Flag Football The weather cooperated with us again this year and the Flag Football season was very successful. We had 84 teams and 1228 participants sign up for Flag Football this year. With a sport as fast-paced as flag-football, injuries are bound to occur and this year was no different. We had several cuts and bruises along with some concussions and shoulder dislocations. Sigma Phi Epsilon was the champion of this year’s Fraternity division and Chi Omega won the Women’s Closed Divisions. Championships were also won by Team Old Guys, Drill and Fill, The Clowns, and the Dental School.
Track Meet The weather cooperated with us this year for the Track Meet and we went back to holding the event in the fall as it traditionally is. The track meet went off very smoothly this year and took about 2 hours to complete the entire meet. We had 176 participants that came out to take part in a variety of Track and Field events. Chi Omega won the women’s division while Sigma Chi won the men’s overall title.
Tennis Singles We enjoyed another day of great weather for this year’s Tennis Singles Tournament. We had 88 people participate in this year’s tournament. Bass Rudd Tennis Center was nice enough to give us all of the indoor and outdoor courts, so the tournament went about as quick and smooth as possible. Dino Selimovic of Sigma Chi (Fraternity), Laura Irons of Alpha Omicron Pi (Women’s Closed), and Nathan Eberhard (Campus) were the winners of this year’s tournament.
Court Dodgeball This year we saw another major uptick in participation in the Dodgeball tournament. Our number of teams went up to 41 from 39 and our participants went up to 340 from 273 last year. We also moved the Court Dodgeball tournament to the fall due to how busy the gym floor is in the early spring, when we used to run the tournament. We ran each division on their own night so that we could have 3 courts going on at the same time and speed up the pace of play a little. We also had a supervisor and 2 EAs work each night in order to help the tournament run smoother. This year’s winners were Phi Kappa Tau (Fraternity), Delta Zeta (Women’s Closed), and Pi Kappa Alpha (Campus).
Tug-O-War We could not have asked for much better weather than we had this year for Tug-O-War. While only points teams participated again this year, we did see an increase in participation. We had 178 participants on 17 teams up from 160 on 15 teams. In the end, Sigma Alpha Epsilon won the Fraternity title, while Pi Beta Phi took home the women’s title.
Indoor Soccer Our Indoor Soccer league continued to grow again this year, breaking last year’s record year for both teams and participants. We saw our numbers continue to grow again this year as our teams went from 62 to 75 and our total number of participants went from 744 to 865. This year Phi Delta Theta, Baughman’s Ballerz, Pike & Chi O, PIKE B, and Caspian Tigers won their respective divisions.
Suggestions:
Clarify slide tackling rule
Look into possible rule changes regarding 2 minute penalties
Volleyball This year was a record-setting year for our volleyball league as we set records with both the number of participants that we had and with the number of teams that we had. We had a record 820 participants on a record 71 teams this year. Pi Kappa Alpha won the Fraternity division, Chi Omega won the Women’s Closed division, Will & Co. won the Co-Rec division, IMS won the Campus division, No Sets Before Marriage won the Men’s Open Division, and Bicuspid Babes won the Women’s Open division.
Sports Trivia Sports Trivia is always one of the more enjoyable events on the schedule each year. This year we had 13 teams and 58 total participants compete. After taking a test, the teams were seeded and then paired against each other until we had a winner. We are still looking for an update sports trivia game, so in the meantime we created our own questions for the elimination round. This year’s Fraternity winner was Phi Delta Theta, while the Men’s Open winner was Reigning Champs.
Suggestions:
Continue to look for an updated game
Turkey Trot The 63rd Annual Turkey Trot took place on a day that featured a lot of sunshine, but was colder than it had been recently. We were finally able to go back to our old course as the construction on 3rd street was completed. This year we had 82 runners take part in the race. Chi Omega won overall in Women’s Closed for the third consecutive year, Sigma Chi won in the Fraternity division, and Alex Levesque won the Men’s Open division. As is normally the case with this event, the campus police played a major role in the event running so smoothly.
