Up Next: Regionals

We are just over one week away from the culmination of all the work put in over the course of the last 4.5 months. The Great Lakes Regional Tournament is next weekend, and everything Enigma has set our sights on achieving is getting oh so close.

After a fifth place finish at Sectionals in Versailles, Enigma will be headed to Regionals seeded in the middle of the pack and ready to make memories in West Chester. We are excited for the chance to play the best teams that Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan have to offer, and we are glad to once again be a part of it.

Time for an Enigma history lesson!

This is the fifth time that Enigma has qualified for Regionals. The 2014 team's fifth place finish at Sectionals may be the worst Sectionals finish for Enigma since 2009, but this team lost only two games last weekend and played the toughest competition very close. Take a look at the Enigma history:

Enigma 2014

With two practices left in the season, every touch and every throw counts toward better performance next weekend. Enigma players should be preparing their bodies for the best competition they've seen all year and readying themselves to play their best ultimate at the right time.

The 2014 team has a chance to make a real name for Dayton Ultimate. This year was quite the change from last year, but Enigma still has the opportunity to do big things this weekend. Nothing is sweeter than ruining a tournament for another team. As a middle of the pack seed, we have the chance to do that. With an eye on the future, Enigma should push to finish as high as possible next weekend so that new opportunities may open up next season. ZERO ZERO

Motown Preview

With our Throwdown in Motown (in Sylvania, Ohio) coming up this weekend, it seemed like a good time for an update. Enigma received our screen print jerseys this week and they look pretty sweet, especially the white ones. Thanks again to Brewster for helping with the jersey order process. If you are an Enigman that still owes Chad money for jerseys, please pay up as soon as possible.

Tryouts Are Over

Scinny is over, Enigma went 3-4 and finished fifth. With that, the tryout process is over. We thank everyone who came out and made our decisions difficult, it really was tough picking the last few spots. We had great turnouts over the course of the last couple of months, and hopefully everyone had fun even if they didn’t make the roster. Please continue to come out to practice if you are interested. We’d love to help you become a better ultimate player and spend more time with all of you. Also, if anyone gets injured or simply can’t make a tournament we may be calling on some of our practice squad players to step in. Plus, if you ordered a jersey, we will still get that to you when they come in. If anyone still owes money, please get that in asap.

Those who are on the roster, congratulations! We are ready to get serious about the season ahead of us. Motown Throwdown and The Three Ring Rally are about a month away, so we have plenty of time to continue improving. Get your final roster dues ($20) to me so that we can pay for the Series.

I’ll announce the roster below, but first a little recap of Scinny. We came in with expectations to compete for the Golden Gnome, and this weekend Enigma did a lot of competing for sure. Losing by 2 points in each of the first three games, at a tryout tournament, was frustrating. Backs against the wall though, Enigma was able to get a win to play for the gnome on Sunday. This was short lived, however, as we weren’t able to pull out the win over Castle. In the second game on Sunday, Enigma entered the 5th place bracket and won two games to capture 5th place. After all of that, it’s easy to see that the team has a lot to work on but it’s going to be a lot of fun to get this team where it needs to be come September.

Without further ado, the roster for your 2014 Dayton Enigma:

#0 JT “Jit” Fischer - O Line Cutter (Wright State)*

#1 Michael “Rapsheet” Mills - D Line Cutter (Dayton)

#2 Evan “Van” Wilder - D Line Cutter (Washington University)*

#3 Chris “Chrispy” Pickard - O Line Handler (Wright State)

#5 Todd Chamberlain - O Line Utility (Ohio Northern)

#6 Jesse “Zubat” Grewal - O Line Cutter (Dayton)

#7 Jack Kelly - D Line Cutter (Wright State)

#8 Zach Peugh - O Line Handler (Ohio State)*

#9 Alex “Flammchops” Flamm - O Line Cutter (Cincinnati)*

#10 Chad “Mr. President” Gregory - D Line Handler (Ohio State)

#11 Micky Koho - D Line Cutter (Northwestern)*

#13 Benny Rider - D Line Handler (Wright State)*

#15 Brian “Waffles” Walsh - O Line Handler (Dayton)

#16 Kaz Teope - D Line Handler (Air Force)*

#17 Alex Semaca - O Line Cutter (Cornell)

#19 Dylan Corwin - D Line Cutter (Dayton)*

#22 Matt “Watersnake” Muhlenkamp - O Line Cutter (Wright State)

#27 Ian Cannon - O Line Handler (Dayton)*

#34 Josh Fries - O Line Handler (Harvard/Wright State)*

#37 Tony “Little Cesar” Donato - D Line Handler (Cedarville)*

#54 Avery Moeller - D Line Cutter (Wright State)

#66 Z Knight - O Line Cutter (Dayton)

#68 Dan Miner - D Line Handler (Wheaton)*

#73 Adam Luthman - D Line Cutter (Clemson)*

#76 Jordan Kinde - O Line Handler (Wright State)*

#88 Matt McDonald - O Line Handler (Air Force)

#97 Alan Huels - D Line Cutter (Dayton)

* = Brand New Enigma Rookie