The Nashville NightWatch were a professional ultimate team from Nashville, Tennessee playing in the South Division of the American Ultimate Disc League . The team was founded in 2015 and folded after the 2018 season.
16-528: The Raleigh Flyers made news in 2015 by signing the first ever female professional ultimate player, Jessi Jones, to play in their game against the Nashville NightWatch as part of "Women's Ultimate Day". The NightWatch went a step further in 2017 by rostering Jesse Shofner from the beginning of the season. Shofner subsequently scored two goals in the NightWatch's first game of the 2017 season, making her
32-634: 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 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,
48-817: 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 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
64-582: 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
80-508: 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 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
96-776: 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
112-613: 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
160-524: The best expansion teams in AUDL history, including signing Beau Kittredge from the established San Jose Spiders . The Roughnecks won the AUDL championship in their first year, completing a perfect season. The Roughnecks were knocked out of the 2017 AUDL playoffs during the semifinal game against the Toronto Rush . In the Roughnecks' third season, they won the South Division and once again advanced to
176-584: The championship game which they lost to the Madison Radicals in Madison. They experienced a similar scenario in 2019, eliminating the San Diego Growlers in the semifinal before falling to the New York Empire in the championship game with a total score of 22-26. In 2021 the Roughnecks finished 2nd in the West Division at 8-4 and lost to the San Diego Growlers in the first round. In December 2021,
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#1733086014383192-483: The first woman to do so in any AUDL game. An American Ultimate Disc League announcement on November 21, 2018, stated that the NightWatch had folded, with owner David Trett aiming for a return to the league after a time of increased player development. This article about a sports team in Tennessee is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Raleigh Flyers (AUDL) The Carolina Flyers , formerly
208-418: The team played their first year in the 2016 AUDL season , wherein they won the championship title. In June 2014, it was reported that American Ultimate Disc League franchise rights had been sold for Dallas, which would come to the league in 2016. Over a year later, it was revealed that Ultimate insider Jim Gerencser had bought the rights and named the team the Roughnecks. Gerencser proceeded to build one of
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
240-401: 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. Dallas Roughnecks The Dallas Legion , formerly the Dallas Roughnecks , were a professional ultimate team that competed in the South Division of the Ultimate Frisbee Association (UFA). Founded in 2015,
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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