The 2016 American Ultimate Disc League season was the fifth season for the league. The twenty-six teams were split into four regional divisions (East, Midwest, West and South), with each team playing a 14-game schedule. The second and third placed teams in each division advanced to a playoff match, with the winners facing the first placed team in their division. The winners of these matches advanced to the AUDL Championship Weekend, which featured semifinals and then a final for the AUDL Championship. The Dallas Roughnecks defeated the Seattle Cascades 33–27 in the final to become the 2016 AUDL Champions.[1]
2016 American Ultimate Disc League season | |
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League | American Ultimate Disc League |
Sport | Ultimate |
Duration | April 23 – August 7, 2016 |
Number of games | 14 |
Number of teams | 26 |
TV partner(s) | ESPN3 |
Regular season | |
Postseason | |
East Division champions | Toronto Rush |
Midwest Division champions | Madison Radicals |
West Division champions | Seattle Cascades |
South Division champions | Dallas Roughnecks |
Finals | |
Champions | Seattle Cascades |
Regular season
editSource: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head point difference.[3]
(C) Division champion, (Q) Qualified for the division playoffs
East Division
editTeam | W | L | PD | Qualifying position |
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Toronto Rush (C) (Q) | 12 | 2 | +100 | East Division Final |
DC Breeze (Q) | 10 | 4 | +65 | East Division Playoff |
New York Empire (Q) | 7 | 7 | +32 | |
Ottawa Outlaws | 7 | 7 | +2 | |
Montreal Royal | 6 | 8 | −33 | |
Philadelphia Phoenix | 0 | 14 | −166 |
Team | DC | MTL | NY | OTT | PHI | TOR |
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DC Breeze | — | 2–1 26–18 28–14 22–27 |
3–0 *23–22 15–14 **27–26 |
1–1 28–17 22–27 |
3–0 24–15 34–18 27–16 |
1–2 24–25** 23–24 28–23 |
Montreal Royal | 1–2 18–26 14–28 27–22 |
— | 1–1 19–21 12–17 |
1–2 24–31 27–30 21–20 |
3–0 25–17 21–18 27–19 |
1–2 31–27 18–29 14–26 |
New York Empire | 0–3 22–23* 14–15 26–27** |
1–1 21–19 17–12 |
— | 2–1 24–19 23–21 19–24 |
3–0 28–16 32–17 28–13 |
0–3 14–22 21–27 20–22* |
Ottawa Outlaws | 1–1 17–28 27–22 |
2–1 31–24 30–27 20–21 |
1–2 19–24 21–23 24–19 |
— | 3–0 25–13 30–22 37–16 |
0–3 15–32 24–30 20–35 |
Philadelphia Phoenix | 0–3 15–24 18–34 16–27 |
0–3 17–25 18–21 19–27 |
0–3 16–28 17–32 13–28 |
0–3 13–25 20–30 16–37 |
— | 0–2 16–24 6–28 |
Toronto Rush | 2–1 **25–24 24–23 23–28 |
2–1 27–31 29–18 26–14 |
3–0 22–14 27–21 *22–20 |
3–0 32–15 30–24 35–20 |
2–0 24–16 28–6 |
— |
* Overtime win
** Second overtime win
Midwest Division
editTeam | W | L | PD | Qualifying position |
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Madison Radicals (C) (Q) | 14 | 0 | +136 | Midwest Division Final |
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (Q) | 10 | 4 | +61 | Midwest Division Playoff |
Minnesota Wind Chill (Q) | 9 | 5 | −26 | |
Indianapolis AlleyCats | 8 | 6 | +44 | |
Chicago Wildfire | 4 | 10 | −34 | |
Detroit Mechanix | 4 | 10 | −79 | |
Cincinnati Revolution | 0 | 14 | −102 |
West Division
editTeam | W | L | PD | Qualifying position |
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San Francisco FlameThrowers (C) (Q) | 11 | 3 | +52 | West Division Final |
Seattle Cascades (Q) | 9 | 5 | +16 | West Division Playoff |
Los Angeles Aviators (Q) | 9 | 5 | +21 | |
Vancouver Riptide | 6 | 8 | −8 | |
San Jose Spiders | 5 | 9 | −27 | |
San Diego Growlers | 2 | 12 | −54 |
South Division
editTeam | W | L | PD | Qualifying position |
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Dallas Roughnecks (C) (Q) | 14 | 0 | +134 | South Division Final |
Raleigh Flyers (Q) | 9 | 5 | +11 | South Division Playoff |
Atlanta Hustle (Q) | 7 | 7 | −2 | |
Austin Sol | 7 | 7 | +26 | |
Jacksonville Cannons | 5 | 9 | −20 | |
Charlotte Express | 4 | 10 | −59 | |
Nashville Nightwatch | 3 | 11 | −90 |
Postseason
editRegional semifinal matches were played on July 16, with regional finals taking place on July 17 and July 23.[4][5] Matches for the AUDL Semifinals were decided based on the seeding of teams from their results during the season.
