It all comes down to this.
After eight months of training, the Oregon Club Sports men’s and women’s ultimate teams are set for the Northwest Regionals in Santa Cruz, Calif., this weekend.
The men’s and women’s teams recently won their sectional tournaments to advance to regionals. The men enter ranked second — behind Stanford — out of 16 teams. The women are also the No. 2 seed out of 13 teams.
“We have a really tough region,” senior coordinator Matt Guy said. “The toughest in college ultimate. It is going to take a strong effort to get out of regionals.”
The Oregon men face double elimination bracket play on Saturday and Sunday. The women will compete in pool play on Saturday and then double elimination Sunday. Both teams will vie for the top two positions for the chance to compete at nationals
“This is the best time for us to peak,” women’s captain Izzy Stohler said. “We have an incredible shot of making nationals.”
The national tournament will be held in Spokane, Wash., beginning May 24. Last year the men took third in the final of the national tournament. The women did not advance to the national tournament.

UO dance team to appear on CBS
Call them trend-setters.
For the first time in school history, the Oregon Club Sports women’s dance team competed in a nationally-televised tournament in Daytona Beach, Fla..
The Ducks left the preliminaries in eighth place and finished ninth out of 30 teams two weeks ago at nationals. The national tournament will be broadcast on CBS at 11 a.m. Saturday.
“We still have so much time to grow and do the best we can to keep giving a good name to Oregon,” senior co-captain Edith Sumaquial said.
Oregon’s dance team was created four years ago and Sumaquial has competed for the last three years for the Ducks. Now with the experience from this year’s national tournament, the women are setting high goals already for next year.
“I knew by the level of competition that it would be a building year,” Oregon head coach Karl Mundt said. “But I was definitely happy with how they did.”

Women’s rugby
It ended as a learning experience for the Oregon Club Sports women’s rugby team as they finished 10th in last weekends Sweet 16 national tournament last weekend.
The Ducks entered Orlando, Fla., ranked 15th out of an experienced and competitive field.
“We were playing very high-caliber teams,” junior coordinator Erica Kelly said. “They play the type of rugby that we don’t see on the West Coast.”
Oregon participated in bracket play, so in Saturday’s first round, the Ducks had to face Penn State, ranked No. 2. Oregon lost that game and then came back to give a valiant effort in Sunday’s play.
The women were disappointed in Sunday’s 18-10 loss to UMass, as they thought they should have won.
After their first trip to the national tournament, the women have a positive outlook on the future.
“We have been there now,” Kelly said. “We know if we work hard and practice fundamentals we can get there again.”