Easterns Recap

Easterns in Wilmington, NC this past weekend. Unfortunately, the theme of the weekend was double game point. For a good read, you can read our updates (tweets) from our Twitter site: Click here.

SATURDAY

Virginia - Lost on double game point. There were about a zillion turnovers from both teams. Unobserved. Click here for a detailed write up by Michael Aguilar.

Delaware - Delaware had about 12 people on their team. Sean Keagan threw some nasty upwind hucks. We stopped playing after we went up early and had to beat them on double game point.

Cornell - We went up 6-1. We took half 8-6. We lost on double game point. Click here for a detailed write up by Michael Aguilar.

JMU - We won, not on double game point. Caleb Edwards learned to lay out, and boy was it pretty. Rookie Javid Aceil throws the game winner.

SUNDAY

UNC-W - We won, on double game point. Click here for a detailed write up by Michael Aguilar. Below is a picture of UNC W before the game.

Pittsburgh - We lost, by a huge amount. These guys played hard, and we looked tired. Click here for a detailed write up by Michael Aguilar.

Easterns This Weekend

Jojah is traveling 6.5 hours to Wilmington, North Carolina to play at the 2010 College Easterns Tournament. This is our last tournament before we start the Series (which start in Athens, GA on April 24th). Easterns will have teams from all over including California, Ohio, Kansas, etc.

Here is our pool play on Saturday :

Round 1 : Virginia Night Train - Aguilar Preview

Round 2 : Delaware Sideshow - Aguilar Preview

Round 3 : Cornell Buds

2 of the 3 teams have beat us this year (Cornell and Delaware). We haven't played Virginia yet. We are hoping the Cornell team is still hung over/tired from their NCAA basketball game last night with Kentucky.

This tournament will be covered by Michael Aguilar, writer of the ultimate blog Movin' On Up. Speaking of Aguilar, he wrote a great piece on Jojah's defensive captain, Peter Dempsey. Click here to read the story.

I don't know if we will be keeping stats this weekend, but I DO know that we will be updating our Twitter feed. Follow us here.

Heyyyyyyyyyo Matt Bailey

Taylor's Terminus Pictures

Here are some pictures from Terminus this past weekend on a point and shoot camera:

Rookies wearing the new Jojah whites

Georgia's Starting Offensive Line this Weekend

Film Guy, Charlie Herrig

Layla

Dustin and Davis

Georgia's Starting Defensive Line This Weekend

Getting down on a Pull

Coach Travis in his Coach's Ripper

Taylor Nilan and Coach Travis

Fletcher and Peter

Matthew Bailey Catching a Disc

Robert Herrig

Atlanta Journal Constitution photographer Phil Skinner took some pictures of the UGA/Ga Tech. quarterfinal game. Here is the gallery.

Jojah Alumni Scrimmage Announced

Travis Smith has announced that April 10th is going to be the Jojah Alumni scrimmage.There is going to be a scrimmage around 2pm at a place to be determined (probably the old practice fields) between the old guys and the new guys. After the scrimmage, there will be a cookout at 347.

Terminus 2010 Stats

We played a total of 7 games for a total of points.149 points. We were broken 17 times on offense (24.65% of O Points) and generated 31 breaks on defense (38.75% of D Points). Our offensive efficiency was 75.36%, which is our percentage of scoring when we are on Offense. We recorded a total of 80 goals for the weekend. One of those goals was Bailey's first Callahan. There were 94 turnovers. We got 53 defensive blocks for the weekend. The team touched the disc for a total of 913 times. I am pretty sure we were way over 1,000 because the touch stats from the GT and the Cornell game seem a little off (hard to record so many touch stats when you give and go so much).

Here are the teams leaders

Points Played :

1. Taylor Nilan - 101 points, 67.78% of total

2. Peter Dempsey - 99 points, 66.44% of total

3. Matthew Bailey - 88 points, 59.06% of total

Goals Caught :

1. Matthew Bailey- 16 goals, 20% of team total

2. Peter Dempsey - 14 goals, 17.5% of team total

3. Brian Walter - 7 goals, 8.75% of team total

T4. Caleb Edwards - 6 goals, 7.5% of team total

T4. David Hooten - 6 goals, 7.5% of team total

T4. Tom Ball - 6 goals, 7.5% of team total

Goals Thrown :

1. Peter Dempsey - 26 assists, 32.91% of team total

2. Taylor Nilan - 12 assists, 15.19% of team total

T3. Robert Herrig - 8 assists, 10.12% of team total

T3. Caleb Edwards - 8 assists, 10.12% of team total

D's :

1. Matthew Bailey - 13 defensive blocks, 23.63% of team total

2. Taylor Nilan - 7 defensive blocks, 12.72% of team total

3. Peter Dempsey - 6 defensive blocks, 10.90% of team total

Touches :

