Even though it’s technically a club sport, I thought I’d share this, since club is the highest level of college ultimate. Both W&M men’s and women’s teams have qualified for college nationals, only 20 teams in each division qualify (There’s about 400 men’s teams and 300 women’s teams, for reference). The men’s team has made it a few times in the past, this is the first ever appearance for the women’s team.
The only other schools to have both their men’s and women’s programs qualify are UNC, Colorado, Pitt, Washington, and Vermont.
On the men’s side, some of the teams W&M beat include NC State, Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee, JMU, Virginia Tech, South Carolina, Maryland, and Georgetown.
Some of the schools the women’s team beat include Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, JMU, NC State, and Georgetown.
Conferences for ultimate are more geographically based, so there's no P5/G5/FCS type of split, but it's a pretty impressive list of wins.
The championships are in Milwaukee over Memorial Day weekend, the format is pool play followed by bracket play (sorta similar to the World Cup).
You can see the schedules here (all times are central time):
https://play.usaultimate.org/events/2022...pionships/
Some of the games will be streamed on Youtube, but that schedule isn't up yet.
Men:
5/27, 2:30 pm – Texas
5/27, 4:30 pm – Brown
5/28, 10:30 am – Utah State
5/28 – 12:30 pm – Cal Poly SLO
Women:
5/27, 8:30 am – Vermont
5/27, 12:30 pm – UC Santa Barbara
5/28, 12:30 pm – Washington
5/28, 2:30 pm – SUNY-Binghampton
Both teams are the bottom seeds in their respective pools, but I think the men’s team actually got a pretty favorable draw, and they both have a good chance to pull some upsets.
Either way, both teams will finish ranked in the top 20 in the country, which doesn’t happen too often in W&M sports.
I graduated a few years back, but I played on the team when I was in college, so it’s neat to see.
And of course, President Rowe is also a big ultimate player, her husband actually coaches the men’s team.