"Bowling Green is excited to start off this season with one goal and that is to succeed at World Cup and everything we do from now till then is in order to best prepare us to do that," said Dan Daugherty, BGSU's head captain. "We believe out-of-region play will help us obtain this goal and the Keystone Cup gives us a great opportunity to learn from talented teams outside of the Midwest."
BGSU stunned the quidditch world at World Cup VI, advancing to the Final Four. However, at World Cup VII, the Midwest regressed, only placing one team in the Elite Eight.
"I think this will be a good early test for three of the Midwest elite," said Alex Scheer, the Midwest Regional Director. "All three World Cup VII qualifiers want to show that the top of the Midwest can't be messed with or taken lightly...If two of these teams meet in the finals, then it will hopefully show the nation that the Midwest is not a sub-par or middle-of-the-road region. This will be a good test"