The CMU dodgeball team, a competitive club team that has been at CMU for eight years, practices on Feb. 18 in Rose 143.
When junior Michael Riley first started playing on Central Michigan's club dodgeball team, he wasn’t expecting to have to dodge balls thrown at 60 to 70 miles per hour.
For eight years, CMU has had a competitive club dodgeball team that faces teams around the region, including Michigan State, Saginaw Valley State and Grand Valley State, from September to April.
- 15 players on the court for both sides
- 10 dodgeballs placed in the middle for both teams to grab
- During opening rush, players aren’t allowed to slide into each other and can’t wrestle with another play for a ball
- Two 25-minute halves
- Objective: Eliminate all players on the opposing side
- When you catch an opponent's ball, the opponent is out and one teammate is brought back in
- First team to eliminate all players receives one point
- Most points at the end of the two game wins
- If no points are won by both teams, they go into sudden death
- In sudden death, there are 6 players for both teams.