2023 American Ultimate Disc League season

2023 American Ultimate Disc League season
LeagueAmerican Ultimate Disc League
SportUltimate
DurationApril 28 – August 26, 2023 (2023-04-28 – 2023-08-26)
Teams24
Regular season
Season MVPJeff Babbitt (NY)
Postseason
Central Division championsMinnesota Wind Chill
East Division championsNew York Empire
South Division championsAustin Sol
West Division championsSalt Lake Shred
Postseason MVPAntoine Davis (NY)
Finals
ChampionsNew York Empire (3)
  Runners-upChicago Union

The 2023 American Ultimate Disc League season was the league's eleventh. The New York Empire won their third championship[1] after a second consecutive undefeated season, becoming the first franchise to win three championships and only the second franchise to win consecutive championships. Jeff Babbitt won the league's MVP award, and Antoine Davis won the Championship Weekend MVP award.[2]

Preseason

The Houston Havoc joined the league's South division,[3] while the Tampa Bay Cannons and Ottawa Outlaws ceased operations.[4]

Regular Season

Week 1

Date Home Goals Goals Away
4/28 Salt Lake Shred 28 20 Seattle Cascades
4/29 Atlanta Hustle 23 14 Indianapolis AlleyCats
4/29 New York Empire 17 8 Philadelphia Phoenix
4/29 Houston Havoc 18 24 Austin Sol
4/29 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 18 17 Madison Radicals
4/29 Carolina Flyers 16 21 DC Breeze
4/29 Oakland Spiders 24 23 Seattle Cascades

Week 2

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/5 Atlanta Hustle 24 19 Carolina Flyers
5/5 Oregon Steel 20 22 Salt Lake Shred
5/5 New York Empire 24 11 Toronto Rush
5/5 San Diego Growlers 16 23 Colorado Apex
5/6 Indianapolis AlleyCats 21 23 Minnesota Wind Chill
5/6 Austin Sol 31 17 Dallas Legion
5/6 Los Angeles Aviators 15 18 Colorado Apex
5/6 Boston Glory 25 14 Toronto Rush
5/6 Seattle Cascades 19 25 Salt Lake Shred
5/7 DC Breeze 20 19 Philadelphia Phoenix

Week 3

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/12 Atlanta Hustle 21 17 Austin Sol
5/12 Los Angeles Aviators 20 13 Oregon Steel
5/13 DC Breeze 17 18 New York Empire
5/13 Chicago Union 16 19 Indianapolis AlleyCats
5/13 Colorado Apex 26 14 Seattle Cascades
5/13 San Diego Growlers 22 19 Oregon Steel
5/13 Carolina Flyers 26 19 Austin Sol
5/13 Dallas Legion 17 28 Houston Havoc
5/13 Detroit Mechanix 13 29 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
5/13 Oakland Spiders 25 27 Salt Lake Shred
5/13 Toronto Rush 25 20 Montreal Royal
5/13 Boston Glory 19 16 Philadelphia Phoenix

Week 4

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/19 Houston Havoc 17 23 San Diego Growlers
5/19 Oregon Steel 23 24 Oakland Spiders
5/19 Salt Lake Shred 25 13 Los Angeles Aviators
5/20 Philadelphia Phoenix 16 18 New York Empire
5/20 Indianapolis AlleyCats 22 21 Madison Radicals
5/20 Austin Sol 21 17 San Diego Growlers
5/20 Toronto Rush 13 20 DC Breeze
5/20 Minnesota Wind Chill 26 12 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
5/20 Colorado Apex 18 14 Los Angeles Aviators
5/20 Seattle Cascades 20 24 Oakland Spiders
5/20 Montreal Royal 15 17 Boston Glory
5/21 Carolina Flyers 21 15 Atlanta Hustle

Week 5

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/26 Carolina Flyers 24 11 Houston Havoc
5/27 Atlanta Hustle 20 11 Houston Havoc
5/27 Madison Radicals 18 20 Chicago Union
5/27 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 19 20 Philadelphia Phoenix
5/27 Detroit Mechanix 17 25 Minnesota Wind Chill
5/27 Montreal Royal 12 15 Toronto Rush
5/28 Chicago Union 16 12 Minnesota Wind Chill
5/28 Dallas Legion 14 25 Austin Sol

