Linus Law ’24 draws a forehand aimed toward his teammate.
Saturday 4/20 – Andover: , Williston
Saturday 4/20 – Andover: , NMH
Saturday 4/20 – Andover: , Xavier
Wednesday 4/24 – Andover: Lexington HS Ultimate:
Ultimate Frisbee (1-4) lost all three games in the tripleheader on Saturday. Despite playing experienced teams with tactics the team had never seen before, Andover managed to keep up with the competition, narrowly losing to Northfield Mount Hermon (NMH) in overtime. On Wednesday, Andover fell to Lexington High School as well.
Despite the tough losses in the tripleheader, Ultimate Frisbee is still very positive about its results. Miklosh Frusztajer ’26 stated that the team is showing promising signs of improvement.
Frusztajer said, “Considering we are still early in the season, we are seeing promising signs of improvement. We had movement and shape down, we were playing good possession frisbee. There were occasional mistakes, which the other teams capitalized on and we didn’t. I thought that the NMH game especially was an impressive performance, we played a different strategy and we kept it close.”
Similar sentiments were expressed by Zachary Yuan ’27 who mentioned that the team is still putting the pieces together but that these games are preparing them for its next tournament on Saturday.
“The team played pretty well. It was a learning experience for all of us since we are a bit inexperienced. We were able to do what we did in practice and put it on the field. We were all able to improve a lot and prepare us for the upcoming tournament on Saturday,” said Yuan.
Although Ultimate Frisbee fell short during its games, there were still many bright spots in its game. Frusztajer mentioned that the team’s collaboration and chemistry with each other has been very strong, and its endurance was impressive.
“Collaboration was there. The chemistry was there. We were able to have a sense of understanding between each other that was exemplified in each of the games. Otherwise, bearing the weight of the day, playing three games is intense, and considering the team is still playing four and a half hours, it is still really good to see, in spite of numerous injuries.” said Frusztajer.
Cyrus Law ’27 added that Ultimate was very good at adapting to the other team’s tactics. With the team being relatively young, many players had not seen the variety of strategies and plays used by their opponents.
Law said, “Some of the teams we played against used tactics we haven’t seen before. Coach [Scott Hoenig] was giving us tips and we were figuring it out on the fly. This time back to the fact that our team is relatively inexperienced. We were caught off guard but once we caught onto it we adapted really well.”
With the season only halfway through, Ultimate Frisbee still has many things to improve on. Yuan said that the team needs to work on not rushing and turning the disc over.
“We are a very young team with a lot of [Juniors] which means we have a lot of room for improvement. Just being able to take our time and make good passes and cuts and just take our time on the field. Sometimes, we are rushing and turning the disc over. When you play against teams like Lexington, it is important to take it slow and make sure to complete all of our passes,” said Yuan.
Ultimate Frisbee will play at the NMH tournament on Saturday.
