Summer League

First game of Skylands Summer League tonight.

I had hoped to get a bunch of the Rutgers guys together, but it looks like only four or five of us will do it. Of course, none of them could make it tonight, so it was me and 7 other Watchung kids, plus one other dude. We were all pretty solid players, with either athleticism or experience. The other team, Orange, consisted of two ballers, a crazy-tall receiver, and several other solid, experienced players. They had a couple subs that didn't match up well against our guys, but overall the other team was deeper.

The first half was gross. We had no offense--lots of throwaways and bad decisions. We were down 4-8 at half, but it wasn't even that close. During the second half, we found our offense and matched up a bit smarter on D, started generating some turns and found ways to put it in. I had some nice break throws, some 30yd+ completions, and a couple really nice hucks, at least one of which was caught. I didn't see the dishy enough, but overall the flow was much better and some of the questionable decisions came up our way. The other team made some bad errors that cost them, but they were still able to move the disc through their better players without us touching them. We caught up. 7-9, 7-10, 9-10, 11-11, traded to 14-13, 14-15, traded to lose 16-17. One of our goals was taken back because of confusion over the pick rule. I threw a huge backhand huck for a goal, and a defender unrelated to the deep throw called pick on an in-cut, where he was picked by "the guys running deep" (our guy who caught the score and his defender). Granted, they ran through the stack, but this dude has nothing to do with the deep cup or its outcome. Made it 14-15 instead of 15-14.

Personally, I made tons of errors throughout the game, but mostly in the first half. I turfed two throws, hucked it to a poor matchup twice, and threw into a poach once (didn't even see the defender). On the other hand, I had some nice break throws, a couple good hucks, and I played tight defense on some of the better opposing players--Barker, Timmy Chang, Keith, and the really tall kid. I had some assists, maybe even a couple D's.

Summer League Record: 0-1 (16-17)