4/27 NMH Tournament:
Hartsbrook: 7-13 loss
Williston B: 8-7 win
NMH: 3-11 loss
4/27 GNB NMH Tournament:
Williston: 3-12 loss
Lincoln-Sudbury: 6-9 loss
Somerville: 10-3 win
NMH: 10-1 win
5/1 Masconomet: 11-4 win
This past Saturday, Ultimate Frisbee traveled to Northfield Mount Hernon (NMH) to compete in a three game series. The team fell to Hartsbrook and NMH but secured a victory over Williston Northampton (Williston). The Girls and Non-binary team came back with two wins against NMH and Somerville but fell to Williston and Lincoln-Sudbury. On Wednesday, against Masconomet, the team grabbed a dominant win.
Dean Yang ’27 shared the difficulties that came with having seven to eight less substitutes than other teams during a three game tournament. Despite that, he noted that the team was able to stay consistent until the end.
“We were low on sub[stitute]s because we have a lot of injuries right now. So, it was tough. A lot of other teams have maybe 20 subs, and we have like 12 or 13, so, by the end of the tournament we were really tired, but we stayed strong,” said Yang.
Yang shared that going into the tournament, the team put an emphasis on offense. He mentioned that the team practiced being able to identify when to use certain offensive tactics and how to execute them well.
Yang said, “There are three main types of offenses… So, it’s a split stack, the zone offense, and then the vertical stack. They all have different uses depending on what defense you’re playing, so you have to be really versatile [with] what we throw, so a lot of preparation has gone into learning those new offenses.”
On Wednesday, the team dominated against Masconomet. Miklosh Frusztajer ’26 highlighted Nate Goldberg ’26 for his impressive performance, dominating on defense with many blocks.
“Nate Goldberg stood out today. He’s an amazing player. He had like 60 blocks, which is pretty much unheard of. He had an overall very solid effort on defense and really gave his all for the team today,” said Frusztajer.
Yang attributed much of the team’s win to its ability to handle the disc well. He noted that this allowed the team to control the game and minimize turnovers.
“[The difference between us and the other team] was mostly in how we handled it, and with the hand movement, just being able to control the disc and not turn it over when doing short passes is really critical. So, that team really struggled with that at some points, and that’s why they couldn’t really progress the disc down,” said Yang.
Zachary Yuan ’27 talked about how the team was able to successfully execute its split stacks offense. He also shared that the team was able to defend and block well, aiding in the overall success of the game.
“We ran our split stacks offense pretty well, which is when you have three handlers and two cutters on each side, and you leave the space in the middle open so the cutters can cut into the open space and try to get the disc. We also had good marking posture and were good at blocking on defense and stuff like that which really helped us in this game,” said Yuan.
Frusztajer shared that the team could have done better in terms of movement and awareness. He noted that this gives the team an achievable goal to improve on for future games.
”When a lot of the movement stopped, we found ourselves standing still a lot. That’s something that we can improve by just being more aware as players. And it’s definitely something we’ve been working on since the start of the season. A game like this is a really good opportunity to learn from that, and it really highlighted where we went wrong, and gives us something to work on in the future,” said Frusztajer.
On Friday, the team will play away at Concord.
