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.
Offseason
- The Ottawa Outlaws, the Los Angeles Aviators, the Atlanta Hustle, The Raleigh Flyers, the Jacksonville Cannons, the Charlotte Express, the Nashville Nightwatch, the Pittsburgh Thunderbirds, and the San Diego Growlers joined the league as the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th franchises.
- The Seattle Raptors change their name to the Seattle Cascades
- The Salt Lake Lions go on hiatus
Regular Season Standings
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 | 8 | 6 | +42 |
| P- SF FlameThrowers | 8 | 6 | +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 | 11 | 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 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | New York | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | New York[3] | 33 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Montreal | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1* | Toronto[4] | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | San Jose | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | San Jose | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Seattle | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Seattle | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | San Francisco | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | San Jose[1] | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Madison | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| M1 | Madison | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Pittsburgh | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Pittsburgh | 24 (OT) | |||||||||||||||||
| M3 | Chicago | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Madison | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Raleigh | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Raleigh | 28 (2OT) | |||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Jacksonville | 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
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
See also
References
- ^ a b "2015 AUDL Champions". theAUDL.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- ^ "Standings". theAUDL.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ "Full Schedule". theAUDL.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ "Madison's Year, or Will the Spiders Repeat?". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ "2015 All-AUDL Division Teams". theAUDL.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-29. Retrieved 2015-08-28.