This past weekend, the Hillsdale College Ultimate Frisbee Club flew to the University of Dallas and defeated their club team 12-11.

Senior Greg Moreno, club president, grew up playing frisbee with one of the Dallas players.

“My best friend growing up, who I learned how to play frisbee alongside, goes to the University of Dallas,” Moreno said. “We always have talked about having our teams play each other, but living across the country makes it hard.”

Moreno said  in the spring of 2022 the two teams met in St. Louis to play.

“It was super fun last time. Everyone loved it, and it was a really memorable weekend when we did it that way,” Moreno said. “But this time we wanted to go all the way down there and get to be on their campus.” 

Moreno said it took some convincing, but Hillsdale sent 16 players on the trip. 

“We had a full roster and it was so cool to see everyone who was willing to give up a precious weekend to take such a trek down to Texas,” junior Ineka Pastermack said. 

Each of the players contributed to the cost of the trip, and they flew Spirit with only backpacks to make the trip more affordable.

The teams played one official game and then split up the teams.

“We played one real showcase game with our two teams against each other,” Pastermack said. “But then for the rest of the afternoon, we scrambled people up, and that’s when you could tell it was really fun and just a friendly environment. But we did have to make sure that Hillsdale kept our victory there.”

Junior Ineka Pastermack said she enjoyed playing against a smaller liberal arts school instead of the large state schools the club usually plays.

“It was fun to meet some similar students and kindred spirits,” Pastermack said.

The Dallas team took care of transportation for the Hillsdale team and hosted them in several team members’ apartments and houses.

John Dougherty, the president of the Dallas team, said he was impressed with the leadership of Hillsdale’s team.

“Greg and Gabe [Dobrozsi] are awesome captains, leaders of the team, both on and off the field,” Dougherty said. “We are really glad it worked out.”

Pastermack said the Hillsdale team had a memorable weekend and loved the trip.

“It was such an amazing time and just a great bonding experience for the whole team,” Pastermak said.

Dougherty agreed. 

“The game on Saturday was fabulous, and I’d say both teams played really well,” Dougherty said. “I think Saturday was the most fun I ever had playing frisbee.”