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Summer League Re-cap Coed Division

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Written by: Marc Ringel

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Published: 02 September 2026

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Westchester Ultimate Disc closed out its 2026 Summer League in early August, capping ten weeks of Coed Draft play across six teams. Teams took the field under a space theme this year, and from the first pull in late May through the final weekend the division delivered exactly what draft league is supposed to deliver: rosters nobody could have predicted in April, a standings sheet that refused to settle, and a lot of people staying on the field long after the last point.

Purple Planet Eaters take the Coed Draft title

When it was over, it was the Purple Planet Eaters — captained by Alex Solomon and Sophie Stahl — holding the Coed Draft championship. They earned every bit of it. The final was played in the rain against the Red Rockets, captained by Jacob “Roofus” Margolis and Matt Leventhal, and it was a back-and-forth battle from the opening pull. Purple built a lead; Red clawed it back. Neither side could put the other away.

It came down to universe point. What followed was the kind of sequence that rain and pressure produce — the disc changed hands again and again, both teams within one throw of the title and neither able to close it — until Purple finally converted for a 15–14 win.

Season awards

Alongside the title, the division recognized four players for what they brought across the whole summer — two for how they played, and two for how they played the game.

Most Valuable Players

• DOM MVP — Jordan Acker, Purple Planet Eaters
• DOW MVP — Meta Learey, Dark Matter

Spirit Award Winners

Spirit of the Game is the part of ultimate that doesn't show up in a box score — the self-officiating, the calls made honestly against your own interest, the tone a player sets for everyone else on the field. This year the league's answer was, fittingly, the two captains who had just spent a rainy evening playing each other to universe point.

• DOW Spirit Award — Sophie Stahl, co-captain, Purple Planet Eaters
• DOM Spirit Award — Jacob “Roofus” Margolis, co-captain, Red Rockets

A championship game that tight, decided by that many turnovers, in that weather, is exactly where spirit gets tested. That both captains came out of it holding this award says as much about the final as the score does.

A season built by the whole league

None of this happens on its own. Enormous thanks to coordinators Eric “Niemo” Niemeyer and Mike Ciancimino, who recruited captains, ran the draft, and then spent the rest of the summer keeping the whole thing upright — chasing down subs whenever a team was short, sorting jerseys and discs, and hosting grill nights alongside the board. This league does not run without them.

Thanks as well to the captains, who take on more of the season than most players see. They set the fields, build the rosters on draft night, and email their teams before every game with a plan. That's a standing weekly commitment on top of actually playing, and the league would not function without it.

Off the field, Wednesdays belonged to the grill. Every team took a turn hosting a grill night through the season, with the board covering the rest.

A first for WUDi: Youth League

This summer also brought something new. WUDi ran its first-ever Youth League in the hours before evening games, made possible entirely by the volunteers who stepped up to organize and coach it.

Congratulations to the Purple Planet Eaters, to Jordan, Meta, Sophie, and Roofus, and to every captain, coordinator, volunteer, and player who made the 2026 summer season what it was.

Next up: Fall League

Fall League begins October 8, with registration closing October 2. If summer left you wanting more, that's the next chance to get back on the field.

Register for Fall League →

Rec League Winners

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Written by: Marc Ringel

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Published: 02 September 2026

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Westchester Ultimate Disc's 2026 Rec League wrapped up alongside the Coed Draft division, and this year the story was a short one to tell: nobody beat Blue Moon.

Blue Moon go undefeated

Captained by Will and Gary, Blue Moon finished the regular season a perfect 8–0 and then removed any remaining doubt in the final, taking the Rec League title 15–3. They ran the table — regular season, quarters, semis, final — without a single team managing to solve them.

Rec League teams are built by the coordinators rather than drafted, with the aim of sending out rosters that can all beat each other on a given night. Going a full season without dropping one is not how that math usually works out. Blue Moon didn't let it.

Spirit Award winners

Spirit of the Game is the part of ultimate that doesn't show up in a box score — the self-officiating, the calls made honestly against your own interest, the tone a player sets for everyone else on the field. Rec League is often where new players get their first look at how that works, which makes these two awards matter as much as any result.

• Spirit Award — Katrina Krasnansky
• Spirit Award — Kyle Friedrichs

Thanks to the coordinators

Enormous thanks to Rec League coordinators Chris Robles, Kshitij Fadnis, and Diana DeLeo, who handled the work that keeps a season upright week after week — the rosters, the schedule, the fields, and all the small problems that get solved before most players ever notice them. This division does not run without them.

Congratulations to Blue Moon, to Katrina and Kyle, and to everyone who came out for Rec League this summer.

Next up: Fall League

Fall League begins October 8, with registration closing October 2. If summer left you wanting more, that's the next chance to get back on the field.

Register for Fall League →