Written by: Adam Pfeifer [Akron]
The University of Akron hosted the first annual Pink Out tournament over the weekend which had 3 teams attend. 3 of the 4 teams had roughly the same skill level, that being Akron OU and BW, and Kent State being the outlier. Baldwin Wallace came into the tournament ranked 14th, Akron ranked 15th, Ohio university ranked 16th and Kent state ranked 6th Continue reading “University of Akron’s “Pink Out””
AKRON – Rec Center: finals out of the Pink Out and #CampusForTheCure:
Kent def Akron 3-0
BW def Ohio 6-0
Akron def BW 4-1
Kent def Ohio 7-0
Akron def Ohio 4-1
Kent def BW 4-0
Akron def Kent 1-0
BW def Ohio 1-0 Continue reading “Pink Out I”
Alrighty, for Akron’s Pink Out tournament we have a lot of teams with similar ratings! Aside from Kent, most teams playing at Akron this Saturday have a average rating of 39.287 and a median rating of 38.585. That’s quite balanced… even with a spread of just 5.991 rating points from the highest rated team to the lowest rated team. In comparison, the League spread is 25.742 Continue reading “Akron hosts the first Pink Out”
| Time | High Seed | Low Seed | Pre Event Rating | Pre Event Rating | Predicted Exchange | Exchange if Upset |
| 10:00 | Towson | UMD | 44.806 | 40.985 | 0.618 | 1.382 |
| 10:00 | VCU | JMU-JV | ||||
| 10:00 | JMU-JV | VCU-JV | ||||
| 11:00 | JMU | UMD | 57.207 | 40.985 | 0.010 | 2.000 |
| 11:00 | Towson | Kent | 44.806 | 43.426 | 0.862 | 1.138 |
| 11:00 | PSU | VCU | 37.644 | 32.224 | 0.458 | 1.542 |
| 12:00 | JMU | Towson | 57.207 | 44.806 | 0.010 | 2.000 |
| 12:00 | Kent | PSU | 43.426 | 37.644 | 0.422 | 1.578 |
| 12:00 | UMD | VCU | 40.985 | 32.224 | 0.124 | 1.876 |
| 2:00 | JMU | Kent | 57.207 | 43.426 | 0.010 | 2.000 |
| 2:00 | UMD | PSU | 40.985 | 37.644 | 0.666 | 1.334 |
| 2:00 | Towson | VCU | 44.806 | 32.224 | 0.010 | 2.000 |
| 3:00 | JMU | PSU | 57.207 | 37.644 | 0.010 | 2.000 |
| 3:00 | Towson | JMU-JV | ||||
| 3:00 | Kent | VCU | 43.426 | 32.224 | 0.010 | 2.000 |
Initial Ratings:
JMU: 57.207 (inc +3 for home advantage) (#3 in Gonzalez Standings)
Towson: 44.806 (#7)
Kent: 43.426 (#9)
UMD: 40.985 (#11)
PSU: 37.644 (#15)
VCU: 32.224 (#24)
JV and B team matches are recorded, but do not count towards primer standings.
You may note there’s a lot of potential exchanges at the minimum, 0.010. This is a sign that those matches are not between teams of similar strength. Over the years, I’ve found our East Coast region to be a sort of microcosm of the entire League. You may also note that JMU’s home rating (57.207) rivals GVSU current neutral court rating (57.357). That’d be a #1 and #2 in Gonzalez rating if GVSU has a chance to visit JMU’s home court again.
KENT – SWRC: In Summit Street Slugfest 2: The Sluggening:
Kent def UK 2-1
MSU def Akron 7-0
OSU def Kent 4-0
UK def Akron 3-1
OSU def Akron 7-1
MSU def UK 4-1
Kent def Akron 6-0
MSU def OSU 1-0
MSU def Kent 2-1
OSU def UK 3-1 Continue reading “Summit Street Slugfest 2: The Sluggening”
BOWLING GREEN – Perry Fieldhouse: In the BGSU Invitational,
Kent def Akron 6-0
OSU def BW 6-0
Kent def BGSU 2-1
BW def Ohio 7-0 (inducting match)
OSU def BGSU 3-0
OSU def Ohio 5-0
BGSU def Akron 3-0
Akron def Ohio 4-0
Kent def BW 5-1
Ohio U joins the League as #38 Continue reading “2015 BGSU Invitational”
AKRON, OH – In the 2015 Ohio Dodgeball Cup, Akron, BGSU, and Kent welcome Baldwin Wallace Dodgeball into the NCDA as our 37th Member Team!
BGSU def Kent 3-1
Akron def BW 4-1
BGSU def BW 3-1
Kent def Akron 5-0
Kent def BW 4-1
BGSU def Akron 4-0
This weekend will feature two very interesting NCDA regular season tournaments. One will be played at DePaul University (Chicago Dodgeball Open) featuring two of the top teams in Michigan (Grand Valley State & Central Michigan) along with arguably the top two teams from the Illinois region (Wisconsin Platteville & DePaul).
The other tournament played over the weekend might be even more interesting than the CDO. On January 31, the University of Kentucky will play host to in state rival Western Kentucky, the top three Ohio teams: Ohio State, Kent State, and Bowling Green State, as well as an undefeated James Madison squad from the East Coast.