Division Playoffs | Division Finals | AUDL Championship Semifinals | AUDL Championship | ||||||||||||
Toronto | 23* | ||||||||||||||
DC | 24 | DC | 21 | ||||||||||||
New York | 20 | Toronto | 20 | ||||||||||||
Dallas | 27 | ||||||||||||||
Madison | 20 | ||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 20 | Pittsburgh | 16 | ||||||||||||
Minnesota | 18 | Seattle | 27 | ||||||||||||
Dallas | 33 | ||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 17 | ||||||||||||||
Seattle | 31 | Seattle | 23 | ||||||||||||
Los Angeles | 23 | Seattle | 26 | ||||||||||||
Madison | 25 | ||||||||||||||
Dallas | 28 | ||||||||||||||
Raleigh | 23 | Atlanta | 21 | ||||||||||||
Atlanta | 25 |
* Overtime win
Division Playoffs
editPostponed
20–24
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(6–6, 4–8, 6–5, 4–5)
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4 goals
Kevin Norton |
5 goals
John Helton | |
5 assists
John Wodatch |
5 assists
Markham Shofner | |
18–20
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(3–6, 5–5, 5–5, 5–4)
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2 goals
Six players |
5 goals
David Vatz | |
7 assists
Ben Jagt |
5 assists
Alex Thorne | |
31–23
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(8–1, 9–4, 9–9, 5–9)
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7 goals
Mark Burton |
6 goals
Bryan Nguyen | |
7 assists
Phil Murray |
5 assists
Eric Lissner | |
25–23
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(7–5, 5–8, 5–5, 8–5)
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5 goals
Anders Olsen |
5 goals
Terrence Mitchell | |
5 assists
Dylan Tunnell |
5 assists
Brian Casey Jonathan Nethercutt | |
Division Finals
edit23–17
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(3–3, 10–3, 6–6, 4–5)
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4 goals
Zane Rankin |
2 goals
Six players | |
5 assists
Danny Karlinsky |
5 assists
Eli Kerns | |
21–23 (OT)
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(4–5, 6–6, 2–4, 7–4, 2–4)
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7 goals
Tom Doi |
5 goals
Steve Armitage | |
3 assists
Matt Kerrigan |
4 assists
Andrew Carroll | |
16–20
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(4–5, 3–4, 6–5, 3–6)
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3 goals
David Vatz Mike Ogren |
4 goals
Colin Camp Peter Graffy | |
4 assists
Pat Earles |
3 assists
Tom Annen Jay Froude | |
- Due to lightning strikes, the start was delayed until 20:35 CT
21–28
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(4–3, 4–8, 8–6, 5–11)
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3 goals
Anders Olsen Matt Smith |
3 goals
Six players | |
3 assists
Max Leonard Dylan Tunnell |
5 assists
Jimmy Mickle | |
AUDL Championship Weekend
editSemifinals
edit20–27
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(4–8, 4–6, 6–7, 6–6)
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4 goals
Jonathan Martin |
6 goals
Kurt Gibson | |
4 assists
Anatoly Vasilyev |
5 assists
Chris Mazur | |
26–25
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(3–6, 7–9, 9–6, 7–4)
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5 goals
Dave Wiseman | ||
3 assists
Four players | ||
Final
edit27–33
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Seattle Cascades 27–33 Dallas Roughnecks". theAUDL.com. August 7, 2016. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Standings". Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- ^ AUDL [@theAudl] (July 6, 2016). "Tiebreaker clarification" (Tweet). Retrieved July 10, 2016 – via Twitter.
- ^ Even Lepler (July 6, 2016). "The Tuesday Toss: The Final (Weekend) Countdown". theAUDL.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ "Playoff Schedule". theAUDL.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- ^ @PGHThunderbirds (July 16, 2016). "@PghMoxie 750" (Tweet). Retrieved July 16, 2016 – via Twitter.
- ^ @theAUDL (July 16, 2016). "Due to lightning storms, South Division game @atlantahustle at @raleigh_flyers postponed until tomorrow #AUDL" (Tweet). Retrieved July 16, 2016 – via Twitter.