Team Awesome Fends Off Team SeXY, 132-102

By Kali Katt aka Nicole Gochmanosky, Last updated Thu Dec 31 2009 6:06am

SAN DIEGO, CA - On, Saturday Dec. 19, a handful of roller derby fans in San Diego were lucky enough to witness the first ever all-female vs. all-male roller derby banked track game. Team Awesome, a national all-female all-star roller derby team, battled Team SeXY, an international all-male all-star roller derby team, on the banked track, to close out the second day of Team Awesome’s Training Camp, Camp Awesome, in the San Diego Derby Dolls' practice space, the Dollhouse. 
 
Team Awesome took the win from Team SeXY on the banked track, with a score of 132-102.  The game was a rematch from a 20 minute exhibition game at Roller Con 2009 where Team SeXY took the win from Team Awesome on the flat track with a score of 43-37.

The full footage of this bout can be viewed on DNN's blip.tv channel [first half, second half.] 

The game started with Team Sexy’s jammer Justice Feelgood Marshall up against Team Awesome’s jammer Muffin.  Muffin scored 2 points right off the bat before Justice could enter the pack, giving the lead after the first jam to Team Awesome, who eventually turned it into a 32 point lead, with a score of 46-14, by the end of the first quarter.

As it turned out, that margin wouldn't be indicative of the rest of the bout, as Team SeXY kept it nearly even with Awesome for the following 45 minutes. The second quarter was much closer, going 39-36 to Team Awesome. Through the first half, Team SeXY’s jammers Quadzilla, Justice Feelgood Marshall, and Rinkworm battled the score board gaining 27, 14, and 9 points respectively in the first half.  But this wasn’t enough to match Team Awesome’s jammers Kiki DiAzz, Muffin, and Medusa who scored 34, 26, and 11 points respectively in the first half, putting Team Awesome’s lead at 35 points at the half, 85-50.
 
Team SeXY was scoring more in the third and fourth quarters than they had in the first and second quarters, but they were not able to catch up.  At one point during the fourth quarter Team SeXY’s blocker Dirty Larry, who took the jammer line for the first time in the game, grabbed 5 points, leaving the score 108-88 Team Awesome. That 20 point deficit was the closest that SeXY was able to get, though, and Team Awesome held a 30 point lead at the end with a final score of 132-102.