Following their first game of the season, boys’ ultimate took home a triumphant win. Crush went up against Mounds View on April 13, and ended with a final score of 15-5. Head coach Spencer Hagen said he was proud of how the team managed to bring it back after a rough start to the game. 

“They started off slow, but they did a good job bouncing back,” Hagen said. “They refocused and handled it well.”

Senior captain Micah Davis said the communication between team members on and off the field helped to ensure their victory.

“We had really good communication from the sidelines today,” Davis said. “Being able to talk to our players and give them advice that will help them on the field is important.”

According to senior captain Eli Schmelzer, he was anxious at the beginning about the turnout of the game due to the turbulent weather. 

“Going into the game I was a little worried,” Schmelzer said. “It’s our first game, and with heavy winds. We came out a little flustered, but after that we got it back together. We took a timeout and resolved it.”

Hagen said even though the team played a solid game, for future games they need to dial into working on their offense lines during practice.

“Overall we played a really solid game but there’s always little things to improve on,” Hagen said. “We need to clean up some of our offensive movement, make that a little bit more fluid. Defensively I liked our pressure throughout the whole night.”

Due to the cold and wet weather, Crush had been practicing indoors. Davis said he was enthusiastic about getting out on the turf again to power through.

“I felt really happy and excited to be playing outside again and back with the whole team,” Davis said. “At the first part of the game, it was rough because Mounds View came out super strong, but eventually we brought it back together and locked it in and really pulled forward.”

Schmelzer said that he was impressed with the effort the team put into the game even though the game started off rocky. 

“The team flipped into the right mindset,” Schmelzer said. “I was really impressed with everyone’s ability to get into the mindset of playing the game after so many months of not playing.”

Crush is set to play at 6 p.m. April 20 against Wayzata at Wayzata High School.