1. Peter Dempsey - 175 touches, 18.79% of team total

2. Robert Herrig - 171 touches, 18.36% of team total

3. Taylor Nilan - 147 touches, 15.78% of team total

Retention Rate (minimum of 20 touches):

• Calculates the % of throws that weren't turnovers

1. Robert Herrig - 95.91%

2. Matthew Bailey - 94.12%

3. Taylor Nilan - 91.84%

DID NOT PLAY :

Michael Slade

Michael Harper

Charlie Herrig

Max Leonard

Steven Hedges

Terminus 2010 Recap

This past weekend was College Terminus in Atlanta, GA. We went 5-2 this weekend, going 4-0 on Saturday to win Pool A. On Sunday, we went 1-2, losing to Georgia Tech in the Quarterfinals and Cornell in the next game. The rain held off just enough to allow us to play on Sunday, finally.

SATURDAY

Kennesaw State University Owls (Score Reporter) -

Jojah defense had three defensive break runs in this game. We traded points with Kennesaw State until 2-1, when Jojah went on a defense run making the game 5-2. After trading points to 6-4, We got 3 more breaks to take the game to 10-4. We ended the game on a 3 point break run, making the score 13-5.

Nathan Kelly, Peter Dempsey, Dustin Graham, and Caleb Edwards all had 2 goals. Taylor Nilan led the team in assists with 3, followed by Peter Dempsey and Matthew Pimenta with 2 assists. Our offense did not get broken in this game. Steven Hedges was injured in this game, hurting his tender, elderly body going for a disc. He will be back next week in practice. Everyone on the active roster played.

Clemson Joint Chiefs (Score Reporter) -

The Joint Chiefs have put together a great season so far, which will make for a great GA/SC Sectionals tournament. Missing some of their top handlers, Clemson was still a force.

We traded points with Clemson until 3-3, when Jojah reeled off 2 defensive breaks, bringing the game to 5-3. Clemson scored and got back a break to bring the game to 5's. Jojah traded to take half 7-6. Jojah got 2 more breaks in the second half to bring the game to 12-8. Clemson got one more defensive break before Jojah won this game 13-10.

Our offense was broken twice in this game, right before half and right at the end of the game. Peter led the scoring with 4 goals and 5 assists. Rob Herrig and Matthew Bailey each caught 2 goals. Caleb Edwards also had 2 assists. Highlight of this game : Matt Bailey layout Callahan, his first Callahan ever.

Middlebury (Score Reporter) -

We traded with Middlebury until they broke us, making the game 3-1. Our offense put one in before our defense got 2 breaks in a row to bring the game to 4-3 Jojah. Jojah then took half 7-4 on a couple of more breaks. We opened the second half with 2 more breaks, making the score 9-4. It was at that point the Middlebury captain told us that they were going to play their reserves, as we started going deeper in our bench. The game ended 13-8 after a lot of trading and a break from each team.

Although the scoring statistics are correct for this game, our player statistics were off because they missed the first 6 points of the game. Of the statistics we had, Peter Dempsey once again had 5 assists and 1 goal of his own. Matthew Bailey led the team with 3 goals and 2 defensive blocks.

Dartmouth Pain Train (Score Reporter) -

Dartmouth broke us first, giving them the early 3-1 lead. Jojah got a break back to even the score at 3's. After 4's, Jojah broke Dartmouth until halftime, 7-4. After halftime, there were no breaks by either team. The final score Jojah 13, Pain Train 9.

Matthew Bailey led Jojah in scoring with 4 goals. Andrew Mistretta, Tom Ball, and Brian Walter all had 2 goals as well. Peter Dempsey and Robert Herrig put on a throwing clinic in a windy game with 5 assists and 3 assists respectively. Defensively, Matthew Bailey stepped up with 3 D's, followed by 2 D's from Peter Dempsey and David Hooten. Everyone on the active roster played.

SUNDAY

Elon Defcon 7 (Score Reporter) -

Jojah got the game's first break, taking the lead 3-1. Elon scores and generates 2 breaks, taking the lead 4-3. Jojah got those 2 breaks back quickly, winning the first half 7-5. With the score 8-7, Jojah got 3 breaks in a row to bring the game to 12-7. Traded the last two points to end the game at 13-8.

Walter led the team with 2 goals. The rest of the goals came from 11 other, different teammates. Peter Dempsey was an assists monster...again, with 5. Next in line? Matthew Bailey and Taylor Nilan with 2 assists. Fletcher Hartline, Matthew Bailey, Caleb Edwards, and Andrew Mistretta all had 2 Defensive blocks during the game. Fletcher got two in a single play. Our offense scored 6 points and were broken 3 times. Our defense scored 7 times.