Week 6

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/2 Oregon Steel 18 27 Seattle Cascades
6/2 Boston Glory 5 8 New York Empire
6/2 DC Breeze 19 20 Carolina Flyers
6/2 Austin Sol 23 19 Houston Havoc
6/3 Philadelphia Phoenix 20 17 Carolina Flyers
6/3 Houston Havoc 21 19 Dallas Legion
6/3 Salt Lake Shred 21 17 Oakland Spiders
6/3 San Diego Growlers 21 22 Los Angeles Aviators
6/3 Montreal Royal 10 16 New York Empire
6/3 Minnesota Wind Chill 20 18 Chicago Union
6/3 Detroit Mechanix 15 21 Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/4 Madison Radicals 22 17 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/4 Colorado Apex 27 22 Oakland Spiders

Week 7

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/9 Oregon Steel 11 29 Los Angeles Aviators
6/9 Boston Glory 15 21 Atlanta Hustle
6/9 Dallas Legion 19 27 Carolina Flyers
6/9 Colorado Apex 18 19 Salt Lake Shred
6/10 New York Empire 20 17 Atlanta Hustle
6/10 Indianapolis AlleyCats 26 17 Chicago Union
6/10 Austin Sol 20 22 Carolina Flyers
6/10 Toronto Rush 23 27 Philadelphia Phoenix
6/10 Minnesota Wind Chill 18 17 Madison Radicals
6/10 Seattle Cascades 23 25 Los Angeles Aviators
6/10 Oakland Spiders 21 17 San Diego Growlers
6/11 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 28 18 Detroit Mechanix
6/11 Montreal Royal 12 22 Boston Glory

Week 8

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/16 Salt Lake Shred 20 19 Colorado Apex
6/16 DC Breeze 23 14 Montreal Royal
6/16 New York Empire 25 16 Boston Glory
6/17 Houston Havoc 15 18 Austin Sol
6/17 Atlanta Hustle 29 14 Dallas Legion
6/17 Philadelphia Phoenix 22 13 Montreal Royal
6/17 Indianapolis AlleyCats 20 19 Detroit Mechanix
6/17 Chicago Union 21 15 Oregon Steel
6/17 San Diego Growlers 19 20 Seattle Cascades
6/17 Toronto Rush 18 17 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/17 Madison Radicals 19 24 Minnesota Wind Chill
6/17 Oakland Spiders 24 23 Colorado Apex
6/18 Los Angeles Aviators 23 14 Seattle Cascades

Week 9

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/23 Houston Havoc 14 23 Atlanta Hustle
6/23 Chicago Union 25 20 Detroit Mechanix
6/23 Madison Radicals 22 23 Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/23 Montreal Royal 18 25 DC Breeze
6/24 Dallas Legion 12 23 Atlanta Hustle
6/24 Colorado Apex 25 15 Minnesota Wind Chill
6/24 Boston Glory 16 20 DC Breeze
6/24 Detroit Mechanix 12 18 Chicago Union
6/24 Los Angeles Aviators 22 18 San Diego Growlers
6/25 Toronto Rush 26 19 Montreal Royal

Week 10

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/30 Oregon Steel 16 24 Colorado Apex
6/30 Los Angeles Aviators 18 20 Salt Lake Shred
6/30 New York Empire 21 18 DC Breeze
6/30 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 25 15 Detroit Mechanix
7/1 Indianapolis AlleyCats 23 17 Madison Radicals
7/1 Austin Sol 25 16 Dallas Legion
7/1 San Diego Growlers 16 26 Salt Lake Shred
7/1 Seattle Cascades 9 18 Colorado Apex
7/1 Toronto Rush 21 24 Boston Glory
7/2 Montreal Royal 10 18 Philadelphia Phoenix

