below the ratings for the 06 team. As a side note all rankings were used from 
Never before in the College Championships have two such dominant teams faced off for the title, with Florida and Wisconsin coming in with a combined record of 96 wins and 3 losses (2 of which were due to playing each other). The fast paced game began much as we may have expected, with Wisconsin putting it deep only two throws removed from the pull. Blame the slightly windier conditions, blame the adrenaline of being in the final, blame the Florida defense, whatever it was, Wisconsin’s deep game just wasn’t clicking the way it had on Friday and Saturday, allowing Florida to steal two breaks in the first four points to take a 3-1 lead. Regrouping after a timeout, Wisconsin adjusted, clearly making a deliberate effort to work the disc more underneath, which would help them successfully hold every offensive point for the rest of the half. Despite some deep misfires by Florida, they were able to successfully hold off Wisconsin’s defense, forcing the Hodags to trade points until half, which Florida took 8-6.
zone drop opened the door for Wisconsin to score their first break to bring it back to 8-7. Wisconsin comes down on the following pull, clearly trying to continue the momentum generated by their recent break. Florida scores without much trouble, but Wisconsin manages to put together a run, first preserving a drive with a successful ‘Greatest’ followed by a score, then promptly running off two straight breaks to bring it back on serve 9-9. Hopes were high for Wisconsin as Teddy Tripoli was able to D a huck to Tim Gehret, but a costly throw wide of a Hodag receiver would give Florida the disc right back no more than 20 yards from their end zone. Florida would make short work of the short field, going up. This would be the story of the rest of the second half for Wisconsin, as they continued to force Florida turnovers but failed to convert the goals.
Florida, in fact, would go on to convert every offensive point pushing the game to 12-11. Wisconsin is able to convert a marathon point to bring it back to 12-12 with a looping backhand from the brick mark to the back corner of the end zone. Florida responded quickly with a single pass possession, by way of Tim Gehret hucking straight over the top to Kurt Gibson for a goal, one of seven the pair would connect on for a goal today. Florida would go on to break twice to close out the Hodags, each time successfully defending Wisconsin’s hucks, each on goals thrown by Time Gehret to Kurt Gibson. Wisconsin’s last few attempts may have been an exercise in desperation as they felt their opportunities slipping away. In the end the Gehret-Gibson duo proved too strong for Wisconsin as Florida puts an exclamation point on a phenomenal season, with Championship finals victory, 15-12.
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