via USAU Day 3 highlights, by Brandon Wu of ultiphotos.com

Well, the ATL boys put together a good effort in still-rainy Sarasota this morning, pulling away from Ring of Fire in the quarters. The victory sets up a return to the semis, and a return to a semis match-up with Boston’s Ironside. The two squads squared off in ’08 and ’09, with Boston taking the first and Chain the sequel. The game marks the 4th semis appearance by Chain in the last 6 years (we had never made it before 2006).

1:15 Ironside (Boston) got the better of it yesterday, we’ll see if Chain can make adjustments

• Ironside wins epic struggle 17-16 [more to come]
• Chain makes 7-1 run to gain lead 14-13
• Boston up 8-5 at half
• streaming video of the game: from skyd

skyd liveblog: club-championships-2011-liveblog/
Chain twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ATLchain

schedule and results: USAU Championships score reporter

Chain plays the quarterfinals in Sarasota this morning, hoping to get things going after an up & down first 2 days of play. Hopefully the threat of being out if you lose gives the team an edge. Today will also be the first time this week that the whole team is present (added Sammy C-K yesterday, Robert Runner today).

9:30 Ring of Fire (NC) fellow southern team that seems to be peaking at just the right time

• Chain wins 15-10!

skyd liveblog: club-championships-2011-liveblog/
Chain twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ATLchain
aggregated twitter updates: leaguevine from Sarasota

schedule and results: USAU Championships score reporter

Chain enters Friday’s power pools playing for seeding in the weekend’s elimination bracket – but also, playing with the hope of establishing the consistent level of play the team expects. It won’t be easy, starting the day with overall 2 seed Ironside (Boston).

9:30 Ironside (Boston) last year’s runner-up, anchored by Chain alum Josh “Cricket” Markette

• Ironside pulled away, wins 15-9
• missed chance to get it to 10-12, 2 point swing goes to 9-13
• Ironside starts well, leads 8-5 at half
• rainy and breezy morning

12:15 Truck Stop (DC) frequent ATL opponent at Nationals, upset Chain in pool play last year

• Chain gets the tough W, 15-13; quarters v Ring Sat.
• Back and forth game, with Chain up 1 at half, 8-7

skyd liveblog: club-championships-2011-liveblog/
Chain twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ATLchain
aggregated twitter updates: leaguevine from Sarasota

schedule and results: USAU Championships score reporter

Beginning with pool play this morning at 9:30 in Sarasota, Chain enter the final stage of the 2011 season — though it some ways it feels like a first step, as the intensity and focus required at nationals makes the rest of the year quickly seem long ago.

Chain Lightning enters as the top seed in Pool D, and plays Madison (12 seed overall), Oakland (13), and Doublewide (5) today. Updated results will be posted below.

9:30 Madison (WI) draws on the considerable talent developed by the area college teams; 1st game is often tough as teams deal with nerves and frisbees still wet from the morning dew

• Chain wins 15-11, 1-0 in the pool
• Chain leads at half, 8-4

12:15 Oakland (Pittsburgh) 1st year at USAU Championships; very young, heavily reliant on players from Pitt’s college team

• Chain wins 15-9, 2-0 in the pool, tough one next
• Chain out strong, 8-3 at half

4:00 Doublewide (Austin) represents a rare regional rematch in nationals pool play; has the talent to get hot and win the whole tournament

• Chain falls hard to revenge-minded Doublewide, 15-6; power pools tomorrow
• Chain trails DW 4-8 at the break

schedule and results: USAU Championships score reporter
aggregated twitter updates: leaguevine from Sarasota