Buds: Cornell's premiere men's Ultimate team

News! (updated 10/24/09)

Buds at Purple Valley: The Buds descended upon the small yet beautiful Williamstown, MA for Williams College's annual Purple Valley on October 17-18. Finally at a tournament with our full squad, Saturday provided plenty of playing time for the younger guys, while Sunday proved to be the best competition of the season so far. Unfortunately, the Buds fell just short, losing on universe point in the finals. Full results can be found here: http://www.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=127&id=6740.

Buds win the Maryland Brodown!: The Buds travelled to College Park for the Maryland SpaceBastards Brodown on October 3-4. Although missing key veterans to Mid-Atlantic Club Regionals, we came out firing on all cylinders, amassing a 91-11 point differential while going 7-0 and winning the tournament. Many thanks to Aaron Gemmell's Mom for coming out to cheer us on and provide snacks. Full results can be found here: http://www.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=18&id=6665.

Buds X win the Cornell X/Y Invite!: On August 26-27 we hosted the first annual Cornell X/Y Invite right here in Ithaca. All teams attending brought lots of rookies and we split ourselves into 2 squads (Buds X and Buds Y) in order to allow more playing time for everyone. Even with our split roster, Buds X went undefeated and placed 1st in the tournament! Buds Y also did well, losing only to Buds X and Williams to finish 3rd. Overall a great weekend for the Buds. Full results can be found here: http://www.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=18&id=6795.

Buds' Fall Roster Announced!: Tryouts for the 2009-2010 season have concluded, and we are pleased to welcome 11 new players onto the Buds's fall roster. Our newest Buds are: Deepak Bapat, Frank Salwen, Aaron Gemmel, Jim Fuller, Derek Stenclik, Alex Paya, Adam Shih, Max Sanders, Nick Thompson, Jason Kowalski and Sam Segal.

Buds in the Club Scene!: The start of this club season has been great for Buds around the country, with nearly all current Buds playing Club and many current/former Buds making the rosters of some elite teams! Most notably, recent alums Seth Reinhardt and Daniel Kantor have made Boston's Ironside and Washington D.C.'s Truck Stop, respectively, and rising seniors Jon Hirschberger and Garrett Bernstein have made Boston's Bodhi and Boston's Sons of Liberty, respectively! A full list of this year's current and most recent Buds in the club scene looks like this:

Ironside (Boston, MA): Seth Reinhardt
Sons of Liberty (Boston, MA): Garrett Bernstein
Bodhi (Cambridge, MA): Jon Hirschberger
Truck Stop (Washington D.C.): Daniel Kantor
Pike (Princeton, NJ): Art Shull, Bo Li
Philly Love (Philadelphia, PA): Alex Kadesch
Forge (Pittsburgh, PA): Dan Brager
Replicants (New York, NY): Daniel Campbell, Ethan Pollack, Neil Butler, Damien Lazar
Skrilla Kings (Austin, TX): Brian Grundy, Ryan Swisher
Vitamin I (Ithaca, NY): Dave Chalenski

If you're an alum looking to see where your fellow alums might be playing, here is a brief list of alums in the club scene, to name a few:

Paul Batten - Ironside (Boston, MA)
Mike Nash - El Diablo (Charleston, SC)
Andrew Berry - Truck Stop (Washington D.C.)
David "O-Town" Reynolds - Replicants (New York, NY)
Michael "Slymer" Egan - Replicants (New York, NY)
Eugene Yum - AMP (Philadelphia, PA)
Seth "Churchmouse" Canetti - Bashing Pinatas (Westchester, NY)
Tim Fu - Puppet Regime (New York, NY)
Heng-Scheng Chuang - Puppet Regime (New York, NY)

If we've missed you on this list, or to inquire about club info for someone specific not named here, please e-mail buds@cornell.edu.

Join The 2010-2011 Buds!

Tryouts for the 2009-2010 season for both the Buds (the A team) and the Shake (the B team) have concluded. If you are interested in trying out for either team next year please e-mail the Buds captains at buds@cornell.edu or the Shake captains at shake@cornell.edu letting them know and you will be put on a mailing list where you will receive information about tryouts come next fall.

For more information, please e-mail the captains.

Directions to Reis Practice Fields

Car/Bike

Find Pine Tree Road on a map (on the bottom right of the map). As you head south on Pine Tree Road, you will cross an intersection with Mitchell (to the west) and Ellis Hollow (to the east). Reis Tennis Center is the first right hand turn after that intersection as you continue south on Pine Tree. If you are driving, park in the Reis lot. To get to the fields we play on, walk along the left hand side of the tennis center, past the building and then past the outdoor courts. You will walk right onto a big field, that is where we play.