Here are a few storylines to follow in this mid-season showdown as UK. Continue reading “Kentucky Invitational Preview”
Last weekend, Ohio State held their Buckeye Invite. In attendance were 7 teams from all over the Midwest. Here is a recap of how it went for each team: Continue reading “Buckeye Invite Recap”
COLUMBUS – RPAC: Akron joins the NCDA in the Buckeye Invite:
CMU: 4-0
Kent: 3-1
OSU: 3-1
MSU: 3-1
UK: 1-3
WKU: 0-4
Akron: 0-4
Grand Valley State University’s dodgeball team hosted the second of their two fall tournaments this past weekend, and it turned out to be a very interesting day of dodgeball. In attendance were four Michigan teams: Grand Valley State, Michigan State, Central Michigan, and Davenport (Kent State was scheduled to attend but was unable to make the trip, therefor they forfeited each game they were scheduled to play).
This event did not particularly go as most would have expected. The records for each team at this tournament are as follows (remember each team earned a win by forfeit against Kent): GVSU: 4-0, CMU: 3-1, MSU: 1-3, DU: 1-1, Kent, 0-4 [F]. Here is my recap of each game played at this tournament which unquestionably proved that the NCDA (especially the Michigan region) is WIDE OPEN this season! Continue reading “GVSU Invite #2 Recap”
ALLENDALE – Fieldhouse: In the GVSU Invite #2
GVSU: 4-0
CMU: 3-1
MSU: 1-3
DU: 1-1
Kent: 0-4 [F]
ALLENDALE – Fieldhouse: GVSU: 3-0, SVSU 2-1, MSU: 2-2, CMU: 1-2, Kent: 1-3, and DU goes 0-1 in the GVSU Dodgeball Invite #1.
Game by game results after the jump:
COLUMBUS – RPAC: Kent goes 4-0, OSU 2-1, Miami 1-2, BGSU 1-3, RIT 1-3 in the Ohio Dodgeball Cup. Continue reading “2013 Ohio Dodgeball Cup”
WIU’s Tim Wohead
1. How many players are returning for your team?
We are only losing two players- Tina Miller and Any Janota- due to graduation. Also for Nationals this year one of our last year’s captains, Paul V., will be studying abroad and possibly won’t attend.
2. What strengths/weaknesses do you anticipate going into the season?
A big strength we have is that we are attracting a lot of incoming freshman and recruiting big arms who have heard of our club now. Our only weakness is financial and being able to travel to all the schools we want to this year. But if there’s a will, there’s a way.
3. What are the areas you’ll look to improve when scouting new players?
You can never have too many big arms on your team but we would also like a couple players that can catch just about anything. And good footwork and agility is a must.
4. What are you goals for this season?
National Champions
5. Why should other teams be scared to play you?
We went to Nationals with one match under our belt. We didn’t start pinching or being strategic until a week before Nationals and we still held the 4th seed after the first day of tournament play. Needless to say with most of our players returning and bringing in better athletes, we are going to be more dangerous.
6. Which teams would you like to play?
We get along well with SVSU so that would be one of them. We would also like to face Michigan State just because we got knocked out by them and I feel that we played like crap and would enjoy a little revenge along with BGSU. Lastly, we would be interested in taking on CMU.
KSU’s co-captain Kyle FitzPatrick
1. How many players are returning for your team?
Definitely lost 2 of our Vets (catchers at that). But overall were a really young team. We just need people to have the time / money to travel.
2. What strengths/weaknesses do you anticipate going into the season?
Strength: Our teams is no longer 70% rookies, and I believe we will be underestimated. Also I have a better grasp of how to manage a team.
Weakness: Money, we may lack some raw athleticism unlike other teams (cough cough GVSU, CMU)
3. What are the areas you’ll look to improve when scouting new players?
We hope to be more active in the scouting procedure. We might try scouting out some middle school dodgeball games for a feeder program.
4. What are you goals for this season?
Having fun, getting new players and improving current players, getting something in the win column. Hopefully attend more tournaments. (Maybe even try to host one.)
5. Why should other teams be scared to play you?
Because you might have fun doing it. Also, we have a unique strategy since even we don’t know what were doing most ofthe time.
6. Which teams would you like to play?
Hopefully we play as many teams as possible. I would like to see more of the native Ohio teams this year since we only played BG, OSU and half of Miami once last year. WIU & NSU were fun, competitive new teams I would like to play again. I personally have never played WPU, EMU, CMU and DePaul. Saginaw (meaning Stein) has already issued a challenge to Kent on the forum. GVSU as long as I don’t fracture me wrist again. Finally, MSU and WKU are always welcomed opponents.
DePaul’s Zigmas Maloni
DePaul Dodgeball will be returning for the start of the dodgeball season with its usual vengeance, and by vengeance we mean beating up on the random freshmen who don’t know how to keep their eyes open.
We’ve lost a handful of our “competitive” roster, but one of the most notable losses has been the graduation of Jack Young. As the face of the team in the league’s eyes, “Jack Attack” has become a herald and guardian of that DePaul Dodgeball decorum. So I’m sure he will be missed.
DePaul’s plans for this season include our normal thing – playing as much dodgeball as our bodies can handle. We have hour and a half practices twice a week, but we invite anyone to play without commitment. We play the game as our childish forbearers did. Our games are a juvenile program of delinquency, where the headshot hug rule substantiates our collegiate goals and ambitions.
In other news, DePaul also plans to do more this season than just throw balls at its own team. We are looking to host matches against other teams, as well as travelling to play nice at other schools.
We are kicking off this commitment by hosting our own tournament on October 2nd, 2010. The Chicago Hat Invitational will mix up the teams and hopefully foster some good times to be had. Any teams looking to participate should check out the NCDA forum and/or aggravate their respective captains.
At the last, we would like to keep up our reputation of playing a really fun game of dodgeball. If there is anything to be said about DePaul Dodgeball, it is that we will always be able to entertain ourselves.
