{"id":5011,"date":"2014-03-26T16:58:06","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T20:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/?p=5011"},"modified":"2014-03-26T16:58:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T20:58:06","slug":"marauders-snatch-first-annual-knights-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/2014\/03\/26\/marauders-snatch-first-annual-knights-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Marauders Snatch First Annual Knight\u2019s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Marauders Quidditch Team took home the\u00a0trophy for Knight\u2019s Cup\u00a0held at Rutgers University on March 8, after winning two out of two matches and obtaining the highest scores.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team needed some validation before World Cup and this was the perfect way to get it,\u201d said Seeker Andrew Zagelbaum. \u201cOur team worked so hard for the entire season that we were due for our first tournament win.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Macaulay<\/a>
Macaulay Marauders after winning Knight’s Cup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the first match\u2014against the University of New Haven\u2014Macaulay snatched the win, earning 150 points to New Haven\u2019s 10. Zagelbaum finished this match with a snitch catch.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe ended up making it to the finals only to face one of our oldest rivals, Hofstra. Macaulay has been living in Hofstra\u2019s shadow for the past two years, and this was the perfect opportunity to prove that we\u2019re finally on their level,\u201d said Zagelbaum.<\/p>\n

The second match against Hofstra University proved just as fruitful as team members had hoped. Marauders ended the game with a score of 80-60, also with a snitch grab from Zagelbaum.<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching the game from the sideline as a seeker is always rough because you feel so helpless,\u201d said Zagelbaum. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing you can do until the snitch comes back and you just have to hope that you make the grab.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the second match, tensions were high as the snitch came back and the Marauders were down by 20 points. This meant that the snitch catch, which would earn them thirty points, would mean not only winning the game, but the entire tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever fought harder in my life for a snitch,\u201d said Zagelbaum. \u201cWhen I finally made the pull and everything went quiet; it’s impossible to put that moment into words.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Pools<\/a>
Pools for Quidditch Teams at the upcoming World Cup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the competitive and successful playing exemplified at Knight\u2019s Cup, Marauders were pushed\u00a0up to team 45 in the rankings and the third out of five pools for World Cup on April 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last tournament the team went to before World Cup and we took home a trophy,\u201d said Zagelbaum. \u201cIt couldn\u2019t have happened more impressively, and I wouldn\u2019t underrate our teams against the elite squads like Miami and Texas, which we are playing on Day 1.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Marauders Quidditch Team took home the\u00a0trophy for Knight\u2019s Cup\u00a0held at Rutgers University on March 8, after winning two out of two matches and obtaining the highest scores. \u201cThe team needed some validation before World Cup and this was the perfect way to get it,\u201d said Seeker Andrew Zagelbaum. \u201cOur team worked so hard for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":703,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,27],"tags":[971,1005,1186,1292,1328,1796,1957,2021,2328,2441],"class_list":["post-5011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mhc-central","category-sports","tag-harry-potter","tag-hofstra","tag-knights-cup","tag-macaulay","tag-marauders","tag-quidditch","tag-seeker","tag-snitch","tag-university-of-new-haven","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/703"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}