Maine @ Maple Hill Preview

On March 1, 2014, Team Maine travels to Maple Hill DGC in Leicester, MA.  Following a big home win against Wickham, Maine looks to finish out its road record at 2-1 on the season.

"This won't be easy.  Maple is a team with remarkable depth and an enviable amount of home-course experience," Head Coach Jason Toothaker says, "I'd be lying if I said this wasn't a tough matchup for us.  We'll play aggressive, and we'll play smart.  Doubles will be immensely important; both in terms of matchups and execution on the course."

Frozen tundra: Maple Hill DGC Hole 1

Maine won their last match by a large margin, despite only being ahead by only one point after their singles round, thanks to a 15-2 shellacking in doubles.

"We had a blast in doubles against Wick. We knew it was close, and we needed to impose our will in doubles to pull out the win," said Brendan Johnson, "Chris [LeClair] and I did our part to make that happen.  Luckily, so did the rest of the team.  To beat Maple Hill, we're all going to need to do the same thing, albeit at their home course."

Considered to be one of the most scenic and challenging courses in the country, The course at Maple Hill is ranked #1 in Massachusetts, and is the home to the Maple Hill Open, presented by Vibram.

Team Maple Hill last faced Team Maine (then Team pHill) in March of 2012 at Pleasant Hill Disc Golf Course in Scarborough, ME.  Maine went on to win by a large margin, following a 12-0 doubles round.  "I know some of these guys are still thinking about the doubles skunking," said Toothaker, "that loss eliminated Maple from the B-Pool finals.  They are a better team now, and will have more than 12 players to throw at us.  Should be a good match."

Team Maple's heavy-hitters include (PDGA ratings in parenthesis) Justin White (952), Shaun LaForce (951), Greg Aucoin (963), Aaron Ala (rating unavailable), David Hoey (948), and Kevin Gardner (995).