The first leg of the Triple Crown Tour is in the books
August 2, 2026 by Josh Katz, Graham Gerhart and Laura Osterlund in News, Recap
Men’s Division
In a thrilling, back and forth contest that will go down as one of the best games of the year, #1 San Francisco Revolver pulled off a stunning late comeback to defeat #16 Seattle Sockeye and win the 2026 US Open.
Revolver started on defense, but two first half breaks from Michael Ing and Nathan Kwon gave San Francisco a 6-4 lead. Sockeye earned one break back thanks to Eli Diamond and Cedar Hines, but Revolver were able to hold for half on an Alex Nelson goal. They quickly gave up that lead in the second half, with Sockeye breaking twice out of halftime and adding on a couple more later on, eventually taking a 14-12 lead. But Revolver fought back behind the heroics of Brett Hulsmeyer, who threw assists to Eli Kerns and Jason Vallee to force double game point. On the game’s final point, Ing earned Revolver the disc with a layout block, and Anton Orme floated a pass to Vallee for the score, the break, and the comeback victory.
Revolver winning the US Open, on paper, comes as no surprise. But to do so with a depleted offense, down starting handlers Mac Hecht and Walker Frankenberg and losing Nate Prior to injury during the first half, marks today and this weekend a smashing success for San Francisco. Raekwon Adkins (3G/1A), Nelson (5G), and Hulsmeyer (3A/1D) were the standouts for the offense, with Hulsmeyer a frequent crossover to the D-line. After a rocky Friday that featured a defeat to #6 Chicago Machine, Revolver bounced back with remarkable resilience, overcoming late deficits in both semis and the final. Like last year, the road to the Men’s Division title runs through San Francisco.
Mixed Division
A rematch of the 2025 Club Championship Game yielded similar results. #10 Ann Arbor Hybrid have now three-peated at the US Open over the last three seasons, the only team in history to do so, beating #1 New York XIST 15-9.
In dominant fashion, Ann Arbor Hybrid put their foot on the gas and never let up. From the get-go Hybrid got back-to-back breaks for an early 2-0 lead. While XIST found their footing to score with a hold, they seemed a little shell-shocked to start. On XIST’s next O point, they turned the disc in the short field courtesy of a Jean Huang block and trailed 4-1. Despite the valiant efforts from Jolie Krebs, Sadie Jezierski, and Theo Shapinsky that produced many holds from XIST’s O-line, their D-line was no match for the powerful Hybrid offense. Abe Coffin led the team to an almost perfect 8-5 half. To start the second, XIST squandered a break chance, and Laura Gerencser made a phenomenal layout save for the score, then Hybrid broke to go up 10-5. Coffin made several highlight-reel worthy plays, including a jaw-dropping readjustment into an assist to Mattimore to put the nail in the Coffin for a 14-8 scoreline. While XIST followed with a hold, never at any point in the game were they able to break the Hybrid offense and gget back in the game,. Abe Coffin and Maketa Mattimore’s connection finished the game out with a clean hold to end the game 15-9.
As Mattimore said after the quarterfinal, “We are so back”
Women’s Division
With a very complete showing from both their offense and defense, #3 Washington DC Scandal outplayed #2 San Francisco Fury to win the 2026 US Open. Scandal was broken once early in the game, and after that played close-to-perfect as one could against a defense like Fury’s.
Scandal started on offense, and they immediately chose to remind everyone of their offensive ability with a huck from Claire Trop to Allie Wallace. Fury’s defenders were in the area but it didn’t matter, Allie Wallace plucked the disc from over the top of Irene Scazzieri with ease. It wasn’t always that simple, especially early in the first half when Scazzieri got one back over Wallace with a huck catch that set up a Fury break. If this shook Scandal, they didn’t show it. Instead, they rebounded quickly with a break of their own after Fury overthrew Dawn Culton in the endzone. They found another at 4-3 when Fury tried to squeeze an inside pass to Sonja Johanson that was a little too zippy. From there, Scandal were in control, leading 8-6 into half and building that lead after the break, too.
As the game wore on, Fury found it increasingly difficult to pierce through the unshakeable Scandal offense, and their own offense wasn’t quite so impenetrable. With DC leading 14-10, Han Chen attempted an off-balance huck to Scazzieri that was too low to track. Scandal claimed the disc and worked it to the middle of the field before swinging to Kami Groom on the break side. After a brief second, Groom spotted Jordan Sorensen heading to the endzone, and made the executive decision to end the game with a backhand huck to her open teammate, sealing the game.
It was a very impressive performance across the entirety of Scandal’s roster, but the team’s stars definitely delivered. Claire Trop (4G/2A/1D), Sami Smalling (4A), and Kira Flores (3G/2A) were the backbone of Scandal’s offensive efficiency that proved to be the difference between the two teams. Fury’s ability to get the disc back on defense after the turn was put to the test in this game and found wanting. Scandal were too clean, no matter which line they sent out on the field. This caps a very successful tournament for the Washington DC team, who went 6-0 with wins over Brute Squad, Molly Brown, and Fury.