Badminton Tournament Badminton has continued to be one of our bigger sports since we put it back on the schedule with the completion of the SRC. This year we saw a record number of participants with 241 total individuals taking part over the 3 days of competition. In the end Jack Fossett TKE, Whitehouse and Fossett TKE, Lekha Devara KD, Frink and Conner DZ, Eric Miller SAE, and Hermann and Wolf SAE won the championships.
3 v 3 Basketball The 3v3 Basketball tournament went smoothly again this year. We saw 277 participants on 73 teams compete in the tournament this year. Delta Zeta won the Women’s Closed division, Sigma Phi Epsilon won the Fraternity division, Sigma Alpha Epsilon B4 won the Campus division, Swish won the Women’s Open division, and Deep Three’s won the Men’s Open division.
Swim Meet The swim meet continued to be a unique event for the students as it is one of the very few events of its kind in the nation. The event was again hosted in the Ralph Wright Natatorium and with the help of the Natatorium staff the event ran extremely efficiently. This year we had 93 participants take to the pool. The team champions this year were: Sigma Phi Epsilon (Fraternity), and Delta Zeta (Women’s Closed).
Bowling Singles This year we only had one bowling event as we took bowling doubles off of the schedule. We had seen a decline in the bowling events over the last couple of years and decided that having only one event would be better. For this year’s event we had 84 people in 18 organizations participate in the event. The organization winners were Sigma Chi in the Fraternity division, Pi Beta Phi in the Women’s Closed division, and Pi Kappa Alpha in the Campus division. High games went to Mitch Catinna of Sigma Chi (Fraternity), Kristina Klaben of Chi Omega (Women’s Closed), and Matt Hart of Pi Kappa Alpha (Campus).
Bubbleball Last summer we purchased 12 Bubbleballs and in January we ran our first-ever Intramural Bubbleball Tournament. We had 9 teams and 46 participants and played each division on their own night. The tournament was a lot of fun for everyone involved and we hope to grow the numbers next year. The first ever Bubbleball Champions were Lambda Chi Alpha in the Men’s division, Kappa Alpha Theta in the Women’s division, and Balls to the Wall in the Corec division.
Basketball This year for Basketball we had 106 teams sign-up and take part in the league. We had 1115 participants on those teams as well. This makes Basketball our largest sport once again this year. While some of the teams came out just wanting to have a good time, many of the games were extremely competitive and often times, played down to the wire to determine a winner. We once again added the Graduate League in with our regular league, which made it easier to schedule that league. In the end, the teams who rose to the challenge to take home the Championships were: Fraternity – Sigma Chi, Women’s Closed – Kappa Delta, Campus – IMS, Men’s Open B –The Clowns, Co-Rec – Pippen Ain’t Easy, and Women’s Open – IMS.
Suggestions:
Revise jersey check-out system
Table Tennis We had 226 people take part in our Table Tennis Singles and Doubles Tournaments this year, which was up from 190 a year ago. This event was played over three total days and it took about two hours each day to complete it. This year’s Champions were: Fraternity Singles- Matthew Roe of Sigma Phi Epsilon, Fraternity Doubles – Roe/Roe of Sigma Phi Epsilon, Women’s Closed Singles- Sienna Staley of Kappa Alpha Theta, Women’s Closed Doubles- Exeler/Zalla of Phi Sigma Rho, Campus Singles- Adam Flynn of Sigma Chi, and Campus Doubles- Fox/Jones of Sigma Chi.
Racquetball We had 171 participants for this year’s Racquetball Singles and Doubles Tournaments. Due to the fact that we only have 3 courts to use, we spread the tournaments over 3 days to accommodate our large number of participants. The tournament took about 2 hours of play each night. This year’s winners in singles were Thomas Hosp from Sigma Pi (Fraternity), Laura Edkins from Phi Sigma Rho (Women’s Closed), and Logan Hershenow of CCF (Campus). The winners in doubles were Sego/Hosp from Sigma Pi (Fraternity), Houdeshell and Buchelt from Chi Omega (Women’s Closed), and Eberhard/Hershenow (Campus).
