Mount Holyoke College’s first and only ultimate team was founded in 2005 and at first was completely player and student run. The early days of Daisy Chain were marked by our alums’ exceptional dedication to the sport and the team, as they self-coached and wanted to learn the sport together. The young team went through  a series of names, starting out as Innuedzone, and then changing to MHCULT before becoming Daisy Chain in 2015. A big turning point for the team came in 2015 when Evan Johnson took on the role of coach, in his first year the team began to grow in size and caliber, as we soared in the ultra-competitive New England Region. In 2016, Daisy Chain qualified for DIII nationals for the first time, and we returned to nationals in 2017, 2018, and again in 2019. We came out strong in the 2020 spring season, winning first place at Bates Second Annual First Big Dance, and taking first at the Culture Tournament this year. 2020 was a big year for us, as over the last couple of years we have been challenged by the incredible growth of our program, and this year we split into a tournament team and practice team. As we look to our next season, including as many daisies as possible is the goal and we hope to implement A and B teams. We finished our first ever undefeated season with an 11-0 record before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the last 5 seasons, we have consistently been in the top 5 rankings for the DIII Women's division, finishing in the #2 spot for the shortened 2020 season.

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As with many DIII teams, the majority of our players have never played ultimate before college but join to be a part of our amazing community while also pushing themselves and competing at the high levels of collegiate ultimate. The learning curve for new players on our team is steep, thanks to Evan Johnson’s wide depth of ultimate knowledge and selfless dedication to our team. The upper-year players on our team are also keys to the success of younger players, as they are committed to providing the same leadership and guidance they have been offered by older players in the tradition of our team. It has been said about our team many times before, but when Daisy Chain rolls up to a tournament we do not look the most intimidating. But once we are out on the field, doing what we do best- playing ultimate and being together- you will be hard pressed to find a team that plays with more spirit, perseverance, or love. 

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Coming from Mount Holyoke, a Historically Women’s College, the mission of equality and social justice bleeds into our team. We work hard as a team to acknowledge the privileged systems that exist in our world, our college, our sport, and especially our team. We continuously strive to address how the issues of race, economic backgrounds, nationality, sexuality, and gender-identity play into every practice, game, team bonding event we have. While we compete within the “Women’s Collegiate Division” we vehemently affirm all gender identities within our team and seek to create a space that allows for such growth and development in the broader Ultimate community. 

We are known for epic halftime dances, our ultimate-related song remixes, starting our tournaments with The Wobble, water fights at nationals, and our egg costumes #yayoke.

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Here is a great twitter thread about us at nationals last year!