Disconnected headed to Nationals

Club Ultimate team advances to Division III finals in Buffalo, N.Y. after claiming five regional wins

Georgia College’s Ultimate club team earned the chance to compete in the Division III College Ultimate Championships in Buffalo, N.Y., in May.

After defeating Southern Polytechnic State University, 15-4, in the final game of the Division III Southeast Regional tournament hosted at Georgia College on April 15 and 16.

The team will on the road to New York from May 21 to 22 competing against the best Ultimate college teams in Division III in the nation.

Five schools gathered on Saturday morning at West Campus with the hope of winning and playing in the national championship.

Competing in the Division III Southeast Regional tournament were: Spring Hill College from Mobile, Ala., Lipscomb University from Nashville, Tenn., Florida Institute of Technology from Melbourne, Fla., Southern Polytechnic State University from Atlanta, Ga., and Georgia College.

“This is what we’ve been working for all season…; we have to win and then for the next month we will work even harder and go to Buffalo and play in the national championship,” senior history major Peter Crupie said. Crupie is also the president of the club and one of the captains.

On April 15, the tournament started at 10 a.m. Georgia College won their four games of the day.

Disconnected beat Southern Polytechnic, 15-9 and defeated  Spring Hill 15-1.

Georgia College extended their winning streak as they defeated Lipscomb 15-1, and Florida Tech, 15-2.

On April 16, the tournament started at 10 a.m. and Georgia College played and won their solo game against the No. 2 ranked team in the Southeast Regional Division III schools; Southern Polytechnic.

“We treat every team like they could beat us. We do have high hopes but we don’t want to get over confident,” senior business management major Sean Morris said, after playing the last game on Sunday and winning against Southern Polytechnic.

“It’s a great achievement to make it this far. I never expected us to be competing for a national championship. I’m really excited and hope that if we win maybe we will receive more support from the school,” junior mass communication major John McKoy Manget said. “It’s really cool that we have a chance to bring GC a national title.”

The Ultimate club team at Georgia College was formed eight years ago. It is the fourth and final year for seniors graduating on the team.

“This is pretty much the last year where we are gonna have the solid crew that we’ve had for four years playing together. Next year they are gonna have to do a good job recruiting a bunch of guys,” Crupie said.

After the tournament ended on April 16, junior mass communication major John McKoy expressed his excitement about the national championship.

“It’s a great achievement to make it this far. I never expected us to be competing for a national championship. I’m really excited and hope that if we win maybe we will receive more support from the school,” Manget said. “It’s really cool that we have a chance to bring GC a national title.”