Sand Volleyball This year we had to adjust Sand Volleyball a little as we lost the court at the Marshall Center, leaving us with just one court to use. We also moved the Sand Volleyball tournament to the spring after a suggestion from IM Council so that we could have a volleyball related sport in both semesters. This year we had 38 teams with 230 participants take part in the tournament over the 3 days. This year’s winners were: Sigma Chi in the Fraternity division, Chi Omega in the Women’s Closed division, SigEp B in the campus division, and Team Name in the Co-Rec division.
Outdoor Soccer We really could not have asked for better weather for this Soccer season. The weather cooperated with us a lot more than it has in the past. The field was in great condition for this year’s league because we over seeded it with rye in the fall. This year we had a record 71 teams up from 62 teams with 921 participants up from 818. This year the Championship shirts went to: Sigma Phi Epsilon (Fraternity), Chi Omega (Women’s Closed), Sigma Chi B (Campus), RickNETSia Pros (Men’s A), Enamel Pearls (Women’s Open) and Shi-GOAL-a Dysenteriae (Co-Rec).
Floor Hockey This year with Floor Hockey we saw a record number of 31 teams and 335 participants take part in the league. The level of competition also increased this year, which led to a fun season for everyone. Phi Delta Theta won the Fraternity division, Delta Zeta won the Women’s Closed division, and Cougar Bait won the Campus division.
Wallyball In this year’s Wallyball tournament we had 41 teams and 165 participants take part in the tournament. We ran the Fraternity and Women’s Closed tournaments on their own nights and then ran the Campus and Corec tournaments together on a third night. The winners of this year’s event were Sigma Chi 1 in the Fraternity division, Delta Zeta in the Women’s Closed division, Balls & Walls in the Campus division, and I signed up for Volleyball in the Corec division.
Team Handball We had our largest Team Handball league ever this year. We had 41 teams with 437 participants take part in this year’s Team Handball League. We have continued to tweak rules and revamp our official’s training in order to put a better product out for the participants. This year’s league winners were Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Zeta, and SAE B.
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Tennis Doubles This year’s Tennis Doubles tournament saw 48 people take the courts. We had beautiful weather for the tournament, which allowed us to us all 8 outdoor courts as well as 3 indoor courts at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center. Selimovic/Krauter of Sigma Chi won the Fraternity division, King/Clark of Kappa Delta won the Women’s Closed division, and Eberhard/Hagan won the Campus division.
Golf Tournament We held the golf tournament at Cherokee Golf Course again this year on a Friday afternoon. This event is still only for points for the fraternities so our numbers remain a little low every year. This was the second year of the scramble format, which has really helped give new life to the tournament. The change was a success so we will continue to run the tournament with this format every year. This year we had 28 gofers show up and compete in the tournament. We had a beautiful day weather-wise which really helped with our turnout. Sigma Phi Epsilon won the scramble overall.
Disc Golf We held the Disc Golf Tournament at Iroquois Park’s Disc Golf Course. We had beautiful weather for this year’s tournament, which made conditions right for some great scores. We had 43 participants hit the course for this year’s tournament. This year’s winners were: Matthew Roe from Sigma Phi Epsilon in the Fraternity division and Sigma Phi Epsilon also won the overall championship for lowest team score.
Putt-Putt Golf Our Putt-Putt numbers grew quite a bit this year with 144 people taking part in the event compared to 108 last year. The event ran very smoothly lasting a little over an hour. We streamlined the sign in process once again this year, so registration at the course was simple. Our overall winners this year were Sigma Phi Epsilon in the Fraternity division, Delta Zeta in the Women’s Closed division, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon in the Campus division. The low round of the day went to Cameron Way of Sigma Phi Epsilon (Fraternity), Sienna Staley of Kappa Alpha Theta (Women’s Closed), and Henry Smith of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (Campus).
Bubbleball We ran a second Bubbleball Tournament in April as our last event of the school year. We had 3 teams and 13 total participants in this tournament. We continued to adjust the rules as we look to make the tournament as fun as possible for the participants. For this tournament we ran two 4-minute halves. The winner of the tournament was IMS.