Derby News Network Power Rankings - August 2009
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1 E | 2009 4-0 2008 10-0 |
9/11 @ Providence | No action or movement since their June deathmatch with Texas, and will remain dormant through August before their title defense starts at Eastern Regionals in early September -- at which point their most recent loss will have been 24 months ago. | ||||
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1 SC | 2009 5-1 2008 10-4 |
9/6 vs Bay Area | No action or movement since taking Gotham to the last jam in June. | ||||
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2 E | 2009 6-0 2008 10-4 |
8/22 @ Charm City | Philly never trailed in their recent win over Windy City, but it almost slipped away in the final moments before Philly claimed the 1 point win. The Philly girls go back on the road on August 22 to take on regional rivals Charm City for the first time since January 2007. | ||||
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1 NC | 2009 4-1 2008 12-4 |
8/15 @ Rat City | Fell just one point short of battling their way back into the top three when they lost to Philly in July, but they get two more shots at top-ten teams when they take on Rat City and Charm City this month. | ||||
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1W | 2009 5-0 2008 6-2 |
8/15 @ Angel City | The promising Olympia team continues swapping the #5 spot with Charm City for the third month in a row; in July, they took a solid win over the Texas championship home team (the Hotrod Honeys) that went heavy on the all-stars. | ||||
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2 W | 2009 5-1 2008 4-8 |
8/22 vs Rat City | Denver smashed unranked Atlanta by a startling margin of 299-74, and remains just a hair behind Oly based on Oly's narrow, dramatic 170-168 win over Denver back in April. | ||||
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3 E | 2009 11-2 2008 9-2 |
8/22 vs Philly | Though they came within 8 points of #2 Texas in June, they've had a lot of trouble out of the gate in their most recent two bouts, needing big comebacks to escape Rat City and Kansas City, and drop a little bit based on the unexpected tightness of those matches. | ||||
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3 W | 2009 2-1 2008 6-4 |
8/8 @ Bay Area | The Portland crew pops up to their highest Power Ranking of 2009 with a dominating first half performance over Carolina, putting the derby world on notice that the Wheels of Justice haven't lost a step after a long all-star hiatus. | ||||
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4 W | 2009 4-3 2008 3-3 |
8/15 vs Windy City | Drops a notch as Rose City bumps back over them -- they had similar final scores against Carolina last month, but Rose City was narrowly victorious earlier this year in a head-to-head matchup, 148-134. | ||||
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2 NC | 2009 3-3 2008 8-3 |
8/15 @ Boston | No action for the Michigan girls last month, and they slip a spot on the rise of Rose City. | ||||
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5 E | 2009 5-6 2008 9-2 |
8/15 vs Detroit | Holding steady after putting a convincing defeat on Bay Area in a neutral ground bout at Rollercon. They've got a rematch of one of their most memorable bouts on the 15th when they take on Detroit, the team that eliminated them from the 2007 Eastern Regionals in overtime. | ||||
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4 E | 2009 2-6 2008 7-5 |
9/11 vs Boston | Carolina tumbles a couple of slots after an unsuccessful trip out to the Pacific Northwest, losing to Rose City by 58 and Rat City by 51. They're a worrying 1-6 against Power Ranked teams this year, though their strength of schedule has been very tough. | ||||
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2 SC | 2009 4-2 2008 5-2 |
8/22 vs Houston | Gave high-flying Charm City a big scare last month, holding the lead for the first two thirds of the bout before succumbing 135-115. KCRW gets the biggest jump of this month, moving up 5 spots. | ||||
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8/15 @ Bay Area | No movement or action since last month, as Kansas City passes them on the way up but Bay Area passes them on the way down. | ||||
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6 W | 2009 3-4 2008 6-3 |
8/9 @ Tucson | Delivered a gutsy performance by playing a 10-girl roster away against Boston last month. It wasn't quite enough for the win, but it does keep them holding steady, one slot over a Bay Area team that faced a different handicap in their own Boston matchup. | ||||
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5 W | 2009 1-2 2008 13-3 |
8/8 vs Rose City | Unable to get much offense going against Boston in their Rollercon meeting, they fall three slots. Bay Area will have three tough bouts in the next 30 days to get momentum for regionals, though -- Rose City, San Diego and Texas will all provide serious challenge. | ||||
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8 W | 2009 2-4 2008 12-4 |
12/5 vs [TBA] To Be Announced | Though they've had a tough year against higher-ranked teams, the older Denver team showed their fire and keeps their slot at #17 with a punishing 131-23 win over Sacred last month. | ||||
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7 W | 2009 5-3 2008 10-3 |
8/8 vs FoCo | Drops a couple of slots on the rise of Kansas City, coupled with a considerably better defensive performance for Rocky Mountain in PPDD's and RMRG's recent bouts with Sacred. | ||||
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3 NC | 2009 4-1 2008 9-7 |
8/22 vs North Star | Brushed off Brewcity without too much trouble in July with a final of 197-85, but didn't have quite as easy a time in a 109-74 win over Arch Rival -- but that win does let them swap spots with previous #19 ARRG. | ||||
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5 NC | 2009 5-4 2008 5-2 |
8/1 vs Fort Wayne | An up-and-down month found the St. Louis crew beating up on unranked Fort Wayne 119-47 but unable to knock off Madison after a tough battle; that drops them one slot. | ||||
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4 NC | 2009 6-2 2008 12-7 |
8/22 @ Steel City | No movement or action since last ranking. | ||||
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3 SC | 2009 3-0 2008 4-10 |
8/22 @ Kansas City | No movement or action since last ranking. | ||||
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10 W | 2009 7-2 2008 8-6 |
8/15 vs Oly | No movement or action since last ranking, but they get a serious test this month as they go up against #5 Oly. | ||||
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6 NC | 2009 3-0 2008 7-7 |
8/29 @ Houston | No movement or action since last ranking. | ||||
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6 E | 2009 4-1 2008 2-7 |
8/16 vs Detroit | Laid a big 100 point win on the improving Montreal girls in July, but still haven't beaten a Power Ranked opponent with the exception of taking out then-#25 Harrisburg back in April. | ||||
| Key: | |
| E | WFTDA East region |
| W | WFTDA West region |
| NC | WFTDA North Central region |
| SC | WFTDA South Central region |
