New England College Challenge, fall preview of regionals in the spring,
featured tough college ultimate all over the place.  Pretty much every
team from the region was there.

We started the weekend with Will's specially made game tape of classic
sports intro music and a game against Dartmouth, which beat last year's
Harvard team to knock us out of regionals.  A revenge matchup?  Whatever
it was, good running and great patient offence wore Dartmouth down, and we
walked away with a 13-8 win.  Which was followed by our much anticipated
game with Brown.  Playing from behind for much of the game, Harvard
finally pulled even at 9, but could not quite sustain the intensity and
fell 13-10.

After two tight games, a letdown was in order, and sure enough our
crosstown rivals from BU came out strong, playing us even throughout the
first half.  It looked like it might go down to the wire, but with the bye
game coming up and the promising sight of the Taco Wagon providing the
last bit of motivation, Harvard finally pulled ahead to win 11-8.  A
shutout against a depleted Holy Cross team finished the day, and the Red
Line had finished 2nd in their pool for the day.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Devens planned community recreation
field, the Harvard b-line was busy ripping up the competition.  Big wins
against Brown-b and Wentworth helped cap a 4-0 day for the b-teamers.
Great grabs and hot d were everywhere, and credit should also be given to
b-team captains Mac, Ken, Charlie, and Mark who motivated the mostly
freshman squad by rewarding good play with promises of beer.  Great job
guys!

This morning a tired and sore a-team and a 7-man b-team returned to Devens
for some more action.  The a-teamers won going away against Amherst to
open the day, but ran into a strong Tufts team in the quarterfinals. They
were a bit too much to handle, on this day, and it was all over after a
15-6 loss.  Perhaps 8-ball said it best - "Tufts sucks."

Play of the weekend.  Several contenders, including .... Piotr's full
extended layout for a goal against Brown, followed by a rowdy spike.
Carlos's amazing layout deep grab against Tufts (3rd or 4th point?), while
we were still in it.  Noah's layout endzone grab to win the game against
Holy Cross, a very fine catch.  And then there was the bone-jarring
collision between Skinner and some fucker on BU, heard loud and clear from
the sidelines, which makes the list on the sheer principle of it.