Wild Women of Midwest flock to Bloomington

Calamity Jane, the IU women's ultimate frisbee club team, will play host to the Wild Women of the Midwest tournament this weekend. The tournament will start 10 a.m. Saturday and continue at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Evan Williams Field on the corner of 10th Street and the 45/46 Bypass and at North Fee Lane Fields at 17th Street and Fee Lane. \nEight teams will compete in a round-robin tournament with two pools of four teams Saturday. In addition to Calamity Jane, teams from Michigan State, Purdue, Northwestern, Hope (Mich.), Michigan, University of Chicago and St. Louis University will take part in the tourney. Each team will play the teams in its pool once in addition to one cross-over game. For Sunday's games, a bracket will be set up based on the results from Saturday's games, and then the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will be played.\nThe team likes its chances for the tournament. Senior captain Emily Neumann thinks many of the new players are starting to step up.\n"We had a rebuilding year last year so we got a lot of new rookies, and now they know what they're doing" she said.\nSenior Kelli Whall, who is also a captain, said while the Janes will play some tough games, she thinks they will do alright.\n"There's going to be a lot of tough competition with some of the teams coming this weekend." Whall said "But I think we will finish at least in the top three."\nTeam member freshman Juiliette McNamara agrees with Whall.\n"We have a lot of really good players and we've been practicing really hard," she said. "The competition's going to be really hard, but I think we'll do well. I think there will be a lot of good games."\nThe Wild Women of the Midwest tournament will be the first time that Calamity Jane plays at home. Graduate student Mary Graham said she hopes that the home team advantage will work in helping the Janes have a successful tournament. \n"We always have to travel like five plus hours away," Graham said. "Since it will be here and there will be so many people here to cheer us on, I think it will be really, really exciting for us."\nThe tournament will be Calamity Jane's last tune-up before the team gets ready for April 16.\n-- Contact Staff Writer John \nWustrow at jwustrow@indiana.edu.