written by Chip

Heading over to Scottsdale, AZ for Regionals, we were greeted with hot weather and great competition. All the work we put into this season would come down to this weekend.

Saturday morning our first game was against Stanford. We couldn't get our offense started and unable to capitalize on key moments, we lost 7-11. Our next game was against UC Davis. The last time we saw them was at Pres Day. Davis came out ready to play, while we still looked sluggish. The biggest problem we've had this season was scoring on the endzone line. This game was no different. Unable to convert points on our endzone, Davis easily took half and eventually took the game 7-13.

Our third game was against Sonoma State. We picked ourselves up and kept up with Sonoma throughout the game, even taking the leading by a point or two. But Sonoma continued to fight and outplayed us to take the win 9-13. Our fourth game was against USC, a team we've seen countless times. Though it was the last game of the day, we continued to fight through every point taking the win 13-3.

We finished our last game of pool play on Sunday against UCLA. Again, we struggled on offense, losing the game 5-13 and finishing 5th in pool play. But we still had a shot at Nationals via the back door bracket.

Now in elimination round, our next opponent was San Diego State. We started off the game ready to play, scoring the first two points. But SDSU continued to fight back and took half. This weekend, we were a second half team. We started to convert on offense and scored several points against State, but after falling so far behind it was hard catching up during the second half. SDSU took the game 8-15, putting us out of contention for Nationals.

With the last game of our season against UC Santa Cruz, who we've seen multiple times this season, we were trailing at half. Again, we scored more points in the second half than we did in the first half, but time was against us and Santa Cruz took the game 9-11.

written by Chip
WIth the College Series underway, the Psychos made a trip to UCSB for Conference Championships. Our drive up the I-5 and the 101 was congested with traffic and greeted with heavy rain, but once we reached Goleta, we were met with sunny skies and strong winds.

The weather on Saturday compensated for the absence of rain with strong crosswinds. Our first game was against CSU Long Beach. We came out sluggish, but fought through to manage a 9-7 win. We then had a bye before our next game against UC Irvine.

As the wind picked up, our zone defense was key in forcing turnovers. Our offense picked up and we took the game 13-2. Next up was Claremont. Claremont capitalized on our mistakes and converted our key turnovers into points for them. Down 5-7 and with time running against us, we rallied to score 3 straight points. Capitalizing on the red zone after forcing key turnovers was key to this success. But Claremont answered back to tie the game 8-8. This forced the game into universe point where Claremont scored and took the win, 8-9.

Our last game was against UCSB, the one seed in the tournament. We were the first to score, but the Burning Skirts took advantage of our turnovers on the end-zone and took half. But we continued to work the disc up the field, scoring a few more points. The last point of the game burned through both soft and hard cap, and after a brutal 25 minutes of play under relentless winds, we finally scored. Though we lost 5-10, we continued to fight and push through until the end.

We started off Sunday with a game against San Diego State. Our mistakes added up and State took the win 7-15. We had a bye before our next game against SLO. We reached cap at 15-8, giving us some time to rest before our last game against USC. Our record against USC coming into Conference Championships was 2-2, USC winning the latter two games. We started off the game with a high level of intensity, broke on offense, converted on defense, took half at 8-4, and never looked back, taking the game 15-4.

We placed 5th overall at Conference Championships and with a bid to Regionals, next weekend the Psychos will be heading to Scottsdale, AZ to fight for a spot to Nationals.