Brute Squad dominates Pro-Elite Challenge East women’s bracket

Ultimate Frisbee · By Sarah Mitchell · June 29, 2026

Boston Brute Squad turned the women’s bracket at Pro-Elite Challenge East into a showcase for its own pace, opening with a 6-0 pool run and then adding Sunday wins over Phoenix, Parcha and New York BENT at Bryan Park Soccer Complex in Browns Summit, North Carolina. The margins were the story. Brute Squad did not scrape by in close games early; it beat Heist 15-4, Flight 15-8 and Grit 15-3 before carrying that control into elimination play.

Phoenix and BENT were the clubs closest to Boston through the weekend, and both had enough results to stay relevant deep into Sunday. Phoenix went 5-1 in pool play behind a 15-3 win over Siege, a 15-2 win over Dolly For President and a 15-8 win over Ozone. BENT also finished pool play 5-1, beating Ozone 15-6, Siege 15-4 and Flight 13-12 before adding a 14-8 win over Grit on Sunday.

The Sunday bracket made the separation even clearer. Brute Squad beat Phoenix 15-6, then handled Parcha 15-11 before closing with a 12-10 win over BENT. Phoenix stayed in the mix with a 12-11 win over Parcha, while BENT kept its own run alive by taking the 14-8 result against Grit. Flight beat Dolly For President 15-3 and Heist beat Ozone 15-11, but neither result changed the shape of the bracket at the top.

USA Ultimate listed the women’s division field as Brute Squad, BENT, Phoenix, Grit, Heist, Parcha, Flight, Ozone, Siege and Dolly For President. Brute Squad’s results fit the club’s championship profile: Boston is listed as a five-time national champion, with titles in 2015, 2016, 2019, 2023 and 2025, and as a six-time national finalist. Ultiworld had Brute Squad No. 3 in its Club Women’s Power Rankings on June 26, and the weekend in North Carolina showed why the gap between Boston and the rest of the field still looks wide.

Pool Play Wins — Data visualization chart

Phoenix brought the strongest pedigree behind Brute Squad, with USA Ultimate listing the Raleigh club’s best finish as third in 2011 and 2021 after a 1995 founding date. BENT, founded in 2009 and coming off a fifth-place best finish in 2025, gave the bracket another contender with depth. Still, the final numbers from Browns Summit left Brute Squad alone at the top, with Phoenix and BENT the only teams that consistently looked capable of narrowing the distance.