Written by Noam Gumerman
WUL Lead Writer
Week 2 of the WUL has wrapped and all seven teams have now officially begun their 2025 seasons! Two more teams added statement wins to their resumes, matching the dominance shown by San Diego and Colorado a week ago. Here’s what went down on Saturday:
Game 1: Seattle Tempest 24 - 10 Oregon Soar
In Oregon’s league debut, Seattle came out looking like the two-time WUL Champions they are, and never let off the gas. Oregon heavily relied on 2023 Breakout Player of the Year Nominee Raina Kamrat to keep the disc moving in tight spots, and newcomers Jackie Riley and Wren Vogel to move the disc up the field (357 total yards and 424 total yards, respectively). Notably, Oregon was missing Julia Sherwood and Mariel Hammond, two of their most experienced players. After giving up nine points in a row, with Seattle forcing Soar into 32(!) break opportunities, Oregon has some major strategy adjustments to make if they are going to stay in the running in their inaugural season.
On Seattle’s end, Sadie Jezierski feasted with an unreal +9 game with 296 total yards, two goals, four assists, and five blocks. Alexa Kirkland and Cheryl Hsu lead the way for the Tempest offense and backfield, Kirkland throwing for 307 yards and assisting five goals, and Hsu throwing 286 yards and assisting four goals. It’s a positive sign that the Soar hung in against Tempest for three quarters, but they’ll need to find a way to maintain that intensity throughout the entire game to prevent another fourth-quarter shutout in future games.
Game 2: Bay Area Falcons 23 - 17 Arizona Sidewinders
Likely in part due to high player retention, Bay Area looked in mid-season form as they cruised to a six-goal win over Arizona. After a 2024 season full of eye-popping throwing numbers, Han Chen has a new lethal backfield partner in WUL newcomer Robyn Fennig. Those two are the likely favorites to be the best backfield duo in the league as they continue to develop their chemistry. Chen and Fennig combined for nearly 800 throwing yards, while Fennig added over 100 receiving yards and six assists and Chen scored three goals.
Downfield, Bay Area was deadly at creating space for their players, led by Amanda Meroux (262 receiving yards / 2 goals) and Jackelyne Nguyen (4 goals / 237 receiving yards). They looked like a well-oiled machine in their first game, converting on half of their 16 break opportunities and going 7/8 on hucks. Arizona on the other hand had another rough game; they were unable to operate as efficiently as their opponents going just 3/13 on break opportunities, and struggling to get the disc back after turning it over on offense. Bright spots included Chip Chang with 2 goals, 2 assists with 343 yards, and downfield target WUL rookie, Brittany Stettmeier, who also logged 2 goals, 2 assists, 1 block and 354 total yards. Arizona has a bye week for Week 3, and will look to get back on track when they travel to Colorado during Week 4.