The Atlanta Hustle is a professional ultimate frisbee franchise based out of Atlanta , Georgia , United States. They compete as one of 25 teams in the Ultimate Frisbee Association , playing in the league's South Division.
16-814: The Hustle finished the season 10–4 and tied for second in the division with the Jacksonville Cannons, both behind the Raleigh Flyers . The Cannons possessed a head-to-head tie breaker with the Hustle and thereby advanced to play the Flyers in the first round of the divisional playoffs on July 25, 2015. Raleigh would win the one game playoff and advance to represent the South Division in the AUDL's championship weekend on August 8–9, 2015. The South Division added two new teams before
32-551: A sports team in the US state of Georgia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Raleigh Flyers (AUDL) The Carolina Flyers , formerly the Raleigh Flyers , are a professional ultimate team from Durham, North Carolina playing in the South Division of the Ultimate Frisbee Association . The team was founded in 2015. From 2015 through 2018, the Flyers played most of their home games at Crusader Stadium on
48-1029: The Nashville Nightwatch in May 2015. Jones, who was a team USA U-23 player in 2013, was signed as part of "Women's Ultimate Day". In 2016, the Flyers finished 9–5, which secured a #2 spot in the AUDL South Division, but were upset in the first round by the visiting #3 seed Atlanta Hustle, 23–25. With the folding of the Charlotte Express after the 2016 season, the Flyers signed eleven of Charlotte's former players (Matt Bode, Clint McSherry, Jesse Lieberman, Micah Hood, Jeff Nordgren, Taylor Minch, Nate Goff, Shane Sisco, Evan Howey, Jacob Fairfax, Charlie Muniz) as well as AUDL veterans Jonathan "Goose" Helton ( Indianapolis AlleyCats , Chicago Wildfire , DC Breeze ), Brett Matzuka ( Chicago Wildfire , DC Breeze), and Mike Pannone (Rochester Dragons, Pittsburgh Riverhounds) for
64-692: The 2016 season, the Austin Sol and the Dallas Roughnecks . The Hustle, along with the Atlanta Soul , sponsored and supported the first Color of Ultimate game, a mixed showcase game held in Atlanta on June 22, 2019. The Color of Ultimate games are a project of the Atlanta Flying Disc Club (AFDC) Project Diversity initiative aimed at raising the profiles of elite ultimate players of color from around
80-476: The 2017 season. The Flyers won the AUDL's first ever regular season cross-divisional match against the DC Breeze 23–21 in overtime on April 22, 2017, as part of the league's "Cross Coast Challenge". The Raleigh Flyers won the South Division with a 13–1 regular season record, but fell to the Dallas Roughnecks in the first round of the divisional playoffs. The AUDL voted unanimously to recognize Jonathan Nethercutt as
96-635: The Carolina Flyers. The team had won the national title once in 2021. The Flyers won the South Division in their inaugural season, with a record of 11–3. In the divisional playoffs, they beat the Jacksonville Cannons 28–27 in double overtime to advance, where they were defeated 22–19 in the national semifinals by the Madison Radicals . The Flyers signed the first-ever female professional ultimate player, Jessi Jones, to play in their game against
112-550: The League's Most Valuable Player for 2017. With the addition of Jakeem Polk, Andrew McKelvey, and Mischa Freystaetter, all previously of the Jacksonville Cannons to their roster, Raleigh was considered a strong pre-season contender. In addition to 12 divisional games, Raleigh played 2 cross-divisional games against the DC Breeze and Madison Radicals. In the game against Madison, Raleigh gave Madison only its 2nd ever loss at home and Madison's largest margin of defeat ever (8 points). Raleigh
128-662: The National semifinal and the New York Empire 19–16 to win their first AUDL Championship. The Flyers completed their 2022 season as regular season champions of the AUDL South Division with an 11–1 record. They defeated the Austin Sol in the Divisional Championship to go to AUDL Championship weekend, where they lost the national semifinal to the New York Empire. The Flyers completed wither 2023 season with an 7–5 record, which
144-518: The South Division with their only 2 regular season losses coming against the Dallas Roughnecks and New York Empire , the two teams that would subsequently play for the AUDL Championship. Raleigh sent Jacob Fairfax and Henry Fisher to the inaugural AUDL All-Star weekend in Madison, Wisconsin. Raleigh was eliminated from the playoffs by the Dallas Roughnecks by a score of 19–17. The 2020 AUDL Season
160-531: The United States and Colombia. The two teams were coached by Jason Simpson and Tuba Benson-Jaja, two prominent players and coaches of color. Team Tuba defeated Team Simpson 20–19 in overtime. A catch made by Team Tuba player Delrico Johnson was selected for the ESPN SportsCenter Top 10 plays of the day. The game had a widely positive reception. The showcase game was followed by a conversation about steps
176-564: The campus of Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, with some home games at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary . In 2019, the team has played home games at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary , and other venues. After the 2020 AUDL season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team moved their home games to Durham County Stadium beginning in 2021. In 2022, the team announced that it was changing its name to
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#1732873614130192-667: The sport can take to increase its diversity. A documentary was produced with the support of USA Ultimate about the game and its impact on players, spectators, and their communities. It was followed by a second beach ultimate game sponsored in part by the American Ultimate Disc League and produced in partnership with the LA Throwback beach ultimate tournament in Santa Monica, CA in January 2020. This article about
208-567: The world. The Color of Ultimate: ATL game was the first Color of Ultimate showcase game. According to AFDC Project Diversity, "the goal of the game was to bring awareness about the socioeconomic and racial inequity of the sport of ultimate. The game highlighted elite players of color from around the world, brought awareness to the racial and socioeconomic inequities of ultimate, and exposed the sport to those outside of our community encouraging more people of color to play ultimate." The Color of Ultimate: ATL featured almost 50 players of color from across
224-686: Was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic Due to ongoing travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian teams in the AUDL were grouped into a single division to compete for the AUDL Canada Cup and the other AUDL divisions were re-aligned. Raleigh finished the season at 8–4. Raleigh defeated DC Breeze 19–16 to earn a trip to AUDL Championship weekend, where they defeated the Chicago Union 21–20 in OT in
240-434: Was sufficient for a #3 seed to the divisional playoffs, but they lost the divisional semifinal against the Austin Sol. This table reflects games through the end of the 2023 season. Charlotte Express The Charlotte Express was a professional ultimate team from Charlotte, North Carolina playing in the South Division of the American Ultimate Disc League . The team was founded in 2015 and played its home games at
256-480: Was the only team to defeat Madison during their run to the 2018 AUDL Championship. Raleigh finished the regular season as the #2 seed in the South Division with 10 wins and 4 losses. After defeating the Austin Sol in the divisional play-off game 26–23, they lost to the Dallas Roughnecks 19–20 in the divisional championship game after being up 6 goals just after halftime. Raleigh finished the season at 10–2 and won
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