By Justice Feelgood Marshall, Last updated Wed Oct 6 2010 6:19pm

Watch whistle to whistle coverage of the 2010 WFTDA South Central Region playoffs right here on DNN. Coverage presented by Fast Girl Skates.

Opening Round: 7SC Houston vs. 10SC Memphis
9am Central, Friday, October 8

The tournament kicks off with the first-ever sanctioned meeting between Houston and Memphis.

Last year, Houston took third in the South Central tournament and went to the championship tournament in Philadelphia, but 2010 has been a hard road for them. Overall they are 3-7 on the year, with those wins all coming against teams that finished out of the South Central top ten -- one win over Dixie and two wins over Assassination City. When they've gone against teams that qualified for this tournament, it has not gone well -- Dallas has beaten Houston three times by an average of 90 points, and Tampa Bay edged them out by 7 points in a March meeting.

Some of Houston's troubles have come as a result of serious roster turnover since 2009. Last year's multiple-threat ace Death By Chocolate is the most notable subtraction from the crew that went to last year's Nationals, but there's a long list of other major factors who are also not on Houston's tournament roster: Miss Lead, DeMentia, Speed-O, Goldie Bloxx and Nawty Dread Knocks. Veteran The Prosecutor is still with the league but is recovering from back surgery and is not currently playing. Mistilla will likely be shouldering a lot of track duties as one of the big names still with the team.

This is Memphis' second year in a row entering the South Central tournament as the 10th seed; last year, they beat out West Texas in the 9th place game to increase their standing by one, but the entrance of Hard Knox has brought them back down again. They have played Hard Knox in three fairly close games this year, winning a March match but losing in June and July. The March win is the only bout they've won against tournament-level competition this year; overall, their 4-5 record includes blowout losses to Nashville (97 points in June) and out-of-region opponents Arch Rival (80 points) and Naptown (116 points).

In last year's tournament, Lil Cinner established herself as a very tough and resilient jammer; Memphis has lost one of their standout blockers in Bloody Elle this year, who now skates with the Chicago Outfit.

The winner of this one gets to play 2 seed Atlanta in the quarterfinal round at 6pm on Friday; although Houston beat Atlanta in a May 2009 game, both teams are looking much different this year and a Houston win there would be a significant upset. Memphis lost badly to Atlanta in a consolation-round bout at last year's SC tournament, 190-77.

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