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5/2/2001

Ultimate frisbee will be club team next fallSophomore Brian Babbitt and freshman Kali Pace-Graczyk like to think that they have started something here at Eau Claire. The two collaborated this fall to turn their intramural ultimate frisbee team into a recreational sport club. By next fall, the team will become an official club sport, supported by university funding. Babbitt said as many...

11/8/2001

Frisbee team successful in second year, holds first-ever tournament in Eau ClaireWhen sophomore Kali Pace realized that UW-Eau Claire didn’t have an ultimate Frisbee team, she found people to play, went through the paperwork to make it a club sport and formed the team that took second place in its own tournament last weekend. The team has played in four tournaments this fall, including last weekend’s,...

2/17/2003

No holes in this ‘Eau-Zone’Ultimate Frisbee has been around since the days of the hippies and peace movement. Although it has seen considerable growth, it still remains a fringe sport; a subculture of sorts. Now, however, it is played at universities all over the country. Last fall, the Eau Claire ultimate Frisbee club, Eau-Zone, finished its season with a record of 17-4.

4/16/2003

Frisbee finding itself in the ‘Eau Zone’Three years ago, Eau Claire’s Ultimate Frisbee club, known as “Eau Zone,” was just an intramural sport, competing in statewide tournaments and getting shut down by its opponents. In April 2001, the team participated in the Midwestern Classic in Madison. With 25 teams playing, Eau Claire left the capital city winless, going 0-6.

5/4/2004

Disk squad heads to tourneyMost people throw a Frisbee around for fun, often at the beach or at the park on a beautiful sunny day. For a group of UW-Eau Claire students, the fun is still there, but the competitive nature is significantly higher in the grueling game of ultimate Frisbee. The Eau Claire squad has been playing competitively for about three years, said senior team captain Bjorn Hagstrom. “It got started my freshman year,” he said. “After that freshman year we started going to other cities and playing other colleges.”

10/20/2004

Ultimate Frisbee growing after five yearsHundreds of college students braved chilly, gusting winds Saturday at Bollinger Field to play with a Frisbee disc. But this wasn’t a typical game of Frisbee. Far from it, actually. This was Ultimate Frisbee, the young sport commonly compared to soccer with a Frisbee which is gaining a foothold with the college-aged crowd.

5/4/2005

Ultimate Frisbee team takes seventh at regionalsFriday evening was a mix of overcast skies and chilly temperatures. In a corner of Bollinger Field, the sound of feet thumping on muddy grass blended with shouts of encouragement from the 16 members of the UW-Eau Claire ultimate Frisbee team scrimmaging during their practice.

2005 (Documentary of the 2005 UWEC EauZone Ultimate team)

11/15/2007

Ultimate WarriorsUW-Eau Claire sophomore Tim Jacobs described the play – he crossed the field in the back of the end zone, trying to get in position for a pass. Once the throw was in the air, he realized it was too far behind him. As he dove backwards for the catch, he said the defender knocked his hand away, causing the pass to go incomplete.

2009 - 2011 Blog Posts

EauZone Ultimate

5/12/2010

Club Sport Report: Ultimate FrisbeeThe women’s Ultimate Frisbee team earned third place in the regional tournament, just two points shy of second place and a spot at nationals.

7/1/2010

Eau Claire man to play for Frisbee sport's titlePatrick Niles does not consider himself an elite athlete by any means. But starting Saturday he has the opportunity to compete for a world championship at the highest level of

7/29/2010

Ultimate ManDuring their march to victory, Pat and the CLX played against teams from Luxembourg, Switzerland, Japan, New Zealand, and Canada (the finale).

11/19/2010

SKYD Magazine

2011 Preview – University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire SOL

10/27/2011

Eau Claire’s Ultimate Ultimate Frisbee TeamSOL started up in 2005, when women interested in playing ultimate frisbee wanted to branch off the men’s team, Gartner said. A few girls had been playing on the original team, but wanted something of their own, and after the typical paperwork start-up, SOL was formed.

2/6/2014

Breaking freeLike all great ideas, this one started over a scotch. UW-Eau Claire senior Chris Schasse and his friend Eau Claire alumnus James Wagner, both ultimate Frisbee players, said they wanted to travel last summer. Schasse said they were sitting on his porch one day drinking a scotch, talking about what they wanted to do that...

11/3/2016

The ultimate experienceThe year is 1968. Teenager Joel Silver attends summer camp in his hometown of Maplewood, New Jersey with camp counselor Jared Kass. Kass spends the duration of summer teaching the campers a brand new game known as, “Frisbee Football.” Much like touch football, two teams assemble on a field and aim to score points in...

3/6/2019

A glance at UWEC women’s ultimate frisbeeFlying discs, squeaky sneakers, loud voices and pop music filled the Zorn arena as the UW-Eau Claire women’s ultimate frisbee team practiced for their upcoming tournament. The women’s ultimate frisbee club at UW-Eau Claire was founded in fall 2006. The club was named SOL, which stands for “seven on the line,” because at the time...

4/17/2023

UW-Madison wins Ultimate Frisbee division playoffs held in Wausau this weekendBy Jim Force | Special to Wausau Pilot & Review Dodging raindrops and dealing with blustery winds, teams in the Lake Superior Division of USA Ultimate

4/17/2023

Ultimate Frisbee action brings teams to WausauSubmitted by Jim Force to Wausau Pilot & Review Ultimate Frisbee competition held in Wausau in April 2024. Photo by Jay Lonetree UW Madison and UW Eau

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