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USQ Leadership Change
Benepe, who helped found the sport in 2005, has accepted a new role as director of another emerging sport starting on May 1, details of which will be announced shortly. Radford, who started one of the first intercollegiate teams in 2008 and was a founding board member of US Quidditch in...
USQ Releases World Cup 8 Survey & Parent's Club Interest Survey
US Quidditch has just completed the USQ World Cup 8 and is excited to gather feedback from any and all attendees, including players, officials, volunteers, fans, and more. This survey is crucial to help US Quidditch improve for future championship events. Please fill out the survey here: ...
No QuidCon in Summer 2015
USQ will not be hosting QuidCon this summer in order to focus on conducting an executive search, preparing for fall regional championships, and brainstorming a new structure for potential future QuidCon events. QuidCon has always been successful in terms of provid...
Kimball Brought on Full-Time
Following her excellent work on World Cup 8, USQ is pleased to announce that Mary Kimball will be remaining on staff as a full-time Events Manager. This addition doubles the staff power in USQ's events department, where Kimball will work to support the planning and execution of USQ even...
Mallory Announced Mid-Atlantic Regional Coordinator
Mallory was a four-year player for Maryland Quidditch, as well as president of the team during her junior and senior years. Throughout her tenure as both player and president, Mallory helped direct four tournaments, including the recipient event of the 2014 USQ Competitive Event award f...
Nominations Open for 2014-2015 Member Awards
It is once again time for the USQ membership awards! Any USQ official member team is eligible to be nominated for one of the awards listed below. Team nomina...
2015-2016 Event Bid Finalists Announced
In keeping with the event bidding process, US Quidditch is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2015-2016 season events. Overall, a total of 24 bids were received for the nine events to be held this coming season....
Ninth Edition of USQ Rulebook Released
The USQ rules team has been hard at work on this release for the last year, and US Quidditch is excited to announce the release of the ninth edition ...
Voting Now Open for USQ Member Awards 2014-2015
TEAM AWARDS USQ SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD George Mason University Illinois State Firebirds Rochester Institute of Technology ...
USQ Announces New Merch Store through DFTBA
This season, US Quidditch began a new partnership with DFTBA. Through that partnership, USQ is launching a new online store to sell merchandise. The store is now open and taking orders! There are t-shirts, including...
USQ Editorial Launches its Summer Season
Ah, summer...three whole months dedicated to rest and relaxation. Unless, that is, you’re a quidditch player. While schools are on break, we all know that quidditch never really takes a time-out. The summer season has become the season of fantasy tournaments, pick-ups and the newly ...
Kansas Defeats Oklahoma Baptist
The wet field conditions were evident throughout the game; wet grass made it difficult for both teams to complete passes and pick up loose balls. While both teams’ offenses were initially pass-heavy, Kansas adapted to the elements by implementing offensive beating in order to create driving...
Capital Madness Narrowly Defeats Miami
Barring a couple-minute spurts, Capital Madness controlled both the chasing and beating game. The Washington, D.C.-based community team made use of a two-female beater set early, allowing it to dominate quaffle play. Newly added chaser Brennen Lutz, formerly of University of Richmond, pla...
NYU Tops Tribe Quidditch
James Townsend was able to send the game to overtime with a clutch grab for Tribe, but the game ended up in Austin Sweeney’s hand as he pulled to send NYU into the next round at 1-0. While the main matchups of note were the beating of the Northeast against the physicality of the Sou...
RIT Pulls to Rally Past Missouri
The game marked a noticeable difference in style between RIT, based out of the Northeast, and Mizzou, a Midwest team that had played several Southwest teams this season. While both teams played a highly aggressive chaser game, RIT played a highly focused defense centered on shutting down Mizzou&r...
Baylor Handles Harvard 180-40
The team’s famous “Baylor zone” was in full-gear, and Baylor’s chasers blocked shot after shot that Harvard is normally used to making. Harvard, a team that primarily scores through quick catch and release shots near the hoops, couldn’t adjust in time to mount a come...
USQ Welcomes the 2015-2016 Season
Membership registration is now open for the 2015-2016 season! A few reminders about this season: You should renew your membership from your existing account. There is no reason to create a new account in ...
Quidependence Day: USQ Plans the Perfect Fourth of July Party
One glance at our logo, and you can tell USQ is pretty obsessed with the red, white and blue…after all, we are US Quidditch. To help you party like it's 1776, we've signed off on this Declaration of Quidependence: rules to some backyard quidditch, plus food and drink recipes! ...
Take Your Position: USQ Beater Workout
Hips Don’t Lie: The Missing Component in Beater Training By Jared Rohrer Please be sure to consul...
USQ’s Three-Year Strategic Plan Released
USQ is proud to announce the release of its strategic plan. USQ Board President, Jacob Adlis, explains, “Having gathered input from all of USQ&...
