Oregon Ultimate Frisbee Season Review Ego & Fugue

Ultimate, often known as ultimate frisbee (though technically Frisbee is a brand name) has long been popular on college campuses. What is less well known is that the sport has a passionate competitive following as well, with collegiate and club teams competing at various levels across North America and the world. Oregon has both men’s (“Ego”) and women’s (“Fugue”) teams with a long and successful history. The 2025 season saw both teams make it to the championship bracket in their respective national tournaments.

Ego earned a superb regular season record of 33-4 prior to the the national tournament. Their only losses were to future national tournament participants North Carolina (“Darkside”) 10-13, Carleton College (“CUT”) 12-15, Colorado (“Mamabird”) 10-13, and Massachusetts (“Zoodisc”) 11-15. Oregon had victories over several future national teams as well, including season sweeps of Oregon State (“Beavers,” way to make it your own…) and washington (“Sundodgers”).

Oregon entered nationals with an #2 overall seed at the top of their pool of five teams (note to the Big Ten, this is how you organize pool play at a post-season tournament). Ego dispatched Western Washingtion (“DIRT”), UC Santa-Cruz (“Slugs,” also derivative of the school mascot), and Georgia (“Jojah”) to clinch a first round bye in the championship bracket. Their last pool game was a 12-15 loss to Northeastern (“Huskies,” really?) that did not effect the standings. Oregon defeated Penn State (“Spank”) 15-10 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals they faced Colorado for the third time this season having split their first two matches. Ego was humbled 12-15, and Carleton College would CUT Mamabird down to size for the title.

Fugue posted a 21-10 record before nationals competing in arguably the strongest conference in the country this season. Both washington (“Element”) and the University of British Columbia (“Thunderbirds”) have historically been strong clubs and fielded some of their best teams in years. Oregon was unable to beat either during the regular season, and also lost matches to future national tournament clubs Colorado (“Quandary”) and Michigan (“Flywheel”), as well as a single loss in three games against Western Washington (“Chaos”). Despite being behind both Element and the Thunderbirds in the Cascadia Conference, Fugue qualified for regionals and did well enough to earn a wild card bid and #7 seed at nationals.

In pool play Oregon began by defeating UC Santa-Cruz(“Sol,” at least one of their teams put in some effort) 14-11, falling to Carleton College (“Syzygy”) 9-14, and rebounding to avenge their regular season loss to Michigan 15-13. This gave Fugue the tie-breaker for second place and a spot in the championship bracket, so their fourth game loss 9-14 to UC Davis (“Rogue”) did not effect their seeding. A 13-11 victory over UC Santa-Barbara (“Burning Skirts”) set up another meeting with British Columbia in the quarter-finals. Once again the Thunderbirds dispatched Oregon. UBC would go on to take the title with a dramatic 14-13 victory over Syzygy to prevent a Carleton College sweep.

Like hockey, and all club sports, Ego and Fugue are self funded. If you’re interested in ultimate, or any club, please consider attending a game in Eugene this upcoming season to support these amateur athletes. You can also donate to help with their expenses if you are able.