COLLEGE NATIONALS 1999: P.R.

For Immediate Release

The 1999 Jockey UPA College Ultimate Championships kicked off today under fair skies and light breezes. The afternoon squall spared Boulder and the play flourished under the sun.

In the Men's Division, Colorado University faced-off against old Regional rival Carleton College in the most anticipated match of the day. Colorado, seeded 5th overall, hoped to unseat 4th seed Carleton, and earn a buy into the quarterfinals en route towards an elusive National Championship.

But the senior-laden team from northern Minnesota held their ground and played a magnificent game, sending a core of 6' 4'' players into the endzone to sky for long-thrown discs. Carleton won 15 - 10.

But the tournament isn't over for talented Colorado. They will play a weaker team in pre-quarters tomorrow and advance to quarterfinals to face North Carolina State, whom they have not met this year. The game starts at 1:30. NC. State is beatable; a win here puts C.U. into semis, which start at 4:00 at the Pleasantview Soccer Complex.

Contact: Michael Guiietz
UPA Managing Director
719-331-3534

1999 Jockey UPA College National Championships|
Boulder, Colorado
Pleasentview Soccer Fields
May 28-30

Pool A Men
UCSB 15 UNCH-CH 4
UCSC 15 Salisbury State 8
UCSB 15 Salisbury State 5
UCSC 15 UNCH-CH 9
UCSB 15 UCSC 5
UNCH-CH15 Salisbury State 8

Pool B Men
Brown 15 Cornell 4
Michigan15 Rice 10
Brown 15 Rice 8
Michigan15 Cornell 12
Brown 15 Michigan 10
Cornell 15 Rice 10

Pool C Men
NCSU 15 Iowa 6
Stanford 15 Oberlin 5
NCSU 15 Oberlin 12
Stanford 15 Iowa 8
NCSU 15 Stanford 13
Iowa 17 Oberlin 16

Pool D Men
Carleton 15 Yale 7
Colorado15 Kansas 6
Carleton 15 Kansas 7
Colorado15 Yale 10
Carleton 15 Colorado 10
Yale 17 Kansas 15

Pool A Women
Stanford 15 Kansas 2
Georgia 15 Swarthmore 13
UCSD 15 Illinois 5
Stanford 15 Georgia 3
UCSD 15 Kansas 3
Illinois 12 Swarthmore 15

Pool B Women
UBC 15 Minnesota 2
Carleton 15 Princeton 1
Yale 10 Brown 15
UBC 16 Carleton 17
Yale 15 Minnesota 5
Brown 15 Princeton 6

SPORTS NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: May 30, 1999
CONTACT: Michael Guiietz
719-331-3534, cell

Superfly Wins 3rd National Ultimate Title

BOULDER, COLORADO --- Stanford University's Women's Ultimate team, "Superfly" won their 93rd consecutive game and claimed their 3rd straight national title this weekend at the Pleasantview Soccer Complex in Boulder, Colorado. Superfly defeated a tough Carleton team 17-9 in the finals of the 1999 Jockey UPA College National Champtionships. The top sixteen college men's teams and twelve women's from the U.S. and Canada came to compete for the title.

In the Men's division final, three-time defending champions University of California–Santa Barbara, undefeated at Nationals since 1996, fell to North Carolina State in overtime 16–14. "We've been looking forward to meeting this team in the finals all season." spoke N.C. State's co-captain Brian Snyder. N.C. State, seeded third overall, had to defeat second seed Brown University and fifth seeded home team Colorado University to reach the finals and top seed UCSB.

Ultimate is a fast paced field sport which combines the hard cutting and running of soccer, the tenacious defense of basketball, and the spectacular throwing and layout catching of football. Ultimate is played with a disc (frisbee).

Over 300 colleges competed in this years Championship Series, which started in April. For team records and scores from the tournament visit the Jockey UPA College National Championships website at http://college.upa.org/Nationals 1999/. For additional information on this weekends event contact UPA Managing Director, Michael Guiietz.

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Jinx Proves Destined to Win

N.C. State won the National Collegiate Ultimate Frisbee Championship this weekend, defeating University of California–Santa Barbara in the finals 16–14. It was no small feat for N.C. State. Santa Barbara had been undefeated in three straight years of Nationals competition before losing their final game of the season.

N.C. State's 'Jinx' team was led by a core of seniors who have been practicing three days a week in preparation for the Championship tournament. Seniors Chris Hinkle, Brian Snyder, Kris Bass and Kevin Kusy provided the experience and leadership for the team.

"We've been looking forward to meeting this team in the finals all season," spoke Snyder about Santa Barbara.

State combined a fearless offense with a tenacious defense, stopping Santa Barbara's patented deep game while connecting on long throws of their own. Jinx opened up a 12–7 lead before Santa Barbara fought back to tie at 14s.

At that point, Snyder sent a 70-yard backhand to Bass who made a great catch in the endzone to give N.C. State the lead for good. A turnover on the next point gave Jinx a chance to put the game away, and they did on a risky Hinkle to Kusy throw.

The first Press Release was written for local Colorado papers and the Colorado student paper. I think more than a few papers in the area came out to cover the tournament. The second press release was sent out to a list of nationwide media outlets that then-UPA Vice President Michael Guuitz put together. The third was a small bit I wrote and sent to papers in the Raleigh–Durham area.

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