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MENS ULTIMATE
President JOSEPH TOSCANO | jotoscano@ucsd.edu
Treasurer COLLIN ONG | c3ong@ucsd.edu
Vice President JONATHAN MCGURRIN | jmcgurrin@ucsd.edu
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The UC San Diego's Men's Ultimate program is considered one of the top programs in the country. This year the team is young, but they are returning a large number of players whose athletic ability is a step above the competition. As always, the A team continues its pursuit of a national title while the B team consistently takes down some big name A Teams from other schools. Anyone who loves frisbee, fun, competition, and camaraderie should give the infamous Air Squids a try.
Last Year
The Air Squids put together a great effort this past year and could only be stopped by a worldwide pandemic. As the season progressed the more experienced players on the team became extremely reliable in their roles as the new guys began to fully develop their game sense. This deadly combination led to impressive performances against some of the nation's highest-ranked teams. Due to Coronavirus, the season was cut short before the Air Squids could show the world what they were all about at the national competition in May, however, it has left the team more ambitious and determined than ever.
The Sport of Ultimate
Ultimate combines elements of soccer, football and basketball in a fast-paced game, played with a frisbee, where everyone is a quarterback and everyone is a receiver.
Ultimate began in 1968 in Maplewood, New Jersey when a group of Columbia High School students first played on an asphalt parking lot at their high school. As those students graduated from high school, the game spread to the college level. The first intercollegiate Ultimate game occurred on Nov. 6, 1972, between Princeton and Rutgers, in New Brunswick, NJ. They played on the anniversary of the first ever intercollegiate football game, also played between those same two schools.
Today, the game is played competitively by over 25,000 UPA and WFDF amateur athletes in over 35 countries, as well as countless casual players. Ultimate is played by people from all walks of life. From high school students, to the still thriving college game, to the highly competitive club teams all over the world, to the many thousands of people who play in informal summer leagues, Ultimate is a game for everyone.
2/21/26 - Pomona Sweethearts 2026
Game 1: Pomona Cows: With a few sanctioned tournaments on the horizon and Dev Regionals looming closer, Squid Lite traveled up to Pomona this past weekend to practice and prepare. Read More>>
2/14/26 - Air Squids Garner In-Region Wins at Home on Pres Day
Game 1, Cal This was the Squids’ first game of the tournament, and Cal was a team that they had lost to previously. This game however, the Squids improved on their ability to move the disk...Read More>>
1/31-2/1/26 - President’s Day Qualifier 2026
The first game against SLO B began very early, but the team was wide awake following a strong warmup. The squad felt confident and played well against one of the top teams at the tournament. Read More>>
1/24-25/26 - Air Squids Start the Regular Season with SBI
The tournament opened against the highest-seeded opponent in the pool, Cal. A combination of facing a top seed, missing several key players, and early chemistry issues resulted in low intensity throughout the game. Read More>>
1/10–11/26 – Santa Barbara Qualifier 2026
The Santa Barbara Qualifier was a two-day tournament hosted in Santa Maria, around 5–6 hours away from UCSD, Squid Lite’s home turf. This meant the Squids had to battle long drives and poor sleeping conditions in order to participate. Read More>>
12/7/25 - Turkey Tax 2025
This past Sunday, Squid LITE headed to the University of San Diego for Turkey Tax. With finals under way and the quarter coming to an end, the tournament was a chance for them to shake off the academic stress... Read More>>
11/1-2/25 - K-Fall Tournament at UCSD
This past weekend, the UCSD Air Squids hosted the Kendra Fallon Tournament for many teams in Southern California, as well as some teams from Arizona. Besides our 7 on 7 practice scrimmages, this was our new members’ first time playing official matches together. Read More>>
10/19/25 - Men’s Ultimate Huckfest 2025
The spooky season started early for Squid LITE as they took the field at UC Irvine for Huckfest. Huckfest is the first tournament of the new school year and a Halloween-themed two-day clash to kick off Fall Ultimate. Read More>>
9/26/25 - UCSD vs SDSU Showcase Game 2025
The Squids opened their 2025–26 season on a beautiful Friday night under the lights of Warren Field with the always-anticipated Showcase game against the SDSU Federales. Read More>>
4/26/25 - The Air Squids' Season Ends on Universe Point
The growth that the team showed all the way through to that UCSB game was unmatched, and thus concludes the 2024-2025 Air Squids season... Read More>>
4/12/25 - Squid LITE treks to Bakersfield for Dev Regionals
The Air Squids LITE made the long trek all the way to the middle of nowhere Bakersfield for the last tournament of the year, Dev Regionals... Read More>>
4/12/25 - Air Squids Move on to Regionals, Despite Some Ups and Downs
Game 1 Vs Cal Poly-SLO - 11-13 Loss: This game was one that the squids were most excited for, as SLO was the highest seed and team to beat in the section... Read More>>
