College Easterns, March 29-30
Wilmington, NC -- The Duke men's ultimate team drove down to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington to take on top teams in the North Carolina section and from all over the East Coast. Duke came into the tournament seeded fifth overall, in a pool behind North Carolina and James Madison. Although Brimstone was only able to muster 12 players, they came out ready to play, beating ECU 11-6 going into a big matchup with UNC. Windy and cold conditions led to many drops and miscues, but Duke was able to take advantage more times than their opponent, defeating UNC 13-9. After a bye, the team finished off the day beating Ohio and Emory to stay perfect. Sunday started with the last game of pool play against James Madison, the second seed in the pool. Duke went up big to start, and although JMU was able to catch up, the team buckled down and finished them off, avenging early season losses to JMU and ending pool play without a loss.

Sat 3/29 9:00	East Carolina	W 11-6
Sat 3/29 10:45	North Carolina	W 13-9
Sat 3/29 2:35	Ohio	W 13-8
Sat 3/29 4:20	Emory	W 13-6
Sun 3/30 9:00	James Madison	W 13-11

The team carried the momentum into single elimination, avenging another early season loss by defeating Clemson. This brought the team to a semifinal matchup with North Carolina State, who was able to stop Duke's momentum and move on to the finals.

Sun 3/30 10:45	Clemson	W 15-9
Sun 3/30 12:45	North Carolina State	L 11-15

Duke finished third overall, increasing their seed for sectionals and gaining momentum going into the postseason.

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Ultimax, March 1-2
Greenville, NC -- The Duke men's ultimate team traveled to Greenville, North Carolina to take part in Ultimax, put on by East Carolina University. The team held seed in pool play, beating West Virginia and Virginia-B, but losing to Pitt.

Sat 3/1 9:00	West Virginia	W 15-3
Sat 3/1 11:00	Virginia-B	W 15-6
Sat 3/1 1:00	Pennsylvania	L 4-15

Duke came off the loss fired up and defeated in section opponent East Carolina.

Sat 3/1 3:00

East Carolina

W 15-2

The team started off single elimination on Sunday ready to play, beating Georgetown and Penn State to make it to a semifinal matchup with Delaware. The hard fought game ended in a loss for Brimstone.

Sun 3/2 9:00	Georgetown	W 15-5
Sun 3/2 11:00	Penn State	W 15-13
Sun 3/2 1:00	Delaware	L 12-15

This tournament gave the team a chance to see their strengths and weaknesses and prepare for the start of the championship series.

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Trouble in Vegas 2008, February 8-10
Las Vegas, NV -- The Duke men's ultimate team traveled across the country to play a 80 team, 3 day tournament in Sin City. Flying with the Duke women's ultimate team, they left Thursday morning to settle in and prepare for Friday's games. The team came out firing, wining its three pool play games by an average of 8 points.

Fri 2/8 11:00	Nevada-Reno	W 13-3
Fri 2/8 12:30	Northeastern	W 13-7
Fri 2/8 3:30	British Columbia B	W 13-5

Duke was reseeded into a three team pool and set to play the two earliest rounds Saturday morning. In spite of the 8:00 start time, the team was able to get pumped up for the games and keep the win streak going.

Sat 2/9 8:00	Gonzaga	W 13-9
Sat 2/9 9:30	Miami	W 13-8

After a five hour break, the team was set to start single elimination at 3:00. Mental errors and tough play by a good Texas A & M team combined to hand Duke a tough to swallow loss. Going straight into the next game, the team played flat and fell behind BYU 8-10. After a timeout, Duke rallied and won the game 13-11. The team finished off the weekend winning two games Sunday morning to take 41st overall.

Sat 2/9 3:00	Texas A & M	L 9-13
Sat 2/9 4:30	Brigham Young	W 13-11
Sun 2/10 8:30	Florida State	W 13-9
Sun 2/10 10:00	Lewis & Clark	W 13-7

The team's 8-1 finish and breaking of its low seed make a great building block for the rest of the season leading up to the College Championship Series.

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Joint Summit 2008, February 2-3
Clemson, SC -- The Duke men's ultimate team made the four hour drive down to Clemson University to participate in the 11 team Joint Summit tournament. Duke came in seeded 4th behind Clemson, James Madison, and Wake Forest. On Saturday, the team held seed, beating Furman and Covenant College, but ending with a loss to Clemson.

Sat 2/2	Furman	W 13-8
Sat 2/2	Covenant College	W 13-5
Sat 2/2	Clemson	L 9-13

In the crossover game, Duke beat West Virginia to stay as the number four seed in the single elimination.

Sat 2/2

West Virginia

W 13-10

Elimination play started with a strong win over South Carolina, but James Madison, who went on to win the tournament, eliminated Duke in the semifinals. In the third place game, Duke beat a tired Wake Forest team to take third place overall.

Sat 2/2	South Carolina X	W 13-5
Sun 2/3	James Madison	L 9-15
Sun 2/3	Wake Forest	W 11-3

The tournament turned out to be a good experience for getting returning players back in the team flow and for tuning up before Trouble in Vegas.

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