2016 American Ultimate Disc League season

2016 American Ultimate Disc League season American Ultimate Disc League Ultimate 2016 4 23 2016 8 7 14 26 ESPN3 Regular season Postseason #Postseason East Division Toronto Rush Midwest Division Madison Radicals West Division Seattle Cascades South Division Dallas Roughnecks Finals #Final Seattle Cascades AUDL 2015 American Ultimate Disc League season 2015 2017 American Ultimate Disc League season 2017 The 2016 American Ultimate Disc League season was the fifth season for the league. The twenty-six teams were split into four regional divisions (East, Midwest, West and South), with each team playing a 14-game schedule. The second and third placed teams in each division advanced to a playoff match, with the winners facing the first placed team in their division. The winners of these matches advanced to the AUDL Championship Weekend, which featured semifinals and then a final for the AUDL Championship. The Dallas Roughnecks defeated the Seattle Cascades 33–27 in the final to become the 2016 AUDL Champions.http://theaudl.com/2016/matchup/playoffs/SEA-DAL Seattle Cascades 27–33 Dallas Roughnecks theAUDL.com August 7, 2016 August 23, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160810034317/http://theaudl.com/2016/matchup/playoffs/SEA-DAL August 10, 2016 dead Regular season Source: http://theaudl.com/standings 2016 Standings April 23, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160425094343/http://theaudl.com/standings April 25, 2016 dead mdy-all Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head point difference.AUDL theAudl 750694360350466049 July 6, 2016 Tiebreaker clarification July 10, 2016(C) Division champion, (Q) Qualified for the division playoffs East Division TeamW WonL LostPD Points DifferenceQualifying positionToronto Rush (C) (Q)122+100East Division FinalDC Breeze (Q)104+65East Division PlayoffNew York Empire (Q)77+32Ottawa Outlaws77+2Montreal Royal68−33Philadelphia Phoenix014−166 Team DC MTL NY OTT PHI TOR DC Breeze 2–126–1828–1422–27 3–0*23–2215–14**27–26 1–128–1722–27 3–024–1534–1827–16 1–224–25**23–2428–23 Montreal Royal 1–218–2614–2827–22 1–119–2112–17 1–224–3127–3021–20 3–025–1721–1827–19 1–231–2718–2914–26 New York Empire 0–322–23*14–1526–27** 1–121–1917–12 2–124–1923–2119–24 3–028–1632–1728–13 0–314–2221–2720–22* Ottawa Outlaws 1–117–2827–22 2–131–2430–2720–21 1–219–2421–2324–19 3–025–1330–2237–16 0–315–3224–3020–35 Philadelphia Phoenix 0–315–2418–3416–27 0–317–2518–2119–27 0–316–2817–3213–28 0–313–2520–3016–37 0–216–246–28 Toronto Rush 2–1**25–2424–2323–28 2–127–3129–1826–14 3–022–1427–21*22–20 3–032–1530–2435–20 2–024–1628–6 * Overtime win ** Second overtime win Midwest Division TeamW WonL LostPD Points DifferenceQualifying positionMadison Radicals (C) (Q)140+136Midwest Division FinalPittsburgh Thunderbirds (Q)104+61Midwest Division PlayoffMinnesota Wind Chill (Q)95−26Indianapolis AlleyCats86+44Chicago Wildfire410−34Detroit Mechanix410−79Cincinnati Revolution014−102 West Division TeamW WonL LostPD Points DifferenceQualifying positionSan Francisco FlameThrowers (C) (Q)113+52West Division FinalSeattle Cascades (Q)95+16West Division PlayoffLos Angeles Aviators (Q)95+21Vancouver Riptide68−8San Jose Spiders59−27San Diego Growlers212−54 South Division TeamW WonL LostPD Points DifferenceQualifying positionDallas Roughnecks (C) (Q)140+134South Division FinalRaleigh Flyers (Q)95+11South Division PlayoffAtlanta Hustle (Q)77−2Austin Sol77+26Jacksonville Cannons59−20Charlotte Express410−59Nashville Nightwatch311−90 Postseason Regional semifinal matches were played on July 16, with regional finals taking place on July 17 and July 23.http://theaudl.com/tuesdaytoss/2016/Week14 The Tuesday Toss: The Final (Weekend) Countdown theAUDL.com Even Lepler July 6, 2016 July 10, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160710154205/http://theaudl.com/tuesdaytoss/2016/Week14 July 10, 2016 dead http://theaudl.com/schedule/2016/playoffs Playoff Schedule theAUDL.com July 14, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160715074745/http://theaudl.com/schedule/2016/playoffs July 15, 2016 dead Matches for the AUDL Semifinals were decided based on the seeding of teams from their results during the season. n 1 0 Division Playoffs East Division DC 24 New York 20 Midwest Division Pittsburgh 20 Minnesota 18 West Division Seattle 31 Los Angeles 23 South Division Raleigh 23 Atlanta 25 Division Finals East Division Toronto 23* DC 21 Midwest Division Madison 20 Pittsburgh 16 West Division San Francisco 17 Seattle 23 South Division Dallas 28 Atlanta 21 AUDL Championship Semifinals Toronto 20 Dallas 27 Seattle 26 Madison 25 AUDL Championship Seattle 27 Dallas 33 * Overtime win Division Playoffs #BBBBBB Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA 2016 07 16 18:30 ET East Division New York Empire 20–24 6–6, 4–8, 6–5, 4–5 Boxscore DC Breeze 4 Kevin Norton 5 John Wodatch 5 John Helton 5 Markham Shofner Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. NY John Wodatch (+7) DC Alan Kolick, Brian Marshall (+5) 2016 07 16 19:00 ET Midwest Division Minnesota Wind Chill 18–20 3–6, 5–5, 5–5, 5–4 Boxscore Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 2 Six players 7 Ben Jagt 5 David Vatz 5 Alex Thorne Highmark Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA 750PGHThunderbirds 754518049131204608 @PghMoxie 750 July 16, 2016 July 16, 2016 MIN Ben Jagt (+6) PIT David Vatz (+6) #bbbbbb 2016 07 16 19:30 ET South Division Atlanta Hustle P–P Raleigh Flyers Cardinal Gibbons High School, Raleigh, NC Due to lightning strikes, the match was postponed until the next day.theAUDL 754481052962414592 July 16, 2016 Due to lightning storms, South Division game @atlantahustle at @raleigh_flyers postponed until tomorrow #AUDL July 16, 2016 2016 07 16 19:30 PT West Division Seattle Cascades 31–23 8–1, 9–4, 9–9, 5–9 Boxscore Los Angeles Aviators 7 Mark Burton 7 Phil Murray 6 Bryan Nguyen 5 Eric Lissner Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA SEA Nick Stuart (+10) LA Eli Friedman, Eric Lissner (+6) 2016 07 17 12:00 ET South Division Atlanta Hustle 25–23 7–5, 5–8, 5–5, 8–5 Boxscore Raleigh Flyers 5 Anders Olsen 5 Dylan Tunnell 5 Terrence Mitchell 5 Brian CaseyJonathan Nethercutt Cardinal Gibbons High School, Raleigh, NC ATL Nathan Vickroy (+7) RAL Brian Casey, Jonathan Nethercutt, Terrence Mitchell (+6) Division Finals 2016 07 17 14:00 PT West Division Seattle Cascades 23–17 3–3, 10–3, 6–6, 4–5 Boxscore San Francisco FlameThrowers 4 Zane Rankin 5 Danny Karlinsky 2 Six players 5 Eli Kerns Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA SEA Mark Burton, Zane Rankin, Matthew Rehder (+5) SF Joel Schlachet (+5) 2016 07 23 17:00 ET East Division DC Breeze 21–23 (OT) 4–5, 6–6, 2–4, 7–4, 2–4 Boxscore Toronto Rush 7 Tom Doi 3 Matt Kerrigan 5 Steve Armitage 4 Andrew Carroll Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada DC Tom Doi (+9) TOR Steve Armitage (+7) 2016 07 23 18:00 CT Midwest Division Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 16–20 4–5, 3–4, 6–5, 3–6 Boxscore Madison Radicals 3 David VatzMike Ogren 4 Pat Earles 4 Colin CampPeter Graffy 3 Tom AnnenJay Froude Breese Stevens Field, Madison, WI PIT David Vatz (+4) MAD Colin Camp (+6) Due to lightning strikes, the start was delayed until 20:35 CT 2016 07 23 19:00 CT South Division Atlanta Hustle 21–28 4–3, 4–8, 8–6, 5–11 Boxscore Dallas Roughnecks 3 Anders OlsenMatt Smith 3 Max LeonardDylan Tunnell 3 Six players 5 Jimmy Mickle Five Star Soccer Complex, The Colony, TX ATL Sam Little (+5) DAL Brandon Malecek (+6) AUDL Championship Weekend Semifinals 2016 08 6 16:00 CT Semifinal #1 Toronto Rush 20–27 4–8, 4–6, 6–7, 6–6 Boxscore Dallas Roughnecks 4 Jonathan Martin 4 Anatoly Vasilyev 6 Kurt Gibson 5 Chris Mazur Breese Stevens Field, Madison, WI TOR Jonathan Martin (+5) DAL Dalton Smith (+9) 2016 08 6 19:00 CT Semifinal #2 Seattle Cascades 26–25 3–6, 7–9, 9–6, 7–4 Boxscore Madison Radicals 5 Dave Wiseman 3 Four players Breese Stevens Field, Madison, WI SEA MAD Dave Wiseman, Pat Shriwise (+6) Final 2016 08 7 12:00 CT Championship Game Seattle Cascades 27–33 Boxscore Dallas Roughnecks Breese Stevens Field, Madison, WI See also 2016 Major League Ultimate season UltiAnalytics AUDL team and player statistics References Category:Ultimate Frisbee Association American Ultimate Disc League