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MRD Reservoir Dolls 169, BCB Maiden Milwaukee 73 - For the second time this month, a Mad Rollin’ Dolls home team faced a Brewcity squad to fuel a budding backyard rivalry between the two leagues. The Reservoir Dolls took advantage of superior jammer depth and bruising pack play to defeat Maiden Milwaukee 169-73 and finish off their regular season slate of bouts on a three win streak.

All-time MRD scoring leader Mouse got the Res Dolls off to a fast start. She could not get through the pack cleanly in the bout’s first jam, but neither could Milwaukee’s Rejected Seoul, and the home team’s lead was quickly 13-4. Milwaukee’s Beelzebelle, injured early in the second jam, gutted her way off the track to allow play to continue, but the result was a further-demoralizing 9-0 jam in the Res Dolls’ favor.

These initial jams were a microcosm of the first half. Punishing hits by Texas transfer Vicious van GoGo and other Res Dolls blockers consistently thwarted Milwaukee jammers. Meanwhile, six different Res Dolls jammers sliced through a Maiden pack trying desperately to help out their own point-scorers. By the end of the half, the Reservoir Dolls had a 91-40 lead. Rejected Seoul kept it relatively close, exerting a tremendous effort as she scored more than 60% of her team’s points.

The second half started fast for Milwaukee. Rejected Seoul took advantage of a major penalty that sent the Res Dolls’ jammer to the box, resulting in a 14-2 jam in favor of the resilient visitors. But those 14 points were more than Milwaukee could muster over the next 15 jams. In the end there were too many confident scorers for the Res Dolls. Mouse, Charlie, Sprout, and Rosetta Stoned each chalked up 25+ points and the Reservoir Dolls skated away with the 169-73 victory.

Mouse led Res Doll scoring with 59, while Rejected Seoul put up 43 to lead Milwaukee. -- C4

BAD Oakland Outlaws 124, Humboldt 87 -- The Bay Area's Oakland Outlaws opened their 2010 campaign on the road Sunday, traveling to Redwood Acres Fairgrounds in Eureka, California to play the Humboldt Redwood Rollers (HRD) All-Star team in a bout that had been sold-out for weeks.  Humboldt's venue is small, less than a thousand capacity, but the fans compensated for that by being roof-rattlingly loud.  

Last year Oakland visited Humboldt and took away a 115-65 victory, but vengeance would not be Humboldt's tonight.

The lead changed four times in the early going before Ivy Profane put Oakland ahead with a 9-0 jam over Honey Hex to make the score 22-18 in the 8th jam. Soon afterwards, Oakland rookie Hazel-Raw ran up the first half's largest jam with a 15-0 over boxed Anya the Bunny Slayer to put Oakland up 45-25. The Rollers did not give up and kept hitting Oakland; for the rest of the half, each team scored in only three jams.  At the break the score stood Oakland 61, All-Stars 37.

In the second half, with the game well within reach, Humboldt came out swinging and pulled within single digits. Over the next seven jams Roller jammers Aimed & Dangerous (game MVP) and Lil' Scarlet DiSonya, closed the score to seven points, 71-64, with big jams over Oakland rookie jammer FayeGo.

That was as close as it got, though. Oakland's All-Star jammer Ivy Profane proved unstoppable, scoring in every jam she skated and taking lead jammer in all but one --  and Oakland blockers, led by game MVP winning and Oakland's hardest hitter, La Chica Mala, only allowed the Rollers to score in three of the game's eleven remaining jams. -- Southbay