Finals: Riot and Prime know each other very well. The two teams are from the same section, and have faced off in many tournaments. Riot is having a great tournament and has not really been challenged yet; Prime looked weaker early on, but dominated quarters and played a great game to win semis.

Prime receives to start off, works it downfield, and then turns over a leading pass in the endzone. Riot picks up, moves it about three passes, then hucks for the score. Pulling on D, Riot sets their zone. Prime turns it over almost immediately and Riot scores easily. On the next point, Riot sets the zone again, but this time Prime hucks for the score. 2-1 Riot.

Riot works it upfield in the next point. Joann Harman (#29) puts up a floaty backhand that Kari Deleeuw (#20) pulls down for the score. Riot sets a zone after the pull and transitions to man. Prime throws long for the score. 3-2 Riot. On the next point, Riot receives and works it up the field. Miranda Roth (#25) lets loose a big backhand, but it doesn't have enough lift and the receiver can't get there. Prime works it downfield and puts an away pass to Hillary Dunn (#55) in the endzone. Liz Duffy (#37) makes a nice D in the air. Riot's Deb Cussen (#27) then hucks it to Duffy, but it's too far. Prime works it back upfield and has some good dump/swing movement outside the endzone. Michelle Ning (#3) puts a nice break pass to Dunn for the score and it's tied, 3-3.

Riot receives and puts one long to Roth. She makes an incredibly athletic grab about 10 yards outside the endzone, and Riot scores. 4-3. Riot sets the zone on the next point, and Prime has trouble moving it. After many passes, Prime throws it away near their own endline. Sharon Goodwin (#18) has the disc for Riot on the goalline and puts up a bad pass to Kati Halmos (#6), who can't hold on. But Riot sets the zone again, and Prime drops it. On the goalline, Vivian Zayas (#5) throws a nice inside-out flick to Sara Gersten-Rothenberg (#10) for the score.

Prime takes a time out, presumably to work out their zone offense. Sure enough, Riot sets the Z but Prime works it well. Riot's four person cup denies the dump; Prime breaks it by getting the disc either outside to a handler who then zips it to a popper in front of the cup, or by faking the cup enough so that the throw to the middle is open. Riot is forced to transition to man defense, and Prime punches it in. 5-4. Prime decides to try their own zone to man (after only a few). Riot works it up but turns it over. Riot sets the zone. Anne-Marie Carey (#91) on Prime lets one fly deep, but the deep-deep in the zone comes up with it. Riot's Zayas has the disc at about midfield, but the Prime defense is very tight. The cutters can't get open. On stall 9, Zayas throws to the in-cutting Harman, but it's too high and Harman can't hold on. Prime works it down to near their endzone, and Beth Wise (#15) gets a high layout D. Then Riot works it back down and Kathy Scott (#21) has a great catch on a disc that's trailing away from her; a few passes later, they score. 6-4.

Riot throws zone again, and Roth gets the D on a cup crasher. Once again, Riot cutters have trouble getting open and Cussen puts one up that's defended by Anja Haman (#2). Riot goes zone again, but this time Prime opens it up with a beautiful pass down the line by Abbi Nilssen (#86) to Leslie Calder (#7). Riot goes man, but the Prime cutters are quick to capitalize and Prime scores. 6-5. Prime again goes zone to man, and Zayas throws too far in front of Duffy for Riot. Riot throws zone. Val Dion (#66) has a nice opening to Jill Calkin (#19), but zips it behind her. Prime plays tight D and Riot turns it over. Prime hucks to Calkin, but though the throw has nice float on it, she can't get there; she seems tired. Prime's defense is very close once again, and Riot cutters have to make a lot of athletic catches to maintain possession. There's a bad throw to Vida Towne (#9), who lays out high but can't catch it; Cat Pittack (#12) saves it for Riot. She puts up a bladey flick to Duffy, who makes the grab. 7-5.

Riot goes zone once more, and Stephanie Chow throws a terrible blade that's D'd. Wise has the disc on the goalline and throws a high release flick that's too high and trailing away from Roth. Prime gets a second chance and works it well this time against the zone, forcing Riot to go man. Then Chow has a nice long away look to Calder for the score. 7-6. Riot moves it well and gets to down near the endzone, but Cussen puts one up that's too short to Deleeuw. Riot sets the zone but has to go immediately to man after good Prime movement. Calkin throws a swilly long throw to Dion that's D'd by Deleeuw. Riot picks up and Cussen hits Halmos on a huck, who throws an away pass to Scott for the score. 8-6.

