coach, Geoffrey Chan, the University of Waterloo had a strong showing this year, holding their 7th place seed. Going into Sunday with two losses to McGill and one to UWO, they fell early to Guelph and McGill but rebounded against the University of Ottawa to claim 7th. With reliable handlers Carson Turner (Maverick), Dinesh Balakrishnan (Tundra) and the Mostaghimi brothers, Nima (U20 Team Canada, GT) and Nader, they had little trouble in the wind but lacked the depth to go the whole tournament. Look for the Warriors in the coming years as their tal- ented young squad comes of age. The host University of Ottawa had their highest finish in their 6 years of existence this year at 8th spot. Though their inex- perience showed in the strong winds, stalwarts Hagan Riglin (Firebird) and Rob Ainsworth (Firebird), and the reliable Dylan Zajac on the D line helped to generate a lot of offence for them. A breakout rookie season for Travis Davidson (Firebird) and the looming deep D of Eric Bush (Firebird) helped stifle teams but a disappointing 4-5 record going into Sunday forced an unfavourable matchup against a tough Toronto team. Further losses to DKUT and Waterloo resulted in an 8th place finish. Heavy turnover for Queen’s University would prevent them from repeat-
ing their third place finish from CUUC 2009. Captains Alex Ginther, Evan Cole (U20 Team Canada), and Andrew Carroll (GOAT) proved steady throwers in the wind, but like Waterloo a noticeable lack of depth became more and more of a problem as the tournament wore on. 2-2 on Friday and a rough 0-5 on Saturday placed them at the top of the bottom tier against Lakehead, and they rolled to a win over UQO late Sunday for 9th spot. L’Université de Quebec en Outaouais (UQO), led by former Carleton Raven Karl Loiseau (Phoenix) and pickups Aaron “Kooch” Kucherawy and Bryan Spekkers, made a good run at their first CUUC. This may have been the team that benefited most from the new UC rules on picking up players, having gotten the hammers and chaos that are Kooch and Spekkers. Finishing four seeds up from their place- ment, it might have been sheer lack of players that affected them most in this three day tournament. They finished 10. L’Université de Sherbrooke worked hard
to develop it’s Ultimate program this year by implementing a more rigorous prac- tice schedule and developing a new generation of play- ers. Captain Nicolas Vanasse and his Bloody Gary team- mates Olivier Drouin, Fabrice Lucien, and Vincent Martin led a relatively inexpe- rienced team that fought hard to hold seed and finish 11th at CUUC. Despite strug- gling through much of pool play, Sherbrooke played well in the back half of the tour- nament including key wins over Brock and McMaster (where cousins Nicolas and Paul Vanasse con- nected for a greatest
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in one of the highlights of the tourna- ment). 1-3 on Friday but 3-0 on Saturday, new- comer University of Brock was seeded 16th coming in but exceeded expecta- tions throughout the weekend. GOAT’s Daniel Dantzig helped lead this young team to a solid 12th place finish. Energetic D and a great hucking game were their trademarks, and many teams had a prob- lem shutting it down completely. They finished the weekend with a 10-6 loss to l’Université de Sherbrooke. Concordia University, out of Montreal,
with their Run-DMC-style jerseys, may have been the surprise of the tournament. Seeded 4th and with a decent showing at CEUUC, they finished 13th. 3-2 on Friday but 0-5 on Saturday placed them against Brock Sunday morning. A loss to Brock and two wins later, and they had their 13th place. Look for Con-U to rebuild and come back stronger than ever in a few years.
The ever-distant Lakehead University of Thunder Bay decided to make the 19-hour
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