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1994 UCSB Black Tide

National Semifinalist

Jason Seidler

When this year began, there were questions coming from all over the Western Region about the numerous losses of veteran players from UCSB. The rumors were all the same, that the Tide was weaker than it had been in years and this was everyone’s chance for a little payback. Fortunately nobody told us about the rumors, and we made a clear statement about our team by beating every collegiate team we played except for two over our five month pre-season. Led by Glenn "Jethro" Paufler and Todd Blacher along with Mike Croft, Matt "Scrappy" Owen and Dale Hutchison, the veteran Tide players along with the young superstars earned a precious spot once again at the U.S. National Championships while simultaneously quieting all of our critics and opponents.

Our young squad pulled off the greatest game of our season when it mattered most by beating Cornell 17-6 in the last game of pool play at the Championships. This game decided who played the next day in the semifinals and whose season ended. Statistically we had to win that game with a margin of 7 points to advance; intelligently, our spiritual leader "Scrappy" informed us we had to win by 9 points before the game began. Once again, we put our lives on the line for each other and played the best "D" of our season to pull off a completely lopsided win against a great team from the East coast. Most amazingly in this game, Dale Hutchison threw seven of our goals (all "flicks") and Jason Seidler got 8 D's to lead the slaughter. This game was definitely the pinnacle of our season because we faced Stanford the next morning in the semifinals and we had already lost to them three times previously in the season. Not surprisingly, we were pretty psyched out and lost the game before it ever started. They beat us and ended our season, but we learned more from our last loss than any other all season.

From that point on, the young Black Tide members would mature and accept the leadership to take the team forward next season. We clearly understood the huge amount of mental strength necessary to be successful. We learned to never give up, never die, and never stop believing we can accomplish anything we want to if we have the desire.