Winter League 2025

Ann Arbor Ultimate is proud to present Winter League 2025. There are 3 divisions.

Wednesday Division (Mixed)

This division follows our 50:50 Mixed format. To encourage equitable gender ratios and true mixed play, there will be 24 MMP and 24 WMP spots available in the league. It is advisable to sign up as early as you can regardless of your gender matching preference.

This year, our Wednesday division will be implementing three experimental changes to our format.

• Registration lottery—Due to the high demand for this division, registrations made during the first 24 hours will be entered into a lottery. 24 woman-matching players and 24 man-matching players will be randomly selected from this pool. This allows those with less flexible schedules or slower electronic devices a chance to register for the division. If either matching group has less than 24 players at the conclusion of the 24 hours, remaining slots will be filled by the appropriate matching group first-come, first-serve based on registration timestamp. After the lottery draw has been made, players will be able to form 2 person groups with those drawn. Players not selected during the lottery will be placed on the waitlist.
• Teams formed via draft—Teams for this division will be drafted by our volunteer captain pairs (ideally 1 WMP + 1 MMP) in early January. If this sounds like fun to you, please indicate your interest during registration!
• Bracket play—Teams will play a double round-robin schedule for the first six seeks followed by a seeded final two games based on the record for each team.

If you have questions, please contact the league directors.

Join Waitlist

Friday Cap-And-Fill Division (Mixed)

This division follows our Cap-and-Fill format. After registration closes, this division will be split into two; one for mixed play (with 5-7 of each matching preference per team) and one for open play. Our goal is to accommodate as many players as possible while organizing a format that allows all players to participate to their full desire. For more information on this process, check the Detailed Info section.

This mixed division should strive for mixed ultimate (at least 3 or 4 of each gender-matching preference per team each point). Captains will discuss how best to make this happen based on attendance, preferences of their team, and available pick-ups.

A 10-minute buffer is built into our schedule between games. Games will still be played to a 1.5-hour time cap, but we are allowing for 10 minutes for games to wrap, and the next game to take the field, warm-up, and get their huddles in. More detail will follow in the welcome email for players.

Join Waitlist

Friday Open Division (Open)

This division follows our Cap-and-Fill format. After registration closes, this division will be split into two; one for mixed play (with 5-7 of each matching preference per team) and one for open play. Our goal is to accommodate as many players as possible while organizing a format that allows all players to participate to their full desire. For more information on this process, check the Detailed Info section.

This mixed division should strive for mixed ultimate (at least 3 or 4 of each gender-matching preference per team each point). Captains will discuss how best to make this happen based on attendance, preferences of their team, and available pick-ups.

A 10-minute buffer is built into our schedule between games. Games will still be played to a 1.5-hour time cap, but we are allowing for 10 minutes for games to wrap, and the next game to take the field, warm-up, and get their huddles in. More detail will follow in the welcome email for players.