All-Stars victorious; advance to East Region semi-finals
September 11, 2009The Gotham Girls All-Stars were victorious in their first-round matchup at the WFTDA East Regionals, the "Wicked Wheels of the East" Tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The summary below is taken from Justice Feelgood Marshall's writeup at Derby News Network.
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(1E) Gotham 185, (6E