Week 11

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/7 Philadelphia Phoenix 20 21 Boston Glory
7/7 Madison Radicals 13 15 Minnesota Wind Chill
7/7 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 21 18 Chicago Union
7/7 Austin Sol 25 20 Houston Havoc
7/7 Salt Lake Shred 30 14 Oregon Steel
7/8 DC Breeze 22 15 Boston Glory
7/8 Chicago Union 20 14 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
7/8 Dallas Legion 21 24 Austin Sol
7/8 Oakland Spiders 25 10 Oregon Steel
7/8 Detroit Mechanix 14 23 Madison Radicals
7/9 Minnesota Wind Chill 22 17 Indianapolis AlleyCats

Week 12

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/14 Oregon Steel 18 15 San Diego Growlers
7/14 Colorado Apex 15 19 New York Empire
7/15 Philadelphia Phoenix 18 20 DC Breeze
7/15 Indianapolis AlleyCats 18 16 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
7/15 Seattle Cascades 29 22 San Diego Growlers
7/15 Salt Lake Shred 19 23 New York Empire
7/15 Minnesota Wind Chill 22 13 Chicago Union
7/15 Carolina Flyers 19 25 Atlanta Hustle
7/15 Dallas Legion 23 16 Houston Havoc
7/15 Oakland Spiders 20 19 Los Angeles Aviators
7/15 Detroit Mechanix 13 25 Toronto Rush

Week 13

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/21 Los Angeles Aviators 24 23 Oakland Spiders
7/21 Boston Glory 18 12 Montreal Royal
7/21 DC Breeze 27 17 Toronto Rush
7/21 Chicago Union 17 22 Madison Radicals
7/22 Houston Havoc 15 18 Dallas Legion
7/22 Atlanta Hustle 23 22 Carolina Flyers
7/22 New York Empire 28 19 Montreal Royal
7/22 Philadelphia Phoenix 25 22 Toronto Rush
7/22 San Diego Growlers 20 19 Oakland Spiders
7/22 Madison Radicals 18 15 Detroit Mechanix
7/22 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 20 21 Indianapolis AlleyCats
7/22 Seattle Cascades 25 15 Oregon Steel
7/23 Minnesota Wind Chill 22 16 Detroit Mechanix
7/25 Carolina Flyers 27 21 Dallas Legion

Standings

East

Team W L % GD Qualification
New York Empire 12 0 1.000 +66 First round bye
DC Breeze 9 3 0.750 +47 Playoffs
Boston Glory 7 5 0.583 +7
Philadelphia Phoenix 6 6 0.500 +10
Toronto Rush 5 7 0.417 -23
Montreal Royal 0 12 0.000 -81

Central

Team W L % GD Qualification
Minnesota Wind Chill 10 2 0.833 +40 First round bye
Indianapolis AlleyCats 9 3 0.750 +14 Playoffs
Chicago Union 6 6 0.500 -2
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 5 7 0.417 +10
Madison Radicals 4 8 0.333 +3
Detroit Mechanix 0 12 0.000 -92

South

Team W L % GD Qualification
Atlanta Hustle 10 2 0.833 +66 First round bye
Austin Sol 9 3 0.750 +46 Playoffs
Carolina Flyers 7 5 0.583 +23
Houston Havoc 2 10 0.167 -52
Dallas Legion 2 10 0.167 -80

West

Team W L % GD Qualification
Salt Lake Shred 11 1 0.917 +60 First round bye
Colorado Summit 8 4 0.667 +51 Playoffs
Los Angeles Aviators 7 5 0.583 +20
Oakland Spiders 7 5 0.583 +14
Seattle Cascades 4 8 0.333 -24
San Diego Growlers 3 9 0.250 -31
Oregon Steel 1 11 0.083 -92

