Past Articles from Laura Osterlund
Laura picked up a disc her senior year of high school and hasn’t put it down since. She played on the mixed/open team at Bethel University where she graduated with a journalism degree. Based out of the Twin Cities, MN, you can find her engaging in all levels of Ultimate: working with Minnesota Strike, playing mixed club, and grinding at local ultimate and goalty leagues. Her ultimate accomplishment – besides helping start a women’s league (coming spring 2024) – is winning Z league with Big Blue.
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Double Overtime: Utah Clinches the Final Spot; Big PUL weekend
Wild Wild Northwest conference pushes Seattle out of championship weekend.
May 23, 2024 by Sascha Vogel and Laura Osterlund in Podcast
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WUL/PUL Update: WUL Champ Weekend Qualifiers, PUL Southern Showdown
Utah keep their playoff hopes alive with win over reigning champs Seattle, and DC fell Raleigh again in the top South teams' second meeting
May 17, 2024 by Jenna Weiner and Laura Osterlund in Preview, Recap
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WUL/PUL Update: Parity Reigns in WUL, Rising Earn Road Upset
Comebacks, big wins, and divisional face-offs.
May 3, 2024 by Jenna Weiner and Laura Osterlund in Preview, Recap
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D-I College Regionals 2024: Weekend 2 Preview (Women’s Div.)
Next up: AC, NE, and NW. After they're done, we'll know our Nationals field.
May 3, 2024 by Laura Osterlund and Felicia Zheng in Preview
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D-I College Regionals 2024: Weekend 1 Preview (Women’s Div.)
The bids have been allocated, now it's time to see who will claim the 20 coveted spots to Nationals. First up: GL, ME, NC, OV, SC, SE, and SW!
Apr 26, 2024 by Jenna Weiner, Bridget Mizener, Grace Conerly, Laura Osterlund and Felicia Zheng in Preview
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WUL/PUL Update: 2024 PUL Season Gets Underway, San Diego and Seattle Survive
Lines are drawn and blowouts had in the PUL's first weeks, and WUL's week 4 brought close wins by favored teams
Apr 19, 2024 by Jenna Weiner and Laura Osterlund in Preview, Recap
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Northwest Challenge 2024: Tournament Recap (Women’s Div.)
Northwest Challenge 2024 didn’t look as momentous as previous year’s had, with a smaller field and some elite teams not attending.
Mar 20, 2024 by Laura Osterlund in Recap
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Northwest Challenge 2024: Pool Play Playlist (Women’s Div.)
Can you hear the players sing? Singing the songs of ultimate? This is the musical playlist from Day One at Northwest Challenge!
Mar 17, 2024 by Laura Osterlund in Recap
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Northwest Challenge 2024: How to Watch, Tournament Preview (Women’s Div.)
The Northwest Challenge roars in like a lion with the best top-end tournament field of the regular season
Mar 14, 2024 by Laura Osterlund in Preview
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D-I Women’s Division College Primer 2024
Your guide to the biggest players, teams, and stories of the 2024 D-I college season!
Jan 25, 2024 by Jenna Weiner, Scott Dunham, Graham Gerhart, Grace Conerly, Felicia Zheng and Laura Osterlund in Analysis, Coverage