Riot goes zone to man, and Prime works it well against the defense. Calder throws it away, but Riot hucks it right back to her. Nilssen on Prime gets the disc and sends it to Calder; Calder makes a nice catch over two Riot defenders. She gets it to Haman, who makes a great grab but then throws it away. Both teams look very tired at this point. Riot cutters aren't getting open and Prime is jogging on O. Towne on Riot tries to hit Scott, but it's a bad pass. Prime works it well short and finally gets the score. 8-7. Riot receives and works it up to Kim Blakemore (#2), who puts up a huck only to have it D'd 5 yards in front of her by a leaping, outstretched Megan Atkinson (#33). Dion makes a trailing edge grab and hucks it to Calkin, who makes a huge layout catch to tie the game at eights. This is the first time since 0-0 that the game has been tied. On the next point, Riot hucks it to Cussen and it's D'd, but Prime gives it right back and Riot walks in for the score. Riot takes half 9-8.

Riot receives to start the second half. Zayas puts up a nice away pass to Halmos and Riot scores, 10-8. Prime receives and moves it well upfield. On the goalline, Prime throws to Haman, but it's a bad pass; Prime turnover. Riot once again can't get open on the Prime defenders; Roth has the disc and looks dump, but it's well-covered and she throws it deep on stall 9; it's D'd by Katie Wilson (#29). Prime works it up the field to about 20 yards outside their endzone. Then a thrower puts up a floaty pass to an in cutter that's defended with a big jump from Harman. She runs away down the sideline and receives a 40 yard pass. She calls time out; Riot makes four passes to punch it in. 11-8. On the next point, Prime turns it close to their own endzone, and Riot scores easily. 12-8. Prime receives, works it up to Dion, who puts up a huck that's blocked by Duffy's face; Duffy is playing with a recently reset broken nose and there's concern by both teams about the injury. But she's okay and continues to play. Riot moves it well and gets an easy score, 13-8. Prime receives and is hitting their cutters well, but throws it away in the red zone. Riot puts it up long to Julia Weese-Young (#22), who throws for the score. 14-8.

Riot has now been on a five point run to open up the game. On the next point, Prime finally stays turnover-free to score. Then Cussen throws too far in front of Duffy, and Prime has a chance; but Dion throws it away on the goalline. Zayas hits Scott for the Riot score, and it's 15-9. Prime hucks it on the next point to Calder, but Cussen makes the D. Cussen then throws it away long. Riot goes zone, and Prime zips it around and through the cup, but turns it away on the goalline. Riot works it up to Zayas, who turns it over long, with the observer overruling the foul call. Prime works it nicely downfield but turns it on the goalline again. This point is just endless; Riot hucks, D'd, Prime hucks, D'd, Riot works it down patiently to the endzone and calls time out. But then they turn it over, and Prime has great offense against the Riot zone. Prime scores, wins the hell point, and it's 15-10.

On the ensuing point, Riot turns it over and Prime scores it, 15-11. The D on both sides is quite tough, and the receivers are running hard. Prime throws zone but it's ineffective; their transition to man is a little off and Riot has some open throws. Prime has a close layout D attempt but Riot makes the catch, 16-11. Game point for Riot. Prime scores the next one quickly on a huck by Calder to Dion. 16-12. On the next point Carey gets a point block on Gersten-Rothenberg and Prime has a chance. But Weese-Young gets the D. Riot has it on the goalline but throws it away. Prime puts a huck up, but it's too far, and they go zone to try and force a quick turn on Riot's goalline. Riot gets the throw off and Prime switches to man. Pittack has the disc on the sideline, trapped, and seems pressured; Kristin Dailey (#33) makes a nice catch on a high stall throw. She throws to Duffy in the endzone, Duffy makes the easy catch and Riot wins, 17-12.

After years of winning Worlds, the Seattle women's team has their first Nationals championship trophy. Prime and Riot slowly moved through the lines, exchanging hugs and congratulations. For the second year in a row, it's an all Northwest finals, and the region kept the two strength bids by having all four teams in quarters. These teams win with speed, athleticism, defense, and lots of hucks, a very different style from the Godiva championship teams of the nineties. Other up-and-coming teams, such as Rare Air and Backhoe, play a similar style, though with more turnovers. For now it seems as though the Northwest look is the look of the future; conservative offense is out, and exciting, hucking O and layout D is in.