Postseason

First Round Division Championships Semi-Finals Final
1 New York Empire 24
2 DC Breeze 19 2 DC Breeze 19
3 Boston Glory 12 New York Empire 27
Austin Sol 17
1 Atlanta Hustle (2OT) 20
2 Austin Sol 19 2 Austin Sol 21
3 Carolina Flyers 18 New York Empire 19
Salt Lake Shred 12
1 Minnesota Wind Chill 21
2 Indianapolis AlleyCats 23 2 Indianapolis AlleyCats 18
3 Chicago Union 15 Salt Lake Shred (OT) 19
Minnesota Wind Chill 18
1 Salt Lake Shred 23
2 Colorado Summit 21 3 Los Angeles Aviators 20
3 Los Angeles Aviators 22


Season Awards[5]

  • Most Valuable Player: Jeff Babbitt (NY)
  • Defensive Player Of The Year: Antoine Davis (NY)
  • Rookie Of The Year: Lukas Ambrose (SEA)
  • Most Improved Player: Jace Duennebeil (SLC)
  • Coach Of The Year: Bryce Merrill (SLC)

Individual Leaders

  • Assists: 76, Ryan Osgar (NY)
  • Goals: 60, Jeff Babbitt (NY)
  • Blocks: 24, Lukas Ambrose (LA)
  • Scores: 103, Jordan Kerr (SLC)
  • Receiving Yards: 4193, Evan Swiatek (ATX)
  • Throwing Yards: 5962, Pawel Janas (LA)
  • Total Yards: 8092, Pawel Janas (LA)
  • Completions: 860, Pawel Janas (LA)
  • Points Played: 353, Kyle Henke (ATX)

All-AUDL Teams

First Team

  • Jeff Babbitt (NY)
  • Brett Hulsmeyer (ATL)
  • Ben Jagt (NY)
  • Pawal Janas (LA)
  • Jordan Kerr (SLC)
  • Sean McDougall (LA)
  • Ryan Osgar (NY)

Second Team

  • Christian Boxley (DC)
  • Quinn Finer (COL)
  • Kyle Henke (ATX)
  • John Randolph (NY)
  • Max Sheppard (PIT)
  • Evan Swiatek (ATX)
  • Jack Williams (NY)

Third Team

  • Antoine Davis (NY)
  • Travis Dunn (SD)
  • Jacob Fairfax (CAR)
  • Mac Hecht (OAK)
  • Jonny Malks (DC)
  • Garrett Martin (SEA)
  • Jacob Miller (SLC)

All-Rookie Teams

First Team

  • Lukas Ambrose (LA)
  • Sam Berglund (MIN)
  • Simon Carapella (BOS)
  • Walker Frankenberg (OAK)
  • Liam Haberfield (ATL)
  • William Wettengel (IND)
  • McKay Yorgason (SLC)

Second Team

  • Raekwon Adkins (OAK)
  • Tanner Barcus (MIN)
  • Tobias Brooks (CAR)
  • Dexter Clyburn (OAK)
  • Max Gibson (SD)
  • Anthony Gutowsky (MAD)
  • Calvin Trisolini (PHI)

All-Defense Teams

First Team

  • Lukas Ambrose (LA)
  • Justin Burnett (ATL)
  • Antoine Davis (NY)
  • Ben Jagt (NY)
  • John Randolph (NY)
  • Cody Spicer (COL)
  • Joey Wylie (ATX)

Second Team

  • Dylan DeClerck (MIN)
  • Ryan Drost (NY)
  • Brett Hulsmeyer (ATL)
  • AJ Merriman (DC)
  • Paul Owens (PHL)
  • Kyle Weinberg (SLC)
  • William Wettengel (IND)

References

  1. ^ Rubin, Alex (26 August 2023). "AUDL Championship Weekend 2023: New York Empire Crush Austin Sol". UltiWorld.
  2. ^ "Antoine Davis Wins Championship Weekend MVP". WatchUFA. 28 August 2024.
  3. ^ Holmes-Brown, Shaniece (25 April 2023). "Houston Havoc, the city's first semi-pro ultimate frisbee team, set to kick off its inaugural season". Houston Chronicle.
  4. ^ "Houston Set To Join League In 2023". WatchUFA. 18 November 2022.
  5. ^ "2023 Season Index". WatchUFA. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
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