Past Articles from Ben Murphy
Ben is an occasional Ultiworld contributor to based in Michigan and often covering the Great Lakes region, the women’s club division, or the women’s semi-pro leagues. Ben has also coached Michigan Flywheel, Columbus Pride, Pittsburgh Parcha, and played with various mixed club teams including starting Hybrid in 2017.
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Club Season Primer 2021: Mixed Division
Doing our best to lay out the known knowns in a season with plenty of unknown unknowns.
Jul 9, 2021 by Steve Sullivan, Graham Gerhart, Lindsay Soo, Scott Dunham, Ben Murphy, Mags Colvett, lmserio and Alex Rubin in Preview
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Stall 9: On Coaches, Players, and the Venn Diagram of Expectations
A college coach learns to adjust his vision.
Jun 2, 2021 by Ben Murphy in Opinion
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USA Ultimate’s Coach Convention: Takeaways from the Virtual Event
This year’s socially distanced affair brought together coaches from around the country for four evenings of workshops, training, and connection.
Feb 19, 2021 by Alex Rubin and Ben Murphy in Analysis, Opinion
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Columbus Cocktails Make It Two In A Row With Little Drama (Great Lakes Mixed Regionals 2019 Recap)
Cocktails were again a step above the rest of the Great Lakes.
Sep 25, 2019 by Ben Murphy in News, Recap
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Club Regionals 2019: Mega-Preview (Women’s)
Breaking down every region and all your contenders.
Sep 20, 2019 by Ari Mapua, Ben Murphy, Kelsey Hayden, Robert Gough, Daniel Prentice and Nina Horowitz in Preview
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Club Regionals 2019: Mega-Preview (Mixed)
Breaking down every region and all your contenders.
Sep 20, 2019 by Ben Murphy, Kelly Ross, Steve Sullivan, Karoline Hart, Colin Clauset, Hugo Sowder, Sean Brady and Graham Gerhart in Preview
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D-I College Championships 2019: Cal Poly Outclasses Michigan In Quarters
Cal Poly was better rested and much sharper.
May 26, 2019 by Ben Murphy in Coverage, News, Recap
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D-I College Championships 2019: Michigan Shocks Oregon On Double Game Point (Men’s Prequarters)
The biggest upset of the prequarterfinal round!
May 26, 2019 by Ben Murphy in Recap
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D-I College Championships 2019: Women’s Pool Play Recaps
The live blog has been cooking the past two days (Day 1, Day 2), but here’s a full rundown of all the games we recapped…
May 25, 2019 by Graham Gerhart, Katie Geer, Daniel Prentice, Alix Robbins and Ben Murphy in Coverage, News, Recap
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Masters of Chaos: Teams Trending Up After Day One
While some squads were descending into chaos amidst Friday's wild conditions, others found themselves right at home.
May 25, 2019 by Patrick Stegemoeller, Alix Robbins, Ben Murphy, Edward Stephens and Graham Gerhart in Analysis, Coverage, Recap