Adam Howlett catches a disc over Dan Hunzeker at the sports medicine field on upper campus.

Idaho State ultimate team host fall hat tournament

By: Joe Williams

Posted: 9/1/04

The ISU Ultimate Frisbee team, The Brotherhood of Swill, hosts their fall annual hat tournament. Ultimate Frisbee is a coed club sport, both men and women are invited to participate. Any students interested in joining are encouraged to be at the game tonight from 5-8 p.m.

"It is the best club on campus," James Wilson, president of the ultimate club said. "It's a great way to meet new people and stay in shape."

Games will be played on the field located in front of the Sports Medicine building. For those that are new to ultimate frisbee, the club will be holding a short rules clinic before play begins.

The Brotherhood of Swill compete against some of the premier college ultimate teams in the nation. They play in 4-5 tournaments during the college season, which runs from January to late May. Each tournament consist of 5-8 games in two days.

Recruiting during the fall semester is vital to the success the Brotherhood of Swill has during the college season.

"Most of the time we only have 1-2 subs at each tournament," Junior, Mike Pagoga said. " If we had more people to travel with us, everyone would play and run a lot harder knowing there are fresh legs on the sideline."

They only have 12 returning players from last years team and would like to see their numbers grow to at least 18-21 members. They can play a lot of games in a short period of time, which is why they need more players.

"Sometimes we'll play 4 games on Saturday and 3 games on Sunday," Wilson said. "That's a lot of running. The more people we have the better."

Joe Williams is a junior majoring in journalism. He can be reached for comment at bgsports@isu.edu