Ann Arbor Hybrid chase historic third straight mixed title

Ann Arbor Hybrid has won its last two mixed titles by the same 15-9 score, flattening New York XIST in 2025 after using that margin to beat Fort Collins shame in 2024. That kind of repeat has made Hybrid the standard-bearer in mixed ultimate, but the third straight title they are chasing carries real historical weight: since the Triple Crown Tour began in 2013, only six teams have swept all three legs, and no team has ever won back-to-back TCT titles.

Hybrid’s case starts with continuity. Nathan Champoux anchors a defense that returns Lili Hobday, Ben Lewis, Dalton Smith, Annalise Meilink and other core defenders, while Rachel Mast remains the offensive engine next to Jonathan Mast, Maketa Mattimore and Laura Gerenscer. Tracey Lo, Laura Gerenscer and Jonathan Mast are listed as captains, and the club’s run has already produced five championship appearances across the last eight seasons since its 2017 founding.

The biggest change is Aaron Bartlett, whose 2025 Nationals line included 13 goals and 15 assists and who is now rostered with Chicago Machine. Katrina McGuire is also moving on to Washington Scandal, leaving Hybrid with a thinner margin in the spots that often decide tight mixed games. The imports available to help cover that loss include Kai Creed, Jack Shanahan and Eileen Bequette, but replacing Bartlett’s production is the obvious challenge for a team trying to turn a two-title run into a dynasty.

That is where the rest of the division has a real opening. Hybrid still fields one of the deepest returning cores in the field, but the same faces have been on film for years, and the division has had two straight seasons to study how Champoux’s defense and Rachel Mast’s offense set the terms of play. If a challenger is going to stop a third straight title, it will have to make Hybrid win without Bartlett’s scoring and throwing load.

The calendar adds more pressure. Hybrid’s 2025 Nationals title earned it the top seed in the mixed division at the 2026 World Ultimate Club Championships, set for Aug. 15-22 at the University of Limerick in Ireland, and made it the only U.S. team in the mixed top five. The club season’s regular season began in June and runs 13 weeks, top-24 finishers must play 10 sanctioned games in 2026 to stay eligible, and roster flexibility stretches through July 28 for women-matching players and passed June 25 for men-matching players. With club nationals set for July 31-Aug. 3 in Aurora, Colorado, Hybrid’s path to history will be shaped as much by availability and depth as by the bracket itself.