Denver Roller Dolls

Now we're cooking. May saw a couple of upsets, but most of what we learned came from the closeness of games that went the right way.

There's a lot more action in the Power Rankings this month as teams start to kick off their seasons in earnest. We’ve got our first ranking debut of the year, and another team returning after a lengthy absence. Want to skip the reasoning and jump straight to rankings? Go on then.

ATLANTA, GA -- For the second year in a row the Texecutioners found themselves confounding expectations, the odds and all reason to compete for third place. They came up against a Denver team who found themselves competing for third for the second time in two visits.

ATLANTA, GA – The favoured Gotham squad will defend the WFTDA Championship tomorrow following a 221-120 win over Denver. Denver exhibited spirited defence and, especially when they had a full pack, were often able to contain Gotham’s jammers – but it took them the better part of the match to get a handle on Bonnie Thunders, and at that point it was just too late.

ATLANTA, GA -- When the Windy City Rollers and the Denver Roller Dolls last met, it was a last-jam thriller, with the Mile High Club escaping Chicago with a nine-point win in their final game before playoff season began. This bout was penalty heavy for both teams but didn't have any of those fireworks or late-game drama; Denver took the lead in the very first jam, and never relinquished it.

ATLANTA, GA -- For the past two seasons Denver have had to watch Championships from home while Charm City have played at the top level every year since the Mile High Club's last visit, but it was the team from Denver who came in hot favourites to progress to the quarterfinals.

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LINCOLN, NE -- The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association tonight conducted a random draw to determine the bracket for November’s Championship Tournament. Each region’s #1 seed receives a first round bye; the #3 seed from each region will face a #2 from another region and the victor of that match-up proceeds to face a #1 from a third.

RICHMOND, CA -- In the final game of the WFTDA West Region Playoffs, 4W Oly overcame a tough Denver team -- and an equally tough crowd -- to win the region for the third time in four years. Denver led Oly with under 15 minutes to go, and the margin was single digits for the last ten minutes, but Oly stayed barely ahead to take the victory, 168-161.

RICHMOND, CA -- In what was the game of tournament season so far, Denver came back from a brutally hard-hitting first-half display from Bay Area to book their ticket to Championships in Atlanta. Bay Area led 124-71 at the half, but Denver skated out 187-167 victors.