Bus

The 53 bus leaves Uris Hall at 4:43PM and arrives at East Hill Plaza at 4:51PM. Although we understand that you may not be able to make an earlier bus, this option will be cutting things a bit tight.

If you have extra time and want to spend some time throwing around before practice, the 54 bus leaves Statler Hall at 4:22PM and arrives at East Hill Plaza at 4:34PM. Taking the earlier bus will also provide the time to fully cleat up and warm up a bit on your own before practice begins.

If you miss the 53 bus, you can take the 52 bus, but you will be late to practice. It leaves Uris Hall at 4:48PM and arrives at East Hill Plaza at 4:56PM.

The bus will drop you off near the P&C food store. When you get off the bus, walk south towards the intersection of Mitchell and Ellis Hollow and then walk straight through the intersection. Reis tennis center will be on your right. To get to the fields we play on, turn right to walk towards the tennis center and than walk along the left hand side of the tennis center, past the building and then past the outdoor courts. You will walk right onto a big field, that is where we play.

To get home, you need to take the 93 bus. It leaves East Hill Plaza (from the parking lot, NOT from where the other buses dropped you off) at 7:06PM and arrives at RPCC at 7:26PM. We will finish practice at 6:55PM to give people enough time to walk over to the bus stop.

2008-2009 Season News

Nationals: Buds place 9th at Nationals! After finishing pool play with a record of 3-1 (beating NC State, Luther, and Kansas, while losing to Colorado) and taking 2nd place in pool B, we faced Pittsburgh in the pre-Quarters for a rematch of the Regional Finals. After a very well-played, hard fought game from both teams, we fell to Pittsburgh 15-13. After this loss, we finished the tournament with two more victories to tie for 9th place in the country, with an overall record of 5-2 at the tournament. Full results can be found here: http://www.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=18&id=5931 and more information including pictures and video highlights can be found by navigating the College Championships website at http://college2009.upa.org. It's been a truly amazing season. Thanks for all your support!

Buds win Regionals! We emerged victorious from Regionals, held in Princeton, NJ and have secured a bid to Nationals! After going 3-0 in Pool play against Vassar, SUNY-Buffalo and Edinboro, we won our semifinal matchup and last game of the day on Saturday against Bucknell to advance to the finals Sunday afternoon against rival Pittsburgh. Coming out on Sunday both intense and unrelenting, we won the finals 15-8 to win the region and were awarded a bid to nationals for the first time since 2002! Full results can be seen here: http://www.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=18&id=5918 Nationals will be held in Columbus, OH, on May 22-25.

Buds win Sectionals! Hosted in Ithaca for the second straight year, Sectionals was a great tournament both for the Buds and for the Shake, who had a strong showing, finishing tied for 6th. Results can be seen here: http://www.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=18&id=5882

Buds win Southerns 2009 in Statesboro, GA! This 32 team tournament in sunny Statesboro was a tremendous success for us, as spring break concluded with a hard-fought tournament win. The UPA page with the tournament results can be found here: http://www.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=18&id=5735

There is also a highlight video from the weekend, which can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGGelfsMsTg

Make A Donation!

Due to the economy, the University has slashed our budget, reducing our funding by almost 50%. Because of this, we have been very limited in our training and tournament options. If you would like to make a donation and help support the team, it would be greatly appreciated.

Check should be made out to "Cornell University" with "Cornell Ultimate/Buds" specified in the memo line. Please send these checks to:

Cornell University

Alumni Affairs and Development

P.O. Box 2600

Ithaca, NY 14851

These donations are tax-deductible

About the Buds

Founded in 1973, the Buds have a storied history and are one of the oldest programs in college ultimate. We have made nationals multiple times and are perennial contenders in the Metro East. We practice 4-5 days per week all school year and travel to about 4-5 tournaments in the local area in each the fall and spring semesters. We usually fly west to a tournament in February and then drive down South for Spring Break to face other competitive teams. Though many of the students who come out for the Buds have previous High School ultimate experience, we welcome players of any experience and skill level that have an enthusiasm to work hard and learn about the game.

In addition to the Buds, Cornell has a fully functional B team, the Shake. The Shake also travel South for Spring Break and play many local tournaments. The Shake focus on developing the fundamentals needed before you are ready to play with the Buds.

Tryouts for the Buds occur early in the fall semester soon after classes start. If you're interested in joining the Buds or Shake, please send the captains an email and we will put you on our mailing list where we announce tryout, practice, and tournament schedules.