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This weekend the men’s and women’s Ultimate teams will host some of the best Ultimate teams in the nation as N.C. State holds the Wolfpack Invitational. Both teams are coming off of productive weekends against tough competition at a tournament at UNC-Wilmington.
“Last weekend’s tournament was really good for us,” said Evan Bowles, a fourth-year graduate student in bio-mathematics and team captain. “Our fall tournaments like last weekend’s and this weekend’s Wolfpack Invitational are good to stress the necessity of fundamentals. We get our new guys a good amount of playing time to sharpen up their skills.”
This weekend’s tournament will bring 16 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams from all over the country and will include ACC rivals UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke among others.
Bowles says he is excited about the ACC competition coming this weekend.
“It is always good to compete against teams like UNC and UNC-W,” Bowles said. “It gives us a chance to size ourselves and our competition up as we head into the spring season.”
Alison Murray, the women’s team captain and a junior in parks and recreation, says she is excited to see what the team can do. “Last year’s team was young,” she said. “We are gaining experience, and we are doing really well. I think we will do really well this weekend and in the spring once we really see what our new girls can do.”
Caroline Saul, a junior in environmental engineering, says it is always encouraging to get new girls interested and involved in ultimate.
“We love having new people come out even if they don’t have any experience,” she said. “We really want girls to come out and watch this weekend. Hopefully it will spark an interest in our Ultimate team.”
The Wolfpack Invitational will take place Saturday and Sunday starting around 9 a.m. Anyone interested in watching or learning more about Ultimate or the N.C. State teams is encouraged to come out. Those interested in playing Ultimate should come out to a practice. The women’s team practices Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. while the men’s B, which is open to everyone, practices Mondays and Tuesdays at 6.