Georgia Tech Tribe (Score Reporter) -

We traded with Georgia Tech until they got 2 breaks in a row, bringing the score to 5-2. They broke us to take half 7-3. We traded until they broke us one more time to make the game 10-6. We traded until the game ended 13-8.

Our defense came up with zero breaks. Jojah amassed 16 turnovers (most unforced) in this game and only generated 5 defensive blocks. Matthew Bailey had 4 goals (and 3 defensive blocks), followed by Tom Ball with 2 goals. Taylor Nilan and Peter Dempsey led the team with 2 assists.

Cornell Buds (Score Reporter) -

What a game to end on. This is the first time Georgia has played Cornell in quite some time (over 4 years).

Cornell got the first break to take the early lead at 4-2. Jojah's offense scored quickly; also, Jojah had 3 more breaks to take the 6-4 lead. Jojah took half at 7-5. Both teams traded points until 10-8 when Cornell decided, "Hey, let's break this team 4 straight times." Since they are men of their word, that's exactly what happened. Since some of their points took a long time (and we didn't start the game on time), the hard cap went into effect, and the Buds came out on top 12-10.

This was a hard loss. Both teams played with a lot of defensive intensity. Peter Dempsey scored 4 goals and Matt Bailey had 2 goals. Rob Herrig and Taylor Nilan led the team with 3 assists. Peter Dempsey had 3 defensive blocks, followed by Josh Lowell with 2.

Terminus this Weekend

Fans, alumni, recruits, friends, and lovers, Jojah ultimate will be competing in Atlanta, GA at College Terminus this weekend.

Here is our Saturday line up :



Come out to the Georgia Soccer Park tomorrow and support Jojah. Here is the address of the fields :

3895 Ben Hill Road
East Point, GA

Update

1. The cones were found in the basement of 347 Peabody Street. Thank you for everyone who helped with the investigation. We now have 100s of cones again.

2. Fletcher, a member of the defense, has injured yet another teammate. This brings his count up to 4 teammates.

3. Terminus is this weekend at a sweet field site. Here is the tournament webpage on Score Reporter. I hope the tournament director of Terminus has "insurance against bad weather".

4. Our jersey collection is now complete. Pictures to come later of the new Georgia jerseys, shorts, and our new Ripper.

Stats from The Stanford Invite

We recorded stats from a total of 6 games (of a total of 7, we didn't record the second Florida game) for a total of 145 points. We played a total of 72 offensive points and 73 defensive points. We were broken 21 times on offense (29.1667% of O Points) and generated 21 breaks on defense (28.76% of D Points). Our offensive efficiency was 70.833%, which is our percentage of scoring when we are on Offense. We recorded a total of 66 goals for the weekend. There were 77 turnovers this weekend. We got 50 defensive blocks for the weekend. The team touched the disc a total of 659 times.

Here are the teams leaders

Points Played :

1. Peter Dempsey - 115 points, 79.31% of total points

2. Robert Herrig - 101 points, 69.65% of total points

3. Dave Benkeser - 90 points, 62.069% of total points

Goals Caught :

1. Peter Dempsey - 17 goals, 25.75% of team total

2. Max Leonard - 13 goals, 19.69% of team total

3. Caleb Edwards - 9 goals, 13.63% of team total

Goals Thrown :

1. Peter Dempsey - 29 asissts, 43.93% of team total

2. Caleb Edwards - 8 assists, 12.12% of team total

3. Robert Herrig - 7 assists, 10.6% of team total

D's :

1. Peter Dempsey - 15 defensive blocks, 30% of team total

2. David Benkeser - 6 defensive blocks, 12% of team total

3. Taylor Nilan - 5 defensive blocks, 10% of team total

Touches :

1. Peter Dempsey - 141 touches, 21.39% of team total

2. David Benkeser - 125 touches, 18.96% of team total

3. Robert Herrig - 119 touches, 18.05% of team total

Retention Rate (minimum of 20 touches):

• Calculates the % of throws that weren't turnovers
  

1. Tom Ball - 95.24%

2. Robert Herrig - 94.12%

3. Brian Walter - 92.59%

Fantasy Rating ([Goals Caught+Assists+D's-Turnovers]/Points Played) AND (minimum of 20 touches):

1. Peter Dempsey .357

2. Max Leonard .155

3. Caleb Edwards .145

DID NOT PLAY :

Michael Slade

Michael Harper

Matthew Bailey

Charlie Herrig (after Stanford game)

Stanford Invite Recap

Last weekend, Jojah traveled to Stevinson, CA to play in Cultimate's The Stanford Invite. Jojah went 3-1 on Saturday and 0-3 on Sunday. Here are the brief recaps of the games.

SATURDAY

Oregon Ego (Score Reporter) - I cannot remember the last time Georgia beat Oregon. This game was observed with some "experimental rules." How many times do you have to experiment the rules before they become accepted? The biggest change was that observers stalled.

