2015 American Ultimate Disc League season
| Season | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Champions | San Jose Spiders |
| Highest scoring | Minnesota Wind Chill (45) |
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The 2015 American Ultimate Disc League season was the fourth season for the league. Each team played a 14-game schedule. The San Jose Spiders won the AUDL Championship over the Madison Radicals at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, California.[1] The Spiders won the championship despite entering the final four with the lowest seed after a regular-season record of 10-4.
Regular Season Standings[2]
East Division
| Team | W | L | PD |
|---|---|---|---|
| T- Toronto Rush | 13 | 1 | +136 |
| P- New York Empire | 11 | 3 | +60 |
| P- Montreal Royal | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Ottawa Outlaws | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| DC Breeze | 7 | 7 | -14 |
| Philadelphia Phoenix | 1 | 13 | -89 |
| Rochester Dragons | 1 | 13 | -116 |
Midwest Division
| Team | W | L | T | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T- Madison Radicals | 13 | 1 | 0 | +128 |
| P- Pittsburgh Thunderbirds | 12 | 2 | 0 | +116 |
| P- Chicago Wildfire | 8 | 5 | 1 | +60 |
| Indianapolis AlleyCats | 7 | 7 | 0 | +34 |
| Minnesota Wind Chill | 6 | 7 | 1 | -11 |
| Cincinnati Revolution | 2 | 12 | 0 | -117 |
| Detroit Mechanix | 0 | 14 | 0 | -210 |
The Chicago Wildfire and Minnesota Wind Chill had one tie in a weather-shortened game.
West Division
| Team | W | L | PD |
|---|---|---|---|
| T- San Jose Spiders | 10 | 4 | +26 |
| P- Seattle Cascades | 9 | 6 | +42 |
| P- SF FlameThrowers | 8 | 7 | +11 |
| San Diego Growlers | 7 | 7 | -14 |
| Los Angeles Aviators | 5 | 9 | -28 |
| Vancouver Riptide | 4 | 10 | -37 |
South Division
| Team | W | L | PD |
|---|---|---|---|
| T- Raleigh Flyers | 12 | 3 | +60 |
| P- Jacksonville Cannons | 10 | 4 | +30 |
| Atlanta Hustle | 10 | 4 | +45 |
| Nashville Nightwatch | 2 | 12 | -58 |
| Charlotte Express | 2 | 12 | -76 |
T indicates top seed in the playoffs. P indicates a team advanced to the playoffs. PD indicates point difference. The Jacksonville Cannons advanced to the playoffs because they won the head-to-head regular-season series with the Atlanta Hustle. Only two playoff spots were allocated to the newer and smaller South Division.
Playoffs
| Play-in Games | Divisional Finals | Semifinals | AUDL Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Toronto Rush | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | New York Empire | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | New York Empire[3] | 33 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Montreal Royal | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1* | Toronto Rush[4] | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | San Jose Spiders | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | San Jose Spiders | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Seattle Cascades | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Seattle Cascades | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | San Francisco FlameThrowers | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | San Jose Spiders[1] | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Madison Radicals | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| M1 | Madison Radicals | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Pittsburgh Thunderbirds | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Pittsburgh Thunderbirds | 24 (OT) | |||||||||||||||||
| M3 | Chicago Wildfire | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Madison Radicals | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Raleigh Flyers | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Raleigh Flyers | 28 (2OT) | |||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Jacksonville Cannons | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
*Semifinal match-ups were determined by seeds based on regular season records.
All-AUDL Season Awards
First Team
- Justin Allen, Raleigh Flyers
- Tyler DeGirolamo, Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
- Mischa Freystaetter, Jacksonville Cannons
- Beau Kittredge, San Jose Spiders
- Isaiah Masek-Kelly, Toronto Rush
- Brett Matzuka, Chicago Wildfire
- Jimmy Mickle, San Diego Growlers
Second Team
- Kevin Underhill, Vancouver Riptide
- Keenan Plew, Indianapolis AlleyCats
- Andrew Meshnick, Madison Radicals
- Marcelo Sanchez, San Jose Spiders
- Derek Alexander, Ottawa Outlaws
- Simon Higgins, San Jose Spiders
- Yoland Cabot, Montreal Royal
Division Teams[5]
East
- Isaiah Masek-Kelly, Toronto Rush
- Derek Alexander, Ottawa Outlaws
- Ryan Drost, New York Empire
- Jeff Lindquist, Toronto Rush
- Yoland Cabot, Montreal Royal
- Andrew Carroll, Toronto Rush
- Kevin Groulx, Montreal Royal
Midwest
- Tyler DeGirolamo, Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
- Andrew Meshnick, Madison Radicals
- Brett Matzuka, Chicago Wildfire
- Jonathan Helton, Chicago Wildfire
- Keenan Plew, Indianapolis AlleyCats
- Andrew Brown, Madison Radicals
- Ben Jagt, Minnesota Wind Chill
South
- Mischa Freystaetter, Jacksonville Cannons
- Justin Allen, Raleigh Flyers
- Matt Smith, Atlanta Hustle
- Jarrett Bowen, Raleigh Flyers
- Tom Radcliffe, Nashville NightWatch
- Micah Hood, Charlotte Express
- Paul Lally, Nashville NightWatch
West
- Jimmy Mickle, San Diego Growlers
- Beau Kittredge, San Jose Spiders
- Matt Rehder, Seattle Cascades
- Lucas Dallmann, San Francisco FlameThrowers
- Gagan Chatha, Vancouver Riptide
- Ashlin Joye, San Jose Spiders
- Simon Higgins, San Jose Spiders
References
- ^ a b "2015 AUDL Champions". theAUDL.com. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- ^ "Standings". theAUDL.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ "Full Schedule". theAUDL.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ "Madison's Year, or Will the Spiders Repeat?". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ "2015 All-AUDL Division Teams". theAUDL.com. Retrieved 2015-08-28.