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DC Shadow pose with the trophy after winning their second-straight PUL championship. Photo: Amanda Borders – PUL The Premier Ultimate League season came down to four teams at Championship Weekend in Durham County Memorial Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

The Premier Ultimate League season comes down to four teams this weekend as Championship Weekend heads to Durham County Memorial Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The league’s top four teams will compete for a spot in the championship game, beginning with top team out of the North Division in Philadelphia Surge taking on the second seed from the South, Atlanta Soul, in the first semifinal at 10:00 AM ET on Saturday, June 20.

Before she became the first Canadian woman to win the The Callahan Award—the most prestigious honor in college ultimate frisbee—before she won a silver medal for Canada at the World Games, and before she led the University of British Columbia (UBC) Thunderbirds to a national championship, Mika Kurahashi was a teenager sitting in math class watching ultimate frisbee highlights. A teacher had pulled up a video featuring elite players making diving layout catches and skying grabs.