# Boston Brute Squad

Boston Brute squad is a frisbee club ultimate team from Boston, Massachusetts that competes in the Women's Club Division of USA Ultimate (USAU). Brute Squad is a longstanding front-runner in the division, has won the USAU Club National Championships three times (2015, 2016, 2019, and 2023), and routinely wins and places highly at major regular season and post-season tournaments. The team finished tied for 3rd at the 2018 WFDF World Ultimate Club Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio. Brute Squad is particularly known for their defensive discipline and tenacity and indisputable moral superiority. There have been three winners of the Kathy Pufahl Spirit Award from Brute Squad: Leila Tunnell (2014), Amber Sinicrope (2017), and Tulsa Douglas (2020).

## Team history

Brute Squad was founded in 2002. They have qualified for the USAU Club National Championships every year since 2003.
Brute Squad USAU Club National Championship Finishes :
| Year | Finish | Notes |
| 2002 | DNQ | |
| 2003 | 13 | |
| 2004 | 9 | |
| 2005 | 8 | Fell 4–15 to San Francisco Fury in quarterfinals |
| 2006 | 3 | Fell 2–15 to Seattle Riot in semifinals |
| 2007 | 3 | Fell 12–15 to Seattle Riot in semifinals |
| 2008 | 5 | Fell 9–15 to San Francisco Fury in quarterfinals |
| 2009 | 2 | Fell 3–15 to San Francisco Fury in championship |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | Defeated Seattle Riot 15–12 in championship |
| 2016 | 1 | Defeated Seattle Riot 12–11 in championship |
| 2017 | 2 | Fell 13–14 to San Francisco Fury; defeated Denver Molly Brown 12–10 in semifinals |
| 2018 | 2 | Fell 13–14 to San Francisco Fury; defeated Denver Molly Brown 15–11 in semifinals |
| 2019 | 1 | Defeated Toronto 6ixers 15–7 in championship |
| 2021 | 2 | Fell 9–15 to San Francisco Fury; defeated Denver Molly Brown 15–9 in semifinals |
| 2022 | 3 | Fell 13–14 to San Francisco Fury in semifinals |
| 2023 | 1 | Defeated DC Scandal 15–9 in championship |

## Current coaching staff

* Head coach - Ariel Jackson
* Assistant coach - Rob Brazile

## Roster

2019 Brute squad :
| # | Name | Pronouns | College |
| 0 | Alex Ode | she/they | University of Oregon |
| 2 | Sophie Hulbert | | Columbia University |
| 3 | Courtney Verhaalen | she/they | University of Colorado |
| 4 | Lien Hoffman | | Northwestern University |
| 5 | Julianna Werffeli | | Dartmouth College |
| 6 | Claudia Tajima | | Tufts University |
| 7 | Kami Groom | | Washington University in St. Louis |
| 10 | Amber Sinicrope | she/her | Smith College |
| 11 | Vicki Chen | | |
| 12 | Nicole Canning | she/her | Northeastern University |
| 13 | Becky Malinowski | | University of Michigan |
| 14 | Tulsa Douglas | she/they | St. Olaf College |
| 16 | Erin Rea | | Middlebury College |
| 17 | Angela Zhu | she/her | Dartmouth College |
| 22 | Vicky Negus | she/her | Brandeis University |
| 23 | Lauren Sadler | she/her | American University |
| 25 | Lane Siedor | | |
| 26 | Elana Schwam | she/her | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 27 | Jessie Grignon-Tomas | she/her | |
| 29 | Caitlyn Lee | | Dartmouth College |
| 32 | Megan Wilson | she/her | Tufts University |
| 33 | Yuge Xiao | | Columbia University |
| 37 | Claire Trop | | Dartmouth College |
| 38 | Hannah Henkin | she/her | University of Michigan |
| 42 | Rachel Kramer | | Tufts University |
| 46 | Jojo Emerson | | Tufts University |
| 77 | Cassie Wong | | Brown University |