MADISON, WI -- Two rising teams with their eyes on solidifying their reputations will clash in Madison on Saturday night, as the resurgent, #17th-ranked Mad Rollin' Dolls of Madison host the red-hot, #13th-ranked Charm City Roller Girls of Baltimore. It is the first meeting between the two teams.

DNN's Gnosis will be boutcasting the action as it happens on the Leadjammer liveblog, Saturday night at 8pm EDT / 7PM CDT / 6PM MDT / 5PM PDT.

Charm City hasn't dropped a bout since they were defeated 126-37 by #11 Rose City in November 2007, and their 6-0 record since December ties them with #8 Detroit and #5 Gotham for the longest active winning streak in ranked WFTDA play. The Baltimore girls had serious trouble against #12 Minnesota in December but managed a nailbiting 73-69 victory, and also played a back-and-forth classic against #14 Rocky Mountain in March, taking control very late in the bout to come out on top 115-97.

The other four bouts of the run were somewhat more lopsided, as they won a tough but decisive victory over #21 Dallas in January (117-89), controlled #28 Ohio in February (132-64), and walloped their opponents on both days of June's East Coast Extravaganza event (214-62 over #24 Houston and 131-62 over #15 Providence) in two performances that ably demonstrated their increasingly effective defense.

While the Providence and Houston bouts were on neutral ground, Charm City hasn't played on an opponent's home turf since the Minnesota bout in December.

The more established Madison team was once considered the best in the East, sitting as high as #4 in the national ranks and entering the 2007 Eastern Regionals as the top seed, but a winless 2007 dropped them from their lofty perch -- they lost big at home to #6 Tucson (120-64), got bumped off in the first round of Regionals by #7 Windy City (94-63), and then got surprised again at home by #14 Rocky Mountain (131-98).

In the last couple of months, though, Madison has had some shining performances that would seem to suggest they're on their way back up. While they did lose a June rematch to Windy City 132-74, they also got a sizable May victory over #25 Denver, 159-74. It was their performance at the East Coast Extravaganza that really served notice that they were back, though -- they smashed #31 Fort Wayne in the biggest rout of the weekend, 250 to 38, and then came awfully close to delivering an upset to host #9 Philly before succumbing 106-93.

Both teams will be suiting up rosters fairly similar to the ECE crews, though Madison is without two steady jammers in Back Doris and Carrie A. HackSAW. Charm City comes with 13, missing a rough-and-tumble blocker in the fiery Coach Ballbricker, but retaining the savvy pack play of the lanky Reckless Ndangerment, who returned to the active all-star roster at ECE after being absent for the Ohio and Rocky Mountain contests.

With both teams all but certain to make an appearance at this year's Eastern Regionals in October -- which will also be hosted by Madison -- this one could very well end up being a preview of a first-round match.

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