The 2015 American Ultimate Disc League season was the fourth season for the league. Each team played a 14-game schedule. The San Jose Spiders won the AUDL Championship over the Madison Radicals at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spiders won the championship despite entering the final four with the lowest seed after a regular-season finish of 10–4.
Offseason The Ottawa Outlaws, the Los Angeles Aviators, the Atlanta Hustle, The Raleigh Flyers, the Jacksonville Cannons, the Charlotte Express, the Nashville Nightwatch, the Pittsburgh Thunderbirds, and the San Diego Growlers joined the league as the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th franchises. The Seattle Raptors changed their name to the Seattle Cascades The Salt Lake Lions went on hiatus
Regular season standings
East Division
Team W L PD T- Toronto Rush 13 1 +136 P- New York Empire 11 3 +60 P- Montreal Royal 9 5 10 Ottawa Outlaws 7 7 13 DC Breeze 7 7 -14 Philadelphia Phoenix 1 13 -89 Rochester Dragons 1 13 -116
Midwest Division
Team W L T PD T- Madison Radicals 13 1 0 +128 P- Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 12 2 0 +116 P- Chicago Wildfire 8 5 1 +60Indianapolis AlleyCats 7 7 0 +34 Minnesota Wind Chill 6 7 1 -11 Cincinnati Revolution 2 12 0 -117 Detroit Mechanix 0 14 0 -210 The Chicago Wildfire and Minnesota Wind Chill had one tie in a weather-shortened game.
West Division
Team W L PD T- San Jose Spiders 10 4 +26 P- Seattle Cascades 8 6 +42 P- SF FlameThrowers 8 6 +11 San Diego Growlers 7 7 -14 Los Angeles Aviators 5 9 -28 Vancouver Riptide 4 10 -37
South Division Team W L PD T- Raleigh Flyers 11 3 +60 P- Jacksonville Cannons 10 4 +30 Atlanta Hustle 10 4 +45 Nashville Nightwatch 2 12 -58 Charlotte Express 2 12 -76 T indicates top seed in the playoffs. P indicates a team advanced to the playoffs. PD indicates point difference. The Jacksonville Cannons advanced to the playoffs because they won the head-to-head regular-season series with the Atlanta Hustle. Only two playoff spots were allocated to the newer and smaller South Division.
Playoffs
*Semifinal match-ups were determined by seeds based on regular season records.
All-AUDL Season Awards First Team Justin Allen, Raleigh Flyers Tyler DeGirolamo, Pittsburgh Thunderbirds Mischa Freystaetter, Jacksonville Cannons Beau Kittredge, San Jose Spiders Isaiah Masek-Kelly, Toronto Rush Brett Matzuka, Chicago Wildfire Jimmy Mickle, San Diego Growlers
Second Team Kevin Underhill, Vancouver Riptide Keenan Plew, Indianapolis AlleyCats Andrew Meshnick, Madison Radicals Marcelo Sanchez, San Jose Spiders Derek Alexander, Ottawa Outlaws Simon Higgins, San Jose Spiders Yoland Cabot, Montreal Royal
Division Teams
East Isaiah Masek-Kelly, Toronto Rush Derek Alexander, Ottawa Outlaws Ryan Drost, New York Empire Jeff Lindquist, Toronto Rush Yoland Cabot, Montreal Royal Andrew Carroll, Toronto Rush Kevin Groulx, Montreal Royal
Midwest Tyler DeGirolamo, Pittsburgh Thunderbirds Andrew Meshnick, Madison Radicals Brett Matzuka, Chicago Wildfire Jonathan Helton, Chicago Wildfire Keenan Plew, Indianapolis AlleyCats Andrew Brown, Madison Radicals Ben Jagt, Minnesota Wind Chill
South Mischa Freystaetter, Jacksonville Cannons Justin Allen, Raleigh Flyers Matt Smith, Atlanta Hustle Jarrett Bowen, Raleigh Flyers Tom Radcliffe, Nashville NightWatch Micah Hood, Charlotte Express Paul Lally, Nashville NightWatch
West Jimmy Mickle, San Diego Growlers Beau Kittredge, San Jose Spiders Matt Rehder, Seattle Cascades Lucas Dallmann, San Francisco FlameThrowers Gagan Chatha, Vancouver Riptide Ashlin Joye, San Jose Spiders Simon Higgins, San Jose Spiders
See also UltiAnalytics AUDL team and player statistics
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