Columbus Pride (ultimate)

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Columbus Pride
Columbus Pride ultimate team logo.png
SportUltimate
Founded2019
League Premier Ultimate League
Based in Columbus, Ohio
Head coachJoseph Marmerstein
Website columbusprideultimate.com

The Columbus Pride is a professional women's ultimate team based in Columbus, Ohio which competes in the Premier Ultimate League (PUL). [1] The team joined the PUL for the league's inaugural 2019 season. [2] Their stated mission is to "increase the visibility of elite female ultimate players in Columbus and surrounding areas, provide role models to young athletes, and compete at a high, spirited level." [3]

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Franchise history

The Pride formed in early 2019, and is one of the original eight teams in the Premier Ultimate League. [4]

The team would have played its second season in 2020 and held tryouts in early 2020, [5] [6] but the PUL cancelled the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] [8]

In 2021, the Pride competed at the Midwest weekend of the PUL's abbreviated competition season, placing second. They fell in overtime to the Milwaukee Monarchs and defeated the Indianapolis Red. [9]

Record

Going into the 2019 season, Ultiworld's power rankings placed the Pride at 6th in the league. [10] In their 2019 regular season, the Pride defeated the Nashville Nightshade [11] 24-13 and the Indianapolis Red 15–12. [12] They fell to the NY Gridlock 10–17, [13] the Medellin Revolution 16–18, [14] and the Raleigh Radiance 13–20. [15] This record gave them a sixth-place finish in the league, which did not qualify them for the playoffs. [16]

In 2021, the Pride lost to the Milwaukee Monarchs 11-12 and defeated the Indianapolis Red 21-7. [9]

The Pride will compete in the PUL's 2022 season, which runs from April through June 2022. [17] [18]

YearReg. SeasonPlayoffsFinish
20192-3 (6th)0-06th
2020Season Cancelled0-0Season Cancelled
20211-1n/a2nd in Midwest
Total3-40-0

Current coaching staff

Roster

The team's 2020 roster was as follows: [6] [19]

2020 Columbus Pride
#NamePronounsCollegeMost Recent Club Team
2Libby Lehman Case Western Reserve University Columbus Rival
3Domenica Sutherland University of Texas Texas Showdown
4Emily Barrett Ohio State University Columbus Cocktails
5Paige Soper Ohio State University Columbus Rival
6Corinn Pruitt Ohio State University Columbus Rival
7Lucy Bender Allegheny College; University of Pittsburgh Columbus Rival
8Lilly Mendoza Cornell University Columbus Rival
9Janine Walker Ohio State University Columbus Rival
10Cara Sieber Ohio State University Columbus Cocktails
11Sadie Jezierski Ohio State University Nashville 'Shine
14Kristen Cherosky Ohio State University Columbus Rival
16Lucia Wei Case Western Reserve University EDM (Denver)
17Caitlin Duffner Ohio State University Columbus Cocktails
19Iris Javersak University of Akron Columbus Rival
20Charlotte Koerner West Virginia University Pittsburgh Alloy
22Mary Turner Ohio State University Nashville 'Shine
23Lauren Boyle Washington DC Scandal
24Stevie Miller Ohio State University Columbus Rival
26Chelsea Zhu Williams College Notorious C.L.E.
29Emmy Schroder Ohio State University Columbus Rival
31Sharon Yee Case Western Reserve University Columbus Rival
39Sara Scott University of Wisconsin Columbus Rival
47Penny WuHybrid (Ann Arbor)
78Tiffany Lim Ohio State University Petey's Pirates (Columbus)
87Molly Moore University of Pittsburgh Washington DC Scandal
95Kristen Behrens Ohio State University Petey's Pirates (Columbus)
00Eileen Duffner Washington University Chicago Nemesis

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