We traded with Oregon for the first couple of points or so. Ego broke us first. Then, Peter Dempsey came up with a quick, layout D to spark the defensive run that took Jojah to half. There were a lot of big layouts and physical play from both sides. Both my memory and the recorded stats we have from the game seem inaccurate; therefore, I am going to conclude by giving the results : 13-11, Georgia over Oregon.

Stanford Bloodthirsty (Score Reporter) - The last time we beat Stanford was 3 years ago. Most recently, Stanford beat us at last year's Stanford Invite.

This game was a battle for Georgia to stop Stanford from throwing their flick hucks. Unfortunately, it took the entire game for Georgia to start converting its breaks. On game point for Jojah, both Taylor Nilan and Peter Dempsey came up with huge stops to keep Jojah in the game. In the end, Jojah came up with some crucial breaks to take the game 15-13.

Charlie Herrig hurt his elbow in this game while landing in an odd manner. He wasn't able to play the rest of the tournament. That wasn't cool.

Brownian Motion (Score Reporter) - After going 2-0 against some teams we haven't beat in a while, the entire Jojah team felt elated. Brown came into this game and punched us right in the mouth. Brown had a couple of speedy receivers that burned the Jojah D deep several times. Jojah was caught looking to our next game with Florida and were excited about going 2-0. Brown beats Jojah 13-11.

Florida Ultimate - Up to this point in the season, Florida had not lost a game. We were excited to play them, especially since they had been rolling everybody they played in usual Florida fashion. The game was similar to last year's game at Florida Warm Up because it started so late. By the last couple of points, both teams had trouble seeing the disc, as the sun had almost set.

The first half was exciting, as Georgia was able to come up with a couple of key breaks. Peter Dempsey was everywhere. We took half 7-4 against them after Peter Dempsey layed out for a Brian Walter backhand (which is rare, but beautiful). In the second half, Caleb Edwards tried his hardest to get Florida back into the game, getting hand blocked and throwing away a disc in two straight points which led to Florida breaks. Jojah eventually won this game 13-9.

SUNDAY

Colorado Mamabird (Score Reporter) - We needed to win this game in order to make it to the A-bracket semifinals rather than the B-bracket semifinals.

Looking at the stats from this game, Georgia only had 1 break in this game. We had a lot of opportunities to convert breaks, but we weren't able to complete our great amount of deep hucks. Colorado's consistent offense was too much for Jojah's defense. Colorado takes this game 13-9.

Wisconsin Hodags (Score Reporter) - Wisconsin beat us 13-11. Classic Wisconsin v. Georgia game. A lot of calls, a lot of yelling, and hard defense. Dave Benkeser came up huge with a couple of key defensive plays; unfortunately, Jojah waited too long to stage a come back. Wisconsin wins this game 13-11.

Florida Ultimate - After the first couple of points, Jojah started putting in the reserves after Florida's reserved broke the starting offense 2 straight times. The highlights from this game were Matthew Pimenta's defense and Justin Desandre's cutting and throwing. The game became especially entertaining when Florida turned the game into 500. Florida won both 500 and the game 11-6.

Stanford Invite Relocated

Stanford Invite relocation information found here. We are being moved from Palo Alto, CA to Stevinson, CA.

Wikipedia is booming with facts about Stevinson, California. Stevinson is located in Merced County, a county that is home to a Federal Prison, where the famous Auburn Calloway is locked up and serving his time for hijacking FedEx Flight 705, where he tried to take make $2.5 million in life insurance by crashing the plane and making it look like an accident, all the while leaving the crew paralyzed and unable to fly professionally.

Another inmate at the Federal Prison in Merced County? You guessed it, James Marcello. The movie Casino tries to portray Marcello's Family Secrets Trial murders (the one in the end with Joe Pesci and his brothers in the fields getting bludgeoned).

Jojah Gets Ready for The Stanford Invite

This weekend, Jojah travels to NOT Palo Alto, California to take on some great competition in this year's Stanford Invite. Here is Jojah's Pool Play Schedule :

SATURDAY
Oregon at 8:30.
Stanford at 10:30.
Brown at 12:30.
Florida at 4:30.

SUNDAY
Colorado at 8:30.
The rest of the schedule depends on how we play.

Peter Dempsey, Robert Herrig, Josh Lowell, Michael Slade, and Taylor Nilan (the old guys) were all on the team 3 years ago when Jojah beat Stanford to win the tournament in Palo Alto, CA.

Last year's Stanford Invite experience was the exact opposite, going 0-8 and getting blanked for a half by Texas (nothing against Texas, but Jojah should have put at least scored 2 by half).

Fresh off of a victory in Charlotte, this Jojah team is excited about the opportunity to compete against some great competition.