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Growlers earn ESD Team of the Week with playoff clinch
Jonny Richardson - August 09, 2021
Growlers earn ESD Team of the Week with playoff clinch

The San Diego Growlers of the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL) earned last week’s Everything San Diego Team of the Week after their 24-17 rout of the Los Angeles Aviators (#BeatLA) to clinch their third consecutive playoff berth.

They got off to a fast start, scoring four of the game’s first six goals, and finishing with a season-best seven-goal win.

With some help from Nate Pettyjohn (seven goals, seven plus/minus), Khalif El-Salaam (three blocks), and Tim Okita (34 completions), the San Diego offense exploded for a season-high 24 goals while producing points in a season-best 88% of their possessions.

There are two weeks remaining as the Growlers need just one win to clinch back-to-back West Division titles against the Aviators (4-6) on the road and a home game against the San Jose Spiders (3-6).

Their final home match this season, Friday, Aug. 20, will come against the fifth-place Spiders at Mission Bay High School with an opening pull at 7 p.m. PT.

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