The Auburn Ultimate club team won the T-Town Throwdown Tournament hosted by Alabama this weekend.
"(Alabama) came into the tournament the favorite to win and we came in seeded 6th, so it was really amazing for us to upset them at home," said captain Gamble Ruff, senior in biosystems engineering. "And, the weather was great for the first time in a long time."
Auburn Ultimate played four games Saturday scoring 52 points, and only allowing 10 points.
Sunday, the Tigers played Mississippi State in the semi-final game, beating them 15-10 and Alabama in the championship game.
"We faced Alabama in the finals and won in a game that I cannot describe any other way than a war of attrition," Ruff said.
Stephan Brandon, sophomore in undeclared math and sciences, said after the Alabama game the two teams shook hands and there weren't any hard feelings because of the great level of competition. "It felt great to know that all of our hard work has paid off," said Brandon Deihl, graduate student in industrial and systems engineering. "Winning seven games in a row is not easy, no matter who you are playing."
Ruff, Brandon and Deihl agree the teams hard work earned them the wins.
Ultimate travels to Tallahassee, Fla., this weekend to compete against Florida State University.
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