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Florida's Finest Captures South Regional Title
Florida's Finest took the title of USQ South Regional Champions today, and qualified for USQ World Cup along with eight other South region teams.After two long days of exciting games in Palm Coast, Florida, Florida's Finest defeated College of Charleston Quidditch by a score...
Boise State Took Home the Gold at the Northwest Regional
USQ congratulates the Boise Abraxans on their first Northwest Regional Championship. The Boise State Abraxans were undefeated and sealed their victory with a win over the Western Washington Wyverns 180*-60. The Northwest qualified three teams for USQ World Cup 8, which will take...
Media Coalition Forms for World Cup 8 Coverage
Three prominent quidditch media outlets will be joining forces as the Quidditch Media Coalition to issue top-of-the-line, on-site coverage of World Cup 8 in Rock Hill, South Carolina this April. Staff from The Eighth Man, the Quidditch Post, and US Quidditch will be working as a...
USQ Referee Development Plan Through 2017
This plan will be phased in over the course of the next season, as outlined in the implementation timeline linked below. The plan involves the introduction of a second certified and paid official, the Lead Assistant Referee, as well as a tiered certification system that allows the most ...
US Quidditch Begins Tackle Development Project
The process will be spearheaded by an outside consultant, Augustin Brajeux, a USA Rugby certified coach, Play Rugby instructor, and veteran Parisian rugby player. The project will be funded with a generous gift from the Karpoff family, the league’s largest family...
Richards is New Midwest Regional Coordinator, Scheer Moving to Great Lakes
The new Great Lakes region was announced on Dec. 2, 2014, as part of a split of the current Midwest region. In addition to serving as a third-year player and...
US Quidditch World Cup 8 Teams List Changes
The following teams have withdrawn from USQ World Cup 8: Marquette University Quidditch (Midwest) Florida Gulf Coast Quidditch (South) Grand Valley Grindylows (Midwest) Their spots have been offered to three new tea...
Clark-Polner Selected for February Referee of the Month
USQ is proud to announce that one of its Referees of the Month for February is Michael Clark-Polner. Clark-Polner is a non-player referee who resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, most recently playing for Steel City Quidditch Club after first playing at Franklin and Ma...
Alison O’Neil Joins US Quidditch Board
O’Neil was selected as part of the Board’s initiative to find and select three new members. O’Neil comes to the table with significant experience in sports and nonprofits. She earned three consecutive varsity letters as a member of the Division I Women’s Lacrosse...
Boise State Abraxans Replaced by Lock Haven University for World Cup 8
The following team has withdrawn from USQ World Cup 8: Boise State Abraxans (Northwest) No additional Northwest teams had completed their season requirements; therefore Boise State's spot was then offered to the next eligible Mid-Atlantic team, who of...
Applebee Selected February Referee of the Month
Oklahoma State University Quidditch’s Hayden Applebee has been selected as USQ’s second Referee of the Month of February. Applebee was chosen due to the high quality reviews from his peers as well as the amount of games he has officiated. "Being selected fo...
World Cup 8 Flights and First Round Matchups Announced
On Monday March 30, during a live broadcast, the USQ Gameplay department revealed the Flights and first-round matchups for World Cup 8. As prev...
US Quidditch Backs Global Warming as Part of Strategic Plan
As part of the strategy, the league will do whatever it can to help accelerate the continued, uninhibited manmade release of 30 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere, unbalancing nature’s checkbook cumulatively year after year, in amounts greater than the oceans, forests, and...
Scheer Selected As Referee of the Year
USQ is delighted to announce that Alex Scheer has won the Referee of the Year Award. Scheer was selected as Referee of the Month in November after he received perfect scores on his referee evaluations ...
Purdue Drops from World Cup 8
The Purdue Intercollegiate Quidditch Association has declined its bid to World Cup 8 and the Wooster Scottish Nationals will take its place. After Purdue declined its bid for World Cup 8, the bid was then offered to Southern Illinois University and Eastern Michigan University, who both de...
World Cup 8 Afterparty Announced
After a long two days of the most intense quidditch of the year, players, spectators and guests of all ages are invited to Revolutions at Rock Hill Galleria for music, dancing, food, bowling, arcad...
US Quidditch to Host Online Fundraising Drive Over World Cup 8 Weekend
USQ hopes to build a new base of donors and fans, and generate extra funding to increase the quantity and quality of events and operations....
Watch the USQ World Cup 8 on Livestream!
The Livestream is produced by the Winthrop University Video Production Club and commentated by BCSN Sports Commentator Brad Woznicki. Watch it live here on the USQ Livestream Channel! ...
Matt Hayden Joins US Quidditch Board
Hayden was selected, along with the most recent director, Alison O’Neil, as part of the Board's efforts to recruit talented, passionate, and experienced individuals. He attended World Cup...
University of Texas at Austin Takes Home Third World Cup Title
Texas seeker Evan Carr caught the snitch, securing a 120*-90 victory. At the beginning, Lone Star chaser Christopher Scholz jump started the scoring with an outstanding individual effort on brooms up and a runaway fast break goal. Facing an early 20-point deficit, Texas regrouped and star...
