Finals: July 22nd, 2007

White 15
Grey 13

Could the trophy finally be brought back to Richmond after two long years in Barron's iron Tidewater grasp??

The top two teams all season, with their only loss at the hands of the other team, White (Bio) and Grey (Puwl) squared off once again. Here's the history - White won a close one against a short-handed Grey squad early in the season, then received a 15-7 thrashing against Grey later. Coming off this W, and with a significant edge in reg-season point differential, Grey was the favorite to make it three years in a row for captain Barron. To compare teams: Both teams had excellent depth and versatility, there was an element of the classic Ultimate battle of quickness (Bio: Tim MacGougan, Brian Hasty, Aaron Richards) versus height. (Puwl: David Salisbury, Christian Lesnett, Michael Clapman).

White, pumped after Tom Banner's pre-game pep yelling tirade, got off to a quick start on this windy day by getting the first up-wind break. Grey mixed it up defensively with zone and man d's, forcing White to methodically move the disc up the field. White was able to use MacGougan's scoobers, swings, and shots throught the cup to break the Z. The poppers (Tom Banner, Emily Tombes, Aaron Mullins) were finding the space and contributing hugely to White's patient attack. White took half 8-6.

In the second half, Grey immediately opened it up with two quick Christian-to-David hucks to tie it up 8-8. White regained control for a 10-8 edge, taking advantage of some swills caught in the wind. White got a huge grab when Adam Miller (me) chucked it deep to Brittany Taylor, who picked it just before it hit the ground. Tim Carroll and Patrick Liu contributed a couple huge (get up!) D's. White, now facing an exclusive man (ok, "person", Bill Karn) -d, then used an effective dump-swing-flow cut strategy to make a mini-run for 14-11 edge. But Grey would not go down easily and rolled off the next two in a couple marathon points to make it 14-13 that exhausted both sides (or maybe just me!) Fatigued and not wanting to extend into an uncapped win-by-two overtime, White worked it up and punched it in for the game winner. It was a hard fought game, played with a mixture of spirit and intensity.

I'll keep the trophy safe, cya'll later! Great season GRUL!

Adam