Ultimate club team hosts first ever tournament

The Georgia College men’s Ultimate club team has been busy over the past couple of weeks. The team hosted a tournament at West Campus March 12 and 13, and they have a busy schedule ahead of them.

The Ultimate tournament hosted at West Campus consisted of five teams.

Seven teams were scheduled to play, but two did not show, so the Georgia College team, Disco, split themselves into two separate teams, Disco X and Disco Y.

“Two of the teams bailed on us, so we had to split ourselves up, which wasn’t a big deal,” junior mass communication major Koy Manget said.

There was also a Georgia College Alumni team that played in the tournament along with Georgia Southern and a team from Augusta State University.

The finals took place on March 13, where the Alumni team beat Disco X 15 to 11.

“I didn’t mind the alumni beating us, it was actually really cool to meet some of them and show them what we’ve been accomplished,” Manget said.

The tournament was really laid back and a lot of friends and family came to support the teams.

“It was two beautiful days and a lot of students and parents came to support,” junior mass communication major Taylor Lamb said. “Ultimate is self-officiated, which adds to the laid back atmosphere.”

Also after the competition, there was a disc golf tournament at Myrtle Ridge, a disc golf course located at West Campus.

Many of the players participated in both tournaments.

“The tournament was awesome, we had a lot going on, and we got to rock our clean and classy white jerseys,” senior environmental science major Taylor Minch said.

The following weekend, March 19 and 20, the Ultimate team traveled to Georgia Southern University and played in the College Southern Ten tournament. On March 19, the team won 4-0, but they lost 3-1 on Sunday.

Georgia College Disco placed 12th out of 40 teams.

“Sunday wasn’t so great for us, we got screwed, but we skunked Southern,” Manget said.

This weekend, April 2 and 3, the Ultimate team will travel to Columbia, S.C. to participate in the Cockfight Classic.

Editor’s Note: Taylor Lamb is a senior reporter for The Colonnade.