Portland Rising
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Sport | Ultimate |
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Founded | 2020 |
League | Premier Ultimate League |
Based in | Portland, Maine |
Coaches | Anne Lightbody, Courtney “Coug” Verhaalen, Will Neff, Kate "KPatt" Patterson |
Website | portlandrising.me/ |
The Portland Rising is a professional ultimate team based in Portland, Maine which competes in the Premier Ultimate League (PUL).[1] It plays at Fitzpatrick Stadium. Their stated mission is to "dream big and work in partnership with our community to RISE together."[2]
Franchise history[]
Portland Rising formed for the 2020 season as part of an 4 team expansion to the PUL.[3][4][5] The team is co-owned by Maddie Purcell and Chloë Rowse and is the first professional sports team to feature women, non-binary, trans, and genderfluid athletes in Maine.[3] The team held tryouts with over 100 attendees in January 2020[6][7] and announced its roster for the inaugural season in March 2020.[8][9][10]
The team would have played its first season in 2020 (as part of PUL's second season of play), but the PUL cancelled the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][12] Of the cancellation, Rowse stated, "Regardless of what happens here in Portland and around the world over the next weeks and months, Rising is already so much more than this season’s schedule. The Rising community and Rising energy that has been created over the past three months aren’t going anywhere."[13]
Current coaching staff[]
- Coach - Anne Lightbody (she/her/hers)
- Coach - Courtney "Coug" Verhaalen (they/them/theirs)
- Coach - Kate Patterson (she/her/hers)
- Coach - Will Neff (he/him/his)
Roster[]
The team's 2021 roster was as follows:
2021 Portland Rising | |||||
# | Name | Pronouns | Nickname | College | Most Recent Club Team |
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1 | Mohdis Baker | Moh | Bates College | Sunken Circus | |
3 | Kate Powers | KPow | Bowdoin College | Frolic | |
5 | Katherine Cole | KCole | The Feminists | ||
6 | Chloe Rowse | Colorado College | Siege | ||
7 | Alex Ode | University of Oregon | Brute Squad | ||
8 | Kelley Kirwin | University of Maine Farmington | Sunken Circus | ||
9 | Lisa Liu | MIT | Chaotic Good | ||
10 | Lauren Baecher | University of Vermont | Slow White | ||
11 | Josie Gillett | Bates College | Frolic | ||
12 | Evie Clement | University of Maine | Frolic | ||
13 | Alex Rowell | Carleton College | |||
14 | Hannah Baranes | Dartmouth University | Slow White | ||
15 | Caitlin Fitzgerald | Fitz | University of Kansas | Slow White | |
16 | Erin Rea | Middlebury College | Brute Squad | ||
17 | Kelsey Devlin | University of Delaware | |||
19 | Olivia Hampton | Boston College | Slow White | ||
20 | Duschia Bodet | Dbo | Northeastern University | ||
23 | Emily Baecher | University of Michigan | |||
24 | Rachel Kramer | NASA | Tufts University | Brute Squad | |
26 | Rachael Westgate | University of Wisconsin | Slow White | ||
27 | Sarah Judd | SJ | Harvard University | Wild Card | |
28 | Nicole Canning | Northeastern University | Brute Squad | ||
32 | Megan Wilson | Moose | Tufts University | Brute Squad | |
33 | Yuge Xiao | Columbia University | Brute Squad | ||
37 | Hannah Henkin | Hank | University of Michigan | Brute Squad | |
40 | Emily Pozzy | Bishop's University | Frolic | ||
42 | Lisi Lohre | Colorado College | Molly Brown | ||
44 | Adelle Pitsas | Hampshire College | |||
52 | Caitlin O'Connell | University of Vermont | Frolic | ||
55 | Sophie Knowles | Case Western Reserve University | |||
76 | Emma Palacio | Northeastern University | Green Means Go |
References[]
- ^ Zagoria, Adam (2019-06-28). "Born of a Boycott, a Women's Ultimate Frisbee League Charts Its Own Path". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Mission". PORTLAND RISING. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ a b Writer, Glenn JordanStaff (2019-12-03). "Women's pro Ultimate team coming to Portland". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ Cordes, Renee (December 3, 2019). "With the 'Tacko Fall effect,' women's pro sports team launches in Portland". Mainebiz.
- ^ Zagoria, Adam. "Women's Professional Ultimate Frisbee League Announces Expansion". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ Writer, Glenn JordanStaff (2020-01-25). "More than 100 women try out for Maine's new pro Ultimate team". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ comments, Kelsey Hayden in News with 0 (2020-02-28). "Inside The Premier Ultimate League, Western Ultimate League Tryouts". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Portland Rising, new professional ultimate Frisbee team announces roster". Press Herald. 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ WGME (2020-03-07). "Portland Rising announces roster for first ultimate frisbee season". WGME. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ Jordan, Glenn (2020-03-05). "Portland Rising making strides toward inaugural Ultimate season". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ comments, Charlie Eisenhood in News with 0 (2020-03-12). "Western Ultimate League Postpones Start of Season Due to Coronavirus Outbreak". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ^ comments, Charlie Eisenhood in News with 0 (2020-04-14). "Premier Ultimate League 2020 Season Has Been Canceled". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ^ Forecaster, Michael KelleyThe (2020-03-25). "Women's pro Ultimate team takes season suspension in stride". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
External links[]
Official website: https://www.portlandrising.me/
- Premier Ultimate League teams
- Ultimate (sport) teams
- Ultimate teams established in 2020
- 2020 establishments in Maine
- Sports in Portland, Maine