Portland Rising

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]

Portland Rising
SportUltimate
Founded2020
LeaguePremier Ultimate League
Based inPortland, Maine
Websiteportlandrising.me/

Franchise history

Portland Rising formed for the 2020 season as part of a 4 team expansion to the PUL.[3][4][5] The team is owned by 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]

in August of 2021 Rising hosted one of the three regional competitions that made up the 2021 PUL Championship Series, which served as an abbreviated competition season in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Rising was defeated by the Austin Torch and Medellin Revolution to finish 3rd in the International competition.

During the 2022 regular reason Rising complied an impressive 5-1 record, finishing second in the East Division. Multiple milestones were achieved for the franchise, including the first victory, as well as the first home win.

Schedule

2022 Regular season schedule.

Date Opponent Score Result
April 16 Austin Torch 17-14 (OT) Win
April 23 Atlanta Soul 16-11 Win
May 14 Columbus Pride 17-11 Win
May 28 Nashville Nightshade 23-14 Win
June 4 NY Gridlock 20-15 Win
June 5 DC Shadow 6-22 Loss

Record
Year Reg. Season Playoffs Finish
2021 Cancelled 0-2 3rd Place International
2022 5-1
Total

Current staff
  • Coach - Ryan Cardinal (he/him)
  • Coach - Eva Fury (they/them)
  • Coach - Ethan Fortin (he/him)
  • GM - Mohdis Baker (she/her)

Roster

The team's 2022 roster is as follows:

2022 Portland Rising
# Name Pronouns Nickname College Club Team
2 Emily Decker Tufts Brute Squad
3 Kate Powers KPow Bowdoin College Frolic
4 Makk K MIT
5 Laura BItterman University of Wisconsin-Madison
6 Chloe Rowse Colorado College Slow
7 Alex Ode University of Oregon Brute Squad
9 Lisa Liu MIT Chaotic Good
10 Lauren Baecher Bae University of Vermont Slow White
11 Josie Gillett Future Bates College Frolic
13 Samantha Munson Southern Maine Community College Sunken Circus
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
23 Colette Pellegrini Coco Worcester Polytechnic Institute Sprocket
25 Sophie Shen Norhteastern University
26 Rachael Westgate University of Wisconsin Slow White
27 Sarah Judd SJ Harvard University Wild Card
30 Jean Huang University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Sprocket
31 Bethany Eldridge University of Vermont
32 Megan Wilson Moose Tufts University Brute Squad
33 Yuge Xiao Columbia University Brute Squad
37 Hannah Henkin Hank University of Michigan Brute Squad
55 Sophie Knowles Case Western Reserve University Brute Squad
60 Caitlin Go Stanford University Sprocket
76 Emma Palacio Northeastern University Green Means Go
83 Zoe Hecht Oberlin College

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Mission". PORTLAND RISING. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  3. Writer, Glenn JordanStaff (2019-12-03). "Women's pro Ultimate team coming to Portland". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  4. Cordes, Renee (December 3, 2019). "With the 'Tacko Fall effect,' women's pro sports team launches in Portland". Mainebiz.
  5. Zagoria, Adam. "Women's Professional Ultimate Frisbee League Announces Expansion". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  6. 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.
  7. comments, Kelsey Hayden in News with 0 (2020-02-28). "Inside The Premier Ultimate League, Western Ultimate League Tryouts". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  8. "Portland Rising, new professional ultimate Frisbee team announces roster". Press Herald. 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  9. WGME (2020-03-07). "Portland Rising announces roster for first ultimate frisbee season". WGME. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  10. Jordan, Glenn (2020-03-05). "Portland Rising making strides toward inaugural Ultimate season". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  11. 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.
  12. comments, Charlie Eisenhood in News with 0 (2020-04-14). "Premier Ultimate League 2020 Season Has Been Canceled". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  13. Forecaster, Michael KelleyThe (2020-03-25). "Women's pro Ultimate team takes season suspension in stride". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-05-27.

Official website: https://www.portlandrising.me/

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