3/29/25 - Squid LITE Tries Their Luck at Sinvite 2025
The last weekend in March saw Squid Lite take their talents to Sin City for Sinvite 2025... Read More>>
3/21/25 - The Northwest Challenge
Utah is a good team, and we knew going into the game that a slow start was not an option going into the weekend. Fortunately, we had a good, focused mindset throughout the whole game, making concrete throws with the disk and applying strong pressure on defense. Read More>>
3/8/25 - Air Squids Finally Start Getting Some Wins at Stanford Invite
Arriving before sunrise with frost freezing our toes, the Squids started warming up for the first game of the tournament bright and early against Whitman. Unfortunately, this early start compounded with long travel days on Friday, resulted in the squids starting out slow and asleep. Read More>>
3/1/25 - Squid LITE fell for Pomona Sweethearts
Air Squids LITE took two day trips to Pomona for an non-sanctioned tournament that tested the resolves of each Squid that played. Read More>>
2/15-17/25 - President's Day Invitational
Air Squids Get Stuck On Multiple Universe Points. Read More>>
2/1/25 - President's Day Qualifiers
Air Squids LITE took a trip up the coast to Cal Poly SLO for their first sanctioned tournament of the season. Read More>>
1/25/25 - Squids Start the Regular Season with a Rainy SBI
Game 1 vs. Utah Valley
In the first game of our tournament, we faced Utah Valley University, who loved throwing the disc deep. The Squids were able to force consistent turnovers, led by Aiden "Hooch" Reedy-Schneider and Jonathan "PSI" McGurrin, but Valley’s defense proved too stout for us to convert in the first half. Read More>>
1/11/25 - Air Squids LITE Has Slow But Promising Start at SBQ
Air Squids LITE traveled to UC Santa Barbara to kickstart the New Year with a weekend-long tournament... Read More>>
12/07/24 - Turkey Tax Tournament
This past Saturday, the first day of finals week, marked the annual Turkey Tax tournament hosted by the University of San Diego Ultimate Club, the Flat Tax Ballers. This year, out of unfortunate coincidence... Read More>>
11/16/24 - The Squids Learn A Lot At Sean Ryan
There was a lot of tension and excitement going into the first game, but nerves also ran high as this was the first ICE tournament for many new members of the team... Read More>>
11/2/24 - KFall Memorial Tournament
On the weekend of November 2nd and 3rd, the Air Squids participated in the Kendra Fallon Memorial Tournament, our very own tournament hosted here at UCSD. This tournament was the very first tournament for our newly joined members, providing a valuable learning experience for them as they became aware of what the ultimate frisbee tournament atmosphere is like. We split into three teams: X, Y, and Z with an even distribution of returning players and newcomers to give each person an equal opportunity to learn and grow their skills. Read More>>
10/26/24 - Huckfest: The Return of Squid LITE in 2024
At this year's Halloween spooktacular tournament, Huckfest, Air Squids LITE traveled to UC Irvine for one last hooray with last year’s team... Read More>>
9/27/24 - Air Squids Open the Season Against SDSU
On the sunny afternoon of September 27th, 2024 on Warren Field, the energy of ultimate frisbee returned to campus as we kicked off the year with our showcase game against SDSU. Read More>>
3/30-31/24 - Squids Take on Vegas
UCSD Men’s Ultimate B-team took 26 players to Las Vegas, Nevada for the 2024 Sinvite tournament the weekend of March 30th-31st. The wind was rough at about an average of 21 miles per hour, and the competition was fierce, being various A-teams and a few other B-teams. Read More>>
3/2-3/24 - Stanford Invite
Stanford Invite was the Air Squid's last tournament of the regular season and we went in with high hopes and expectations. We came out strong in our first game building a 3-break lead against Illinois. Read More>>
2/17-18/24 - President’s day
President’s Day marks the middle of our regular season and the squids came out fired-up for our home tournament. We started off pool play playing against Colorado mamabird, Utah, and Stanford. Read More>>
2/10-2/11/24 - Squid LITE takes on Pomona Sweethearts
UCSD Men’s Club Ultimate brought the B team to California Polytechnic Institute Pomona’s Ultimate Frisbee tournament: Hucks and Kisses tournament. Read More>>
1/26-28/24 - Santa Barbara Invite: overall record of 2-5
SBI was the first tournament of the regular season. We did well on day 1, taking BYU and UCLA to universe point in pool play, who were both very highly ranked teams last year. However, these uni losses came after having large leads to both teams, which left a bitter taste in the squid’s mouths. Read More>>
1/19/24 - President's Day Qualifiers
UCSD Men’s ultimate took 2 teams, B and C, to the president’s day qualifier at California Polytechnic Institute San Luis Obispo during the weekend of January 20th-21st 2024. Read More>>
1/12/24 - Squids take on Santa Barbara Qualifiers
This weekend (1/13-1/14 2023), UC San Diego Men’s Ultimate B- and C-team, LITE and SELECT, went to UC Santa Barbara to participate in the annual Santa Barbara Qualifiers to attempt to qualify for the Santa Barbara Invitational later this season. The tournament format was pool play on the first day and bracket play on the second day. Read More>>
