2015 American Ultimate Disc League season
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| Season | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Champions | San Jose Spiders |
| Highest scoring | Minnesota Wind Chill (45) |
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The 2015 American Ultimate Disc League season was the fourth season for the league. Each team played a 14-game schedule. The San Jose Spiders won the AUDL Championship over the Madison Radicals at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, California.[1] The Spiders won the championship despite entering the final four with the lowest seed after a regular-season finish of 10–4.
- The Ottawa Outlaws, the Los Angeles Aviators, the Atlanta Hustle, The Raleigh Flyers, the Jacksonville Cannons, the Charlotte Express, the Nashville Nightwatch, the Pittsburgh Thunderbirds, and the San Diego Growlers joined the league as the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th franchises.
- The Seattle Raptors changed their name to the Seattle Cascades
- The Salt Lake Lions went on hiatus
Regular season standings
East Division
| Team | W | L | PD |
|---|---|---|---|
| T- Toronto Rush | 13 | 1 | +136 |
| P- New York Empire | 11 | 3 | +60 |
| P- Montreal Royal | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Ottawa Outlaws | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| DC Breeze | 7 | 7 | -14 |
| Philadelphia Phoenix | 1 | 13 | -89 |
| Rochester Dragons | 1 | 13 | -116 |
Midwest Division
| Team | W | L | T | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T- Madison Radicals | 13 | 1 | 0 | +128 |
| P- Pittsburgh Thunderbirds | 12 | 2 | 0 | +116 |
| P- Chicago Wildfire | 8 | 5 | 1 | +60 |
| Indianapolis AlleyCats | 7 | 7 | 0 | +34 |
| Minnesota Wind Chill | 6 | 7 | 1 | -11 |
| Cincinnati Revolution | 2 | 12 | 0 | -117 |
| Detroit Mechanix | 0 | 14 | 0 | -210 |
The Chicago Wildfire and Minnesota Wind Chill had one tie in a weather-shortened game.
West Division
| Team | W | L | PD |
|---|---|---|---|
| T- San Jose Spiders | 10 | 4 | +26 |
| P- Seattle Cascades | 8 | 6 | +42 |
| P- SF FlameThrowers | 8 | 6 | +11 |
| San Diego Growlers | 7 | 7 | -14 |
| Los Angeles Aviators | 5 | 9 | -28 |
| Vancouver Riptide | 4 | 10 | -37 |
South Division
| Team | W | L | PD |
|---|---|---|---|
| T- Raleigh Flyers | 11 | 3 | +60 |
| P- Jacksonville Cannons | 10 | 4 | +30 |
| Atlanta Hustle | 10 | 4 | +45 |
| Nashville Nightwatch | 2 | 12 | -58 |
| Charlotte Express | 2 | 12 | -76 |
T indicates top seed in the playoffs. P indicates a team advanced to the playoffs. PD indicates point difference. The Jacksonville Cannons advanced to the playoffs because they won the head-to-head regular-season series with the Atlanta Hustle. Only two playoff spots were allocated to the newer and smaller South Division.
Playoffs
| Play-in Games | Divisional Finals | Semifinals | AUDL Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Toronto | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | New York | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | New York[3] | 33 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Montreal | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1* | Toronto[4] | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | San Jose | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | San Jose | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Seattle | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Seattle | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | San Francisco | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | San Jose[1] | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Madison | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| M1 | Madison | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Pittsburgh | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Pittsburgh | 24 (OT) | |||||||||||||||||
| M3 | Chicago | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Madison | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Raleigh | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Raleigh | 28 (2OT) | |||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Jacksonville | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
*Semifinal match-ups were determined by seeds based on regular season records.