Ultimate Dodgeball Championships: GVSU Places 3rd

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The Grand Valley State University dodgeball team is not used to being underdogs.  This weekend for the Ultimate Dodgeball Championships in Las Vegas they were.  The Lakers needed to win the Facebook vote contest to capture the 8th seed going into the tournament. When I asked about what the other teams expected from them. Senior Kenny Bacchus (#32) “We were definitely the underdogs of the tournament, because of just getting in by the Facebook vote. Even when we got there, we found out that we were the youngest team there, so we knew that we had a lot to prove to all the other teams.” Continue reading “Ultimate Dodgeball Championships: GVSU Places 3rd”

Sunday Results

First Round:

  • #2 UK 4 #15 Miami 0
  • #3 JMU 5 #14 DePaul 0
  • #6 GVSU 5 #11 BGSU 0
  • #7 CMU 1 #10 OSU 3
  • #1 Kent 6 #16 PSU 0
  • #4 SVSU 5 #13 NSULA 0
  • #5 MSU 2 #12 UWP 1
  • #8 WKU 4 #9 Towson 0

Quarterfinals:

  • #3 JMU 1 #6 GVSU 4
  • #2 UK 3 #10 OSU 2 (OT)
  • #1 Kent 5 #8 WKU 0
  • #4 SVSU 1 #5 MSU 3

Semifinals:

  • #1 Kent 0 #5 MSU 3
  • #2 UK 1 #6 GVSU 4

Championship Game:

  • #5 MSU 0 #6 GVSU 3

BGSU Round Robin Recap

#3 James Madison (14-4-2) won the BGSU Round Robin, going 2-0 in the tournament. They knocked off #10 Bowling Green (3-12-1)  3-2 in OT, as well as #5 Michigan State (11-6-3) 3-2 in OT. The Dukes trailed in both games (2-0 to BGSU at halftime, 2-1 to MSU in the second half) but were able to play strong in the event. None of the teams had their best lineup, and only JMU had a full 20 man roster. Continue reading “BGSU Round Robin Recap”