The Nashville Nightshade are a

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women's ultimate frisbee team based in

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and ...

. They play in the

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and were one of the eight founding teams of the league. With the cancellation of the PUL's 2020 season due to the

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, the Nightshade have only played one season. The Nightshade are a community-owned

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Franchise history

Founded in 2018, the Nightshade began play in 2019, the PUL's first season of play. The Nightshade's second season was scheduled to begin in 2020, however, the COVID-19 pandemic put a pause on most major sports leagues, the PUL included.

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