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SLUUT TEAM HISTORY

It all started back in the year of ‘98 with Julian, Nate, Kringes, Spitz, Chris, Tom, Mark, Maria and Kasdorf. It was a group of guys with the love for the spectacular game that we call ultimate. They are the ones that resurrected ultimate as a student organization on the campus of SLU. Officially the team name was SLUT (overlapping U’s). Oh, many a day was spent playing around with sexual innuendos. Even something as simple as MVP took on new meaning.

By the fall of ’99 there were quite a few freshmen to come out and practice. Under Julian’s leadership many were beginning to be sculpted into fine young players. Notably, the finest of this newest class was one Paul Grant. That year was considered to be a building year for SLU. There was only one tournament appearance for us that year and that was at Wash U’s Huck Finn tourney. It was a poor showing of 0-4. A memorable moment was when Czuba went ape on a foul call against Rose Hulman. Let’s not forget how Julian manage to somehow out jump five people in the end zone even when he was the shortest one down there by at least five inches.

The next season brought in the current stars of the team. This freshman class brought much more talent and dedication than the previous year. Again under Julian’s leadership, we were beginning to become a competitive team. We went to several tournaments that year, but still managed to leave every tournament with a losing record. We held our own at the sectional tournament in spring even though we played savage. This was an indication of the growth in the coming years.

Things started to turn around during the ’01-’02 season. This was when the team started to evenly match many teams in the Ozark section. This year brought us a changing of the guard as well. Paul Grant took over the leadership role of the team. It was a momentous year for women as well. This was the inaugural season for SLULU under the leadership of Kate Oland. SLUUT did well at the tournament appearances throughout the year including a strong performance at Mardis Gras. Unfortunately, the year was plagued with little dedication. Thus, we didn’t have enough people to send to sectionals.

Enter the ’02-’03 season, there was question about which direction the team should take. Some wanted the dedication to make the regional tournament in spring while others did not want to become that serious. Paul Fitzgibbons took over as team president. Kevin Cunningham became the team captain with the assistance of Grant. Under this leadership, SLUUT had an outstanding year. More talent joined the team among the senior class. Early in the year, the team sent a co-ed team to Whitewater and came back with a 6-1 finish. We had a great success playing against Kansas and Mizzou at a tournament in St. Louis. We were no longer a team that was easily beaten. We were a team that was gaining respect quickly. SLUUT finish the fall season with a strong showing at Harvest Moon. The spring season is the season that counts in the college level. We had success at tournaments but could not seem to beat Washington University, Kansas and Arkansas. We knew that these teams were the elite of the Ozark sectional. Unfortunately, we had little success against this teams including the sectional tournament. We still ended up with a winning record at sectionals and placed 5^th. Although we qualified for the regional tournament we did not send a team.