By Jessica Paulsen
Cardinal Staff
“A [Saint] Mary’s Ultimate Frisbee (MUT) club is being formed on campus,” said Eric Duffy, junior.
Duffy is one of three SMU students who started the club. They wanted to form the club because they feel Ultimate Frisbee is an open, honest and fun game and it also gives students another way to get involved on campus.
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The club is not official because the student senate has yet to vote on the issue. Duffy said he has been in contact with members of the Student Senate Executive Board. The members think that the senate will most likely approve the request.
Many students feel Ultimate Frisbee is fun because it is a competitive, taxing sport, explained Duffy. It emphasizes sportsmanship because there are no referees and players are expected to be honest. Ultimate Frisbee pushes “this thing they call spirit of the game...every team’s going to be open and honest,” said Duffy.
Most of the players in the club are freshmen, many of whom played on high school Ultimate Frisbee teams and have some experience. All members are expected to make practice three times a week. “I respect and understand that they have other things going on, and school comes first,” Duffy said. He’s also had to work practices around the times intramural teams play because they both use Saint Joe’s field.
They have heard many positive reactions from people about the club. Many were excited to play, but others are just happy to attend. Many consider Ultimate Frisbee is considered to be a good spectator sport because it is easy to follow the game and learn the rules.
People like Ultimate Frisbee because it is fun “watching people work the disc around, pass even when guarded, and make unbelievable catches,” said Duffy, and it is about “all the players that have been coming out. They’ve been amazing and they’re really committed” to the game.
Their first scrimmage is Sept. 23 against Winona State University.
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