Quad Quips: Seven
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MLQ athletes have a lot to say and now we’re giving them space to broadcast those opinions weekly. “Quad Quips” is a series consisting of player thoughts and feelings from around MLQ. Each week a randomly-selected batch of athletes are sent a number of questions and prompts for which to respond. The majority are open-ended though multiple choice surveys are sometimes included.
Week Seven Survey Results
Will San Antonio walk away from Austin with their undefeated streak intact?
No: 81.8 percent of the votes
Yes: 18.2 percent
Each of our Series of the Week teams sit at two grabs. Which seeker will secure the most pulls this weekend?
The Field: 63.6 percent of the votes
Stephen Trempel (BOS): 36.4 percent
Zan Siddiqui (WAS): 0 percent
Each of these beaters enters week seven with a +15 or higher. Which one will end the Series of the Week with the highest +/- of the series?
Kieran Collier (BOS): 27.3 percent of the votes
Max Havlin (BOS): 18.2 percent
Lulu Xu (BOS): 18.2 percent
Leeanne Dillmann (BOS): 18.2 percent
Adrian Koretsky (WAS): 18.2 percent
Juli Nuetzel (WAS): 0 percent
Who is the player to watch this weekend and why?
“Daniel Williams (SA)–One of the best beaters in the nation and Austin isn’t ready for him.” - Conner Mason, League City Legends
“Brady Charles (MPLS)–With one USQ season under his belt and yet to make his MLQ debut, Brady is hungry to show what he can do.” - Seth Swenson, Minneapolis Monarchs
“Luke Langlinais (SA), the original UTSA Quadball daddy” - Alfredo Serrano, San Antonio Soldados
“Ryder Fried (DET) is about to EAT this weekend.” - Nicholas Love, Detroit Innovators
“Nathan Podolsky (MPLS). I’m gonna show him why switching to beating was a mistake. 😈” - Rei Brodeur, Detroit Innovators
“Whoever has to beat with Ben Schlueter (MPLS): It's fun to watch people run miles to chase dodgeballs.” - Jack Levy, Detroit Innovators
“Ryan Hsu (DET)–If Detroit wants to secure the 2nd place spot in the division, it’ll be on the back of their beaters.” - Louis Sanchez, Austin Outlaws
Which player matchup deserves all eyes this weekend? Why?
“The face-off between the Monarchs' beater core and Ryan Hsu (DET) and Rei Brodeur (DET) will decide the series this weekend as well as the fate of the North Division.” - Seth Swenson, Minneapolis Monarchs
“Jay Stewart (AUS) vs. Matt Blackwood (SA). They know each other so well and get to play against each other for the first time.” - Conner Mason, League City Legends
“Daniel Williams (SA) vs. Kasye Bevers (AUS): Williams and Bevers are both the only two on their teams with double digit stops and have a plus/minus over 10. The team that wins the South Division will have the more dominant beaters.” - Jack Levy, Detroit Innovators
“Jay Stewart (AUS) vs. Miguel Esparza (SA)…the league can finally see which team won that trade.” - Rei Brodeur, Detroit Innovators
“Jay Stewart (AUS) vs. Miguel Esparza (SA). The chaser who does a better job of taking care of the quadball while also converting fast break opportunities will be a huge boost for their team.” - Louis Sanchez, Austin Outlaws
“Ryan Hsu (DET) vs. Nadja Melby (MPLS). The former US QuadballNational Champion beater pair stand on opposite sides of the pitch this weekend. We're in for some fun.” - Riley Hodder, Detroit Innovators
“Jay Stewart (AUS) vs. Matt Blackwood (SA)–time to see who needs who.” - Alfredo Serrano, San Antonio Soldados
Our #MLQ2024 Series of the Week is the Boston Forge vs. Washington Admirals. Give us your thoughts.
“If Admirals win, I’ll try Tad’s cooking.” - Caleb Williams, Chicago Prowl
“Top scorer Jeannette High isn’t playing? Yawn.” - Kaegan Maddelein, Detroit Innovators
“Boston beaters are going to run the field. BOS 3-0” - Scott Rousseau, Toronto Raiders
“Boston doesn’t break a sweat.” - Louis Sanchez, Austin Outlaws
“We haven't seen Boston in over a month. Has their chemistry changed? How have they used this time? Can't wait to see what Forge has in store.” - Riley Hodder, Detroit Innovators
“Boston sweeps with all games out of range.” - Jack Levy, Detroit Innovators
With six weeks of Quad Quips in the books, who is the current Queen or King of the Quip?
“Ryan Hsu. 👑” - Louis Sanchez, Austin Outlaws
“NOLA has been crushing the taunting game.” - Conner Mason, League City Legends
“Annika Kim undisputed.” - Caleb Williams, Chicago Prowl
“The man, the myth, the monster: Ryan Hsu” - Kaegan Maddelein, Detroit Innovators
“King Mike Devine” - Seth Swenson, Minneapolis Monarchs
“Tad Walters: Backs up the talk” - Nicholas Love, Detroit Innovators
“Josh Mansfield: Great takes that are always fun to read” - Jack Levy, Detroit Innovators
“My compliments to the chef, Tad Walters” - Scott Rousseau, Toronto Raiders
Taunting is Legal
“South Division should be given 5 seeds to go to Champs. KC or LC are too good not to go over some of these other teams 🥱” - Louis Sanchez, Austin Outlaws
“Excited to keep flipping through everyone else’s playbooks this season. Light reading.” - Kaegan Maddelein, Detroit Innovators
“Detroit's first line needs to play every minute against Minneapolis or Detroit is cooked.” - Seth Swenson, Minneapolis Monarchs
“Jay, who's your daddy?” - Alfredo Serrano, San Antonio Soldados
“Rock and roll died in the ‘90s, and the North Division is just showing the league why.” - Jack Levy, Detroit Innovators
“I read the lifespan for Monarchs is 2-6 weeks, looks like your season is coming to an end real soon.” - Nicholas Love, Detroit Innovators
Grab Bag
“Bench more men!” - Louis Sanchez, Austin Outlaws
“Detroit versus Minneapolis will be the closest series this week–2-1 MPLS” - Scott Rousseau, Toronto Raiders
“Soldados goes undefeated against Austin and claims the South first spot.” - Alfredo Serrano, San Antonio Soldados
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