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UWP Dodgeball Fall Semester Recap.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Content Editors Recap<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, were halfway through\n2019-2020 dodgeball season with a new team trying to make its mark in the\nNational Collegiate Dodgeball Association. A bunch of different characters have\ncome together with goals to be one of the best dodgeball teams to compete, have\nfun, and make memories.  With the\nmajority of last year\u2019s squad returning, with a few new faces sprinkled in,\nthis team is ready for the challenges of replacing four quality players in Erik\nZander, Tomas Zander, Will Martin, and Ian Pongratz. Our team is led by Captain\nDaniel Brogli (\u201cDirty Dan\u201d) and our Co-Captains Jared Colden and Chad Jakel.  The players that have made the most impact\nduring the fall semester are Austin Kurey, Noah Larscheid, Daniel Skoumal (\u201cBetter\/New\nDan\u201d), and Ryan Wall (\u201cSquirrel\u201d).  During\nthe fall semester, the Platteville dodgeball team competed in three tournaments\nand will commence the second half of the season on February 29th<\/sup> at\ntheir home tournament, Zanderthon Throw-down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Captains remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UWP team went through a lot of learning in the first semester. We had a lot of returning members coming back with better skills, and a refreshed understanding\/feel for the game. We also had a handful of new players on the team, which helped mix things up. In terms of playing, I must admit we started off slow. We weren\u2019t playing as a team in practice. There seemed to be more individualism and less cooperative competing. It was a work in progress and our first tournament kind of exposed it to everyone who hadn\u2019t noticed it prior. There was definitely a change that started after that. We started to click more as a team. It might have helped that we were learning each other\u2019s abilities and purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a short squad go to GVSU to play. It was treated as learning experience since it was mostly the newbies on the team that went. They came back and gained a lot out of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last tournament we had was our own, and to me was our best performance. We were able to get our less experienced players a lot of playing time with some great competition. Our best showing had to be Nebraska. We fell behind early and had to work hard just to get to halftime without giving up another point. We played better in the second half because we were able to make them play the way we wanted to. The best showing of this came during overtime. This is where the veterans were able to display to the rest of the team their knowledge and what the team is capable of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last bit of the semester was used to work on developing the small skills for everyone. We have a lot to learn individually and as a team this semester to compete at nationals. We are looking forward to a couple tournaments to prepare this semester. Our home tournament on the 29th of February, we are expecting a turnout like our last. It would be nice if we could get an Ohio or Michigan team to come out. It would help our whole conference and would be a nice showing of camaraderie since it is known that we like to travel to compete against them. \u201cThe War\u201d is going to be great. I don\u2019t have to say much about it since all the teams going probably feel the same way. It will be a great time to compare to the other teams in the league, and also great practice for Nationals. I have high hopes for our team this semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tournament Recaps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cornhusker Clash<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first tournament of the\nsemester was the Cornhusker Clash which was hosted by the University of\nNebraska-Lincoln on October 12.  During\nthis tournament, the UWP Dodgeball team went 2-0 on the day. With the scores\nbeing 3-2 and 4-2. The overall theme of this tournament was slow starts and\nslight rust to start the 2019-2020 season. Nebraska came ready to play and kept\nUWP on their back line consistently. UWP found ways to fight back when down and\ncame out of the weekend 2-0.  Here is the\nofficial cornhusker class recap link. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cornhusker Clash Recap<\/a><\/blockquote>