Every Spring, students compete in a variety of competitive intramural sports at FIU. Although each team fights for the win on the field, few stand the test of remaining undefeated. This season, students witnessed an intense and prideful athletic season of intramural sports that included soccer, flag-football and dodgeball, each boasting the crème de la crème of FIU’s current intramural teams.
Kicking & Greeking
If you’re looking for a talented and all-around intense soccer league look no further than the fraternity and sorority soccer teams of FIU.
Sigma Phi Epsilon finished the season with an undefeated record of 8-0-0. They carried their perfect regular season record all the way through the playoffs where they defeated Phi Sigma Kappa, 6-0 and Sigma Alpha Mu 2-0. These victories landed them in the championship game against FIJI.
“With every game we get to know how one [player] plays with another so it’s constant team chemistry,” FIJI captain Joel Negro said.
FIJI capped off the regular season with a near perfect record of 4-0-1, only tying the first game of the season 1-1 against Sigma Alpha Mu. FIJI then defeated Beta Theta Pi and Pi Kappa Phi, to reach the final game. Here Sigma Phi Epsilon and FIJI squared off in a back and forth battle of the unbeaten. By the end of the night Sigma Phi Epsilon remained as the only completely undefeated team after the championship was decided by penalty kicks. The final score was 4-1.
On the women’s side, Tri Sigma and Alpha Omicron Pi took the top spots in the standings. Tri Sigma finished with a 4-0-1 regular season record while Alpha Omicron Pi finished the regular season with a 3-0-1 record. The two teams’ only tie came in the season opener against each other that ended in a 0-0 draw.
Although Tri Sigma did not make it past the first playoff game, suffering a significant loss to Alpha Xi Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi successfully advanced to the final championship game. This came after defeating Phi Mu 8-0 and Phi Sigma Sigma 4-2.
“I think the reason we have been so successful is because we always try to have fun when we go on the field. I think forgetting that it is such a harsh competition helps us relax and just play with each other and do well together with no stress or anger,” Alpha Omicron Pi player Gabrielle Demmer said.
Alpha Omicron Pi and Alpha Xi Delta faced off in the championship game. Alpha Omicron Pi took home the championship and an undefeated record.
Are you ready for some (flag) football
No need to wait around for fall, football this year has come early in the form of FIU’s intramural flag football league. Shermanaters and What up, beach? are at the top of their division and the league, each boasting a perfect regular season record of 9-0-0. What up, beach? defeated Balls Deep and Panthers to reach the semi finals, while Shermanaters, ironically, defeated Dreamkillers and Rob Ford.
The two teams will fight to keep the championship hopes and their undefeated record alive in the semi finals of the Men’s A Playoff race, April 13 at 8:30.
In the other semi final game, ADC will take on The Johnny’s, who also finished with an unbeaten record of 5-0-1.
The Five D’s: dodge, duck, dip, dive, dodge
This is the story of a true underdog sport but with one not so underdog team. Slick Dappers are the talk of the Dodgeball Mini-League with an undefeated record of 7-0-0. Among these wins are notable victories against Miami Spring Ballers and Globo Gym.
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