Seattle edges Salt Lake in overtime to strengthen West Division lead

Seattle did just enough in Salt Lake City, taking a 23-22 first-overtime win over the Shred at Zions Bank Stadium in the Ultimate Frisbee Association’s Week 11 Game of the Week. The Cascades, who entered at 7-3, left with a road result that tightened their grip on the West Division and gave them another late-season proof point in a game that never allowed either side to separate.

The final score tells you how the night unfolded: 60 minutes were not enough, and Seattle had the cleaner finish when the game turned to extra points. Salt Lake had already shown a habit of living in one-goal games, including a 23-22 loss to Colorado on June 5 and a 20-19 loss to Seattle on June 13, and this rematch fit the same pattern. The Shred made Seattle earn every possession, but the Cascades handled the final stretch with enough composure to take a one-goal road win that could echo later in the standings.

The result mattered beyond one July 4 scoreboard. Seattle’s win over Salt Lake, combined with an 18-11 victory over Colorado earlier in the weekend, clinched a playoff berth for the Cascades and put them on a clear path to the No. 2 seed in the West Division and a home playoff game. That is the kind of leverage teams chase in July: not just making the bracket, but shaping where and how the bracket runs through them.

It also changed the tone of a matchup that had already tilted Salt Lake’s way this season. A UFA preview entering the game noted that Salt Lake had won both 2025 meetings against Seattle, so the Cascades were not just chasing a road win, they were trying to flip a recent divisional pattern. They did that by surviving a game that stayed within one possession all the way into first overtime, then leaving Salt Lake with a result that strengthened Seattle’s place at the top of the West and left the Shred with another missed chance in a season full of close ones.