Portland Press Herald - More than 100 women try out for Maine's new pro Ultimate team

January, 25th 2020

By Glenn Jordan

“Portland Rising, an expansion team in the all-female Premier Ultimate League, will make its debut in April.

When Tanis Trainor and her Frisbee-playing friends first heard in December that Portland had secured an expansion franchise in the all-female professional Premier Ultimate League, their reaction was similar.

“Hey, they’re coming, that’s close!”

So after driving nine hours Friday and spending the night with a buddy, Trainor joined 100 other athletic women flinging, chasing and catching spinning plastic discs Saturday at an open tryout inside the Maine Athletic Complex on Riverside Street.

They are all hopeful of earning a roster spot on Portland Rising, one of four new franchises that have expanded the Premier Ultimate League to 12 teams, spread through the eastern United States and Colombia. The league will begin its second season in April, with games running through June.

Portland is the league’s only franchise in New England, so skilled players came from far and wide. A Syracuse University freshman showed up, as did a master’s degree student from the University of Vermont.”

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