Hey, everyone!
Don’t mind while I give you all a little update on the BU Quidditch team. Well, after the International Quidditch Association selected BU to host the Northeast Regional tournament, plans fell through and space for fields just wasn’t available. Luckily, Hofstra University picked up the slack and this spring’s regional brawl will be taking place in
New York on May 1st.
The tournament, deemed the Empire Classic, will involve about 15 teams from the northeast, and while big names like Middlebury, Emerson and Tufts will be sitting out this time around, BU will have a number of improving squads to shutdown, including Pittsburgh, the team who knocked out BU in the 2010 World Cup in NYC. Other teams include…
- Hofstra
- NYU
- Stonybrook
- UMaryland
- and more!
BU is undefeated in 2011 tournament play after clean-sweeping its first home tournament on Nickerson Field in February (defeating UMass, Tufts and Emerson). The Empire Classic will be BU’s next chance to reclaim quidditch dominance after an early exit at last year’s World Cup.
With any luck, next spring’s Regional Tournament will return to Boston, bringing sponsors, donations and serious media coverage to our campus. Winning this year’s tournament should help in BUQ’s bid with the university.
Wish the terriers some luck, and keep being you, BU.
Remember to follow the team on TWITTER for updates on tournaments, scrimmages and practices.
