SALT LAKE CITY — "Huge underdogs."
That's how head coach Josh Letsinger characterized the chances of the University of Utah's ultimate frisbee team, more commonly known as "Zion Curtain Ultimate", or ZCU for short, making it to Nationals.
After all, going into the Northwest Regionals tournament, they were seeded ninth out of 10 teams. Nationally, ZCU was ranked No. 48, and only 20 teams make it to the Division 1 Collegiate Championships.
But ZCU kept winning, somehow. In pool play, ZCU finished 3-1 to finish in second place. Their 3 wins came by a total of 4 points against quality competition.