Clambake 2000 --

Saturday morning at the break of dawn, the Harvard Ultimate team left
Cambridge for its first tournament of the new season.  Upon arriving in
the ultimate mecca of Brunswick, Maine, they unloaded cars, inflated one
six-foot giraffe, and prepared to do battle on some of the nicest ultimate
fields in all the land.

The Harvard Red Line entered Clambake 2000 seeded 3rd in their 4 team
pool, and its first game was against #2 seed Zoo Dicks of Amherst, MA.  
The well-matched teams started out trading points, but the boys from
Harvard, behind aggressive defense and some cool offense pulled out to an
8-5 halftime lead.  The momentum continued in the second half, and despite
a late rally from the Dicks (and almost the most incredible greatest
anyone has ever seen), Harvard walked off with a 15-11 win.

Next up for Red Line 2000 was Red Tide from Portland, #1 seed in the pool,
and eventual runner up in the tournament.  Behind some hot all around game
and several big grabs by Carlos "Brainplanet" Brain and Shankar "D" Desai,
Harvard split the first 10 points with Tide.  Things got a little sloppy
after that though, and Harvard fell 14-8, but the team was generally
pleased by its performance against one of the best teams in the country.

In its final game of the day, the Red Line systematically dismantled the
Stoned Clowns of host Bowdoin college, winning 15-3.  Several members of
the Harvard team would follow up with equally impressive performances that
evening, winning several boatraces against those same Stoned Clowns.

So with a record of 2-1, Harvard earned 2nd place in its pool and a first
round bye the following day, more than enough to celebrate at the Clambake
party that night.  With lots of seafood, lots of drinks, and lots of 25-30
year old utimate women, the partying was definitely all that. This was
confirmed by party mogul Will O'Brien, who mananged to make it back to the
tent despite all odds against him.  Unfortunately, not everything from the
weekend was worthy of celebration.  Like any great tragi-comedy, there was
tragedy this weekend, which came with the theft of previously mentioned
six-foot tall inflated giraffe.  The giraffe, who was loved by all, was
last seen in the vicinity of the Bowdoin indoor track.  Kidnapping is
suspected.

But on to brighter things.  The men of Harvard ultimate woke up early
Sunday for the honor of serving breakfast dressed as women!  Piotr "Hot
Potatoes" Dollar impressed all with his feminine charms, Sam "8-ball"  
Stake with his tube top, Will with his school-girl innocence, and Justin
"Skinnyboy" Skinner with his prom dress.  Stay tuned for pictures on the
web!

In its lone Sunday game, Harvard was victim to tough scheduling, with a
game against eventual tournament winner Blackjack.  Perhaps it was the
pressure of serving breakfast in skirts, and maybe it was the blueberry
beer the night before, but the Red Line came out a little flat.  After
going down 6-0 however, the team pulled itself back together and with a
big boost from Eddie Lee, split the last 14 points with some of the best
ultimate players in Boston.

That was the weekend, but only the beginning of the season.  See y'all at 
practice tomorrow!