History: 2012 – 2013 Season
Roster:
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| Head Coach: Nick Kaczmarek* denotes team captain Assistant Coach: David Hogan |
Awards:
SAVAGE All-American: Tyler DeGirolamo (5th Year/Grad)
Ohio Valley 1st Team All-Region: Alex Thorne (5th Year/Grad)
Ohio Valley 1st Team All-Region: Max Thorne (Sophomore)
Ohio Valley 1st Team All-Region: Trent Dillon (Sophomore)
Ohio Valley Player of the Year: Tyler DeGirolamo (5th Year/Grad)
Ohio Valley 1st Team All-Region: Tyler DeGirolamo (5th Year/Grad)
Ohio Valley 2nd Team All-Region: Isaac Saul (Senior)
Ohio Valley All-Freshman: Carl Morgenstern
Ohio Valley Freshman of the Year: Jay Boyle
Ohio Valley All-Freshman: Jay Boyle
Ohio Valley Coach of the Year: Nick Kaczmarek
Callahan Finalist: Tyler DeGirolamo (5th Year/Grad)
Tournaments:
Rutgers’ David Silverman Memorial Tournament: Piscataway, NJ – October 20th – 21st, 2012
Missouri Loves Company 2012: Columbia, MO – November 10th – 11th, 2012
Steel City Showdown: Pittsburgh, PA – November 18th, 2012
Warm Up: A Florida Affair: Tampa, FL – February 15th – 17th, 2013
Stanford Invite 2013: Stanford, CA – March 9th – 10th, 2013
Easterns 2013: Wilmington, NC – March 23rd – 24th, 2013
Alumni Game: Cost Center, Pittsburgh, PA – April 6th, 2013
West Penn D-1 Conference Championships: Pittsburgh, PA – April 13th – 14th, 2013
Ohio Valley D-1 Regionals: Columbus, OH – April 27th – 28th, 2013
D-1 College Championships: Madison, WI – May 24th – 27th, 2013
Pittsburgh-B
Pittsburgh-B Tournaments:
Callahans in the Capital: Lorton, VA – March 2nd – 3rd, 2013
Big Moose Disc (Spring Edition): Oaks, PA – March 30th – 31st, 2013
Rutgers’ David Silverman Memorial Tournament: Piscataway, NJ – October 20th – 21st, 2012
Team X:
Pool Play (6-2)
Pittsburgh-X 13 – Rutgers B 2
Team Y:
Pool Play (5-3)
Pittsburgh-Y 13 – Lehigh B 2
Missouri Loves Company 2012: Columbia, MO – November 10th – 11th, 2012
Pool Play (2-1)
Pittsburgh 13 – Michigan State 9
Championship Bracket (5-0)
Round of 32: Pittsburgh 13 – North Texas 4
Final: Colorado
Either way Colorado, who took down Minnesota 12-7 in quarters, met Pittsburgh at the rough turf fields on Mizzou’s campus for the MLC Finals. The rain was still coming down hard, and each team had twelve plus hour drives home, but they stayed to play anyways. The first half score remained close but Pitt looked the better team, getting break opportunities that they just couldn’t convert. Colorado took half 6-5 and the teams traded to 7-7 from there. Mamabird ran out of luck and gas after that with Pitt running off four straight breaks off Colorado turnovers and taking the shortened finals game 11-7.
The results from this game won’t mean much come May, they probably won’t even mean a whole lot in March, but Pitt was composed down the stretch. Colorado has to fix its turnover problems if they mean to play at the highest levels this season. Even forgiving for the wind and rain they struggled to run an offense that could posses the disc for prolonged stretches all weekend. Pitt for their part shook off the rust of losing to Texas A+M on Saturday and took down all comers Sunday, no matter the condition. With top handler Alex Thorne back in the spring, they look to be a contender for the title again.
-Written by Mike Houston for Skyd Magazine
Steel City Showdown: Pittsburgh, PA – November 18th, 2012
Skyd Magazine recap of the Steel City Showdown.
Round Robin (2-1)
Carnegie Mellon 13 – Pittsburgh 9
Warm Up: A Florida Affair: Tampa, FL – February 15th – 17th, 2013
Pittsburgh (#1) came into this tournament looking like the clear favorite to repeat as Warm Up champion. With a strong batch of returners, including standout duo Alex Thorne and Tyler Degirolamo, coupled with a strong program, Pitt looked poised to dominate this weekend.
But it got off to an inauspicious start with a big loss to Florida. They rebounded nicely against Carleton, but fell against Wisconsin on Friday night. They would have to grind out three straight close wins over UCF, Dartmouth, and Florida (quarters) before falling to Wisconsin again.
Coach Nick Kaczmarek thought the team did not play well against Wisconsin in either game. “They outmatched us defensively and in offensive fundamentals in both games,” he said. “We struggled to make adjustments, particularly in semifinals.”
He was also impressed with Florida and Dartmouth’s defense, which gave them trouble in each of their games.
This team has a lot of work to do, and Kaczmarek recognizes that.
“We like to always ask the question: ‘What went right and what went wrong?'” he said. “When things go right, we replicate. When things go wrong, we revise. We got a pretty clear answer to that question, so we know the direction we have to go.
“We take a lot of pride in preparation. It is the backbone of what we do. We need to be stronger. We need to be faster. We need to be more skilled. We need to be smarter. And so we need to work.”
Written by Charlie Eisenhood and Wes Cronk for Ultiworld
Pool Play-Crossover (5-2)
Florida 13 – Pittsburgh 7
Championship Bracket (1-1)
Quarterfinal: Pittsburgh 11 – Florida 10
3rd Place Bracket (1-0)
Final: Pittsburgh 13 – Central Florida 7
Stanford Invite 2013: Stanford, CA – March 9th – 10th, 2013
Pool Play (3-0)
Pittsburgh 13 – California-Davis 7
Championship Bracket (1-1)
Quarterfinal: Pittsburgh 15 – Stanford 13
3rd Place Bracket (1-0)
Final: Pittsburgh 15 – Tufts 9
Easterns 2013: Wilmington, NC – March 23rd – 24th, 2013
Pool Play (3-0)
Pittsburgh 15 – Colorado 12 recap
Championship Bracket (0-1)
Quarterfinal: North Carolina 15 – Pittsburgh 11
Alumni Game: Cost Center, Pittsburgh, PA – April 6th, 2013
2013 Alumni Game in the Cost Center.
Alumni Game (1-0)
Final: Pittsburgh 15 – Pitt Alumni 14
West Penn D-1 Conference Championships: Pittsburgh, PA – April 13th – 14th, 2013
I have not heard much about this tournament, but I do know this was the
9th straight sectional/conference championship for En Sabah Nur.
Round Robin (6-0)
Pittsburgh 13 – Shippensburg 6
Championship Bracket (1-0)
Final: Pittsburgh 15 – Penn State 9
Ohio Valley D-1 Regionals: Columbus, OH – April 27th – 28th, 2013
Pool Play (3-0)
Pittsburgh 13 – Dayton 7
Championship Bracket (2-0)
Semifinal: Pittsburgh 15 – Penn State 9
D-1 College Championships: Madison, WI – May 24th – 27th, 2013
Pool Play (3-1)
Pittsburgh 15 – Illinois 9
Championship Bracket (3-0)
Quarterfinal: Pittsburgh 15 – North Carolina 9
Pool Play: North Carolina-Wilmington
Pittsburgh-B Tournaments
Callahans in the Capital: Lorton, VA – March 2nd – 3rd, 2013
Pool Play (0-3)
Lehigh 13 – Pittsburgh-B 6
Championship Bracket (0-1)
Prequarterfinal: Johns Hopkins 13 – Pittsburgh-B 5
9th Place Bracket (2-1)
Quarterfinal: Pittsburgh-B 10 – American 8
Big Moose Disc (Spring Edition): Oaks, PA – March 30th – 31st, 2013
Pool Play (2-1)
Pennsylvania 13 – Pittsburgh-B 4
Crossover (1-0)
Pittsburgh-B 13 – Kutztown 5
Championship Bracket (0-1)
Quarterfinal: Messiah 14 – Pittsburgh-B 13
5th Place Bracket (0-1)
Semifinal: Pittsburgh-Johnstown 14 – Pittsburgh-B 9
7th Place Bracket (1-0)
Final: Pittsburgh-B 9 – Temple 6