The first leg of the Triple Crown saw Revolver win in back-to-back years, and Hybrid for the third year in a row!
August 3, 2026 by Theo Wan in Preview, Recap
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Throughout the summer, starting with Pro-Elite Challenge East, we’ll publishing a bite-sized weekly recap of the action across the club season. This will serve as a supplement to our standard tournament reporting and offer a high-level look at the latest happenings and the biggest stories of the week.
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Women’s Division
U.S. Open: Scandalous Success
#2 Washington DC Scandal knocked off #1 San Francisco Fury 15-10 in the final of the U.S. Open, earning their first victory in the teams’ head-to-head series since the 2023 Pro Championships. After 12 consecutive holds between the two, Scandal earned their first break of the second half off a deep block from Kami Groom, leading to a dime flick huck from Marie Perivier to Anna Cauchy. The DC side scored five of the final six points and took advantage of San Francisco’s multiple overthrows in the deep space. Scandal’s championship run included a tight 15-14 universe win in a semifinal over #5 Denver Molly Brown, while Fury bested #3 Boston Brute Squad 15-12 in the other semifinal matchup, avenging their national championship loss from a year ago.
Molly Brown delivered a gritty showing against Scandal in the semifinal battle, coming back from trailing 14-11 to force universe point, before cruising to a 15-6 win over Brute Squad to finish third. Boston had an up-and-down tournament, finishing 3-3 with notable victories over #7 Seattle Riot in pool play and over #5 New York BENT in quarters. A big winner from the weekend was #9 San Francisco Nightlock, as they took down BENT 11-8 in the fifth-place semifinal and beat #7 Seattle Riot by one twice, first in pool play and again in the fifth-place final.
Stay tuned for final thoughts from on-the-ground reporter Graham Gerhart. In the meantime, get caught up on the action with his Day 1 and Day 2 recaps. You can watch all the filmed games from the U.S. Open in our Video Library.
Around the Division
- #19 Ottawa Stella followed up their sixth-place showing at the Select Flight Invite last weekend with an undefeated, commanding performance at the Lehigh Valley Invite. Finishing with a final score differential of 90-14, Stella won two of their matches by bageling their opponents, and capped off their tournament with a 15-3 victory over Philadelphia Zephyr in the final.
Looking Ahead
Next week features regional action including the HoDown Showdown, Sommerloch Invite, and Cooler Classic 37. And mark your calendars now for the World Ultimate Club Championships, starting August 15 and running through the 22, with livestreams on Ultiworld all week long!
Men’s Division
U.S. Open: Golden State of Mind
In a thrilling final at the U.S. Open, #2 San Francisco Revolver broke on universe to defeat surprise finalist #16 Seattle Sockeye. Revolver was down 14-12 late before scoring the final three points, earning breaks from an errant Sockeye deep shot and a Michael Ing layout block on an under, and finished with Anton Orme scoobering to Jason Vallee over a bidding Derek Mourad. San Francisco rebounded from a 15-12 loss in pool play to #6 Chicago Machine, while Seattle delivered its best performance of the season with wins over #3 Boston DiG 15-13 and #1 Portland Rhino Slam! 15-14 in the bracket, showcasing that the fish are on the rise after a lackluster Pro-Elite Challenge West.
Another team generating a lot of intrigue this season has been #7 Minneapolis Sub Zero, and they backed it up with a two-point victory over #4 New York PoNY in the quarterfinal round and a 15-14 win over Rhino in the third-place game. Notably, #5 Raleigh Ring of Fire finished ninth and missed the bracket after two pool play losses and a 15-10 defeat to Rhino in prequarters.
Stay tuned for final thoughts from on-the-ground reporter Josh Katz. In the meantime, get caught up on the action with his Day 1 and Day 2 recaps. You can watch all the filmed games from the U.S. Open in our Video Library.
Around the Division
- The top two seeds met in the final of the Lehigh Valley Invite as no.1 Chicago Haymaker got the best of no.2 Madison Mad Men 13-11. Both teams were quite dominant on the way there, winning their semifinals by nine and eight, respectively.
- Houston Texas Tea finished undefeated at PB&J, capturing the title with a 13-8 victory over no.1 Houston H.I.P in the final. The no.3 seed defeated H.I.P. twice on the weekend, as Texas Tea first bested them in pool play 13-10.
Looking Ahead
Next week features regional action including the HoDown Showdown, Kentucky Fried Classic, and Cooler Classic 37. And mark your calendars now for the World Ultimate Club Championships, starting August 15 and running through the 22, with livestreams on Ultiworld all week long!
Mixed Division
U.S. Open: Back Where They Belong
#10 Ann Arbor Hybrid captured the U.S. Open, bouncing back from an underwhelming showing at Pro-Elite Challenge East, with a commanding 15-9 win over #1 New York XIST in the championship clash. Opening the game with two consecutive breaks, the two-time defending national champions did not look back in a complete team performance. Twelve different Hybrid players found the end zone in the matchup, while the offense never surrendered a break, earning eight clean holds on 10 chances. The two teams faced similar paths to the final, as Hybrid bested #2 Fort Collins shame. 15-13 and XIST won by the same scoreline over #3 Boston Slow in the semifinal round.
Slow ended their tournament with a thorough 15-9 win over shame. to place third. Their only two losses came to the two finalists, as Slow also dropped a 15-14 defeat to Hybrid in the first-place crossover earlier in the tournament. #18 Washington DC Rally also impressed as they beat shame. 14-13 in pool play and rallied from their quarterfinal loss to finish fifth with wins over #5 Minneapolis Drag’n Thrust and #13 Durham Toro.
Stay tuned for final thoughts from our on-the-ground reporter Laura Osterlund. In the meantime, get caught up on the action with her Day 1 and Day 2 recaps. You can watch all the filmed games from the U.S. Open in our Video Library.
Around the Division
- A championship battle at the Lehigh Valley Invite featuring the top two seeds was won by no.2 Ithaca Townies, as they defeated the top seed Richmond Revival 13-12. The two squads both won their semifinal matchups by seven, as Townies took down Hudson Valley Funk 13-6 and Revival bested Washington DC HVAC 15-8.
- Bid in the Bend also saw the top two seeds meet in the final. Madison United Mixed Ultimate got the better of Chicago Stackcats 11-10 in a hotly contested battle. Both teams were undefeated up until that point, though Stackcats took a harder harder road, winning their quarterfinal and semifinal matchups by one and two points, respectively.
- Twin Cities No Touching! went undefeated in the one-day Twin Cities Rollaround tournament. The de facto final was an 11-9 win for No Touching!, the top seed, over no.2 Lake Elmo Pushovers.
Looking Ahead
Next week features regional action including HoDown Showdown, Kentucky Fried Classic, Portland Kleinman, Flower Power, Vacationland, and Garbage Pla(c)e’s Extra Fancy Tournament. And mark your calendars now for the World Ultimate Club Championships, starting August 15 and running through the 22, with livestreams on Ultiworld all week long!
