Fury dominate PEC West, set early pace for 2026 club season

San Francisco Fury turned PEC West into an early separator, going 6-0 and never allowing more than 10 points in a game. Their 15-10 win over Denver Molly Brown played like the de facto final, and the 15-8 dismissal of Seattle Riot, after Fury outscored Riot 7-1 in the second half, looked even sharper.

That mattered because PEC West at Crystal Lake Sports Fields in Corvallis, Oregon, brought together several of the division’s real July markers, including Fury, Molly Brown, Riot and San Diego Flipside. With USA Ultimate’s 13-week club regular season running from June into late summer and rankings not beginning until July 29, every result from the first major Triple Crown Tour stop is already feeding the bid picture for regionals and nationals.

Fury’s weekend also fits the larger arc of a program that entered 2026 trying to answer for a 15-12 loss to Boston Brute Squad in the 2025 national final. Instead of looking vulnerable, Fury looked like the group that still sets the pace. The matchup with Molly Brown, which Fury had beaten 15-9 in the 2025 national semifinals before falling to Brute Squad, was the clearest test on the bracket, and Fury passed it without ever being pushed late.

Riot left Corvallis with a 4-2 record and enough quality to stay in the conversation, but not enough to dislodge Fury’s grip on the top tier. Flipside also finished 4-2, beat Riot in pool play and then ran into losses to Vancouver Traffic and Molly Brown late in the weekend. Those results show how quickly the early season can split into tiers: one team can stack wins against strong opposition, while another leaves with a decent record and more questions than answers.

The rest of the division added more signal. DC Scandal stayed unbeaten at the Swamp Seasonal Invite, including a 15-1 rout of Raleigh Phoenix, and Phoenix also dropped a 15-12 game to Minneapolis Pop and a 12-11 game to Philadelphia Flight. At smaller stops, New York Pizza Rat edged Brooklyn Book Club 14-13 in the Boston Invite final, while St. Louis Stellar beat Indy Rogue 12-11 for the Heavyweights title after Rogue had stunned top-seeded Kansas City Wicked 12-10 in the semifinals. Fury’s clean weekend made the loudest statement, but the broader early board is already hardening around the teams that can survive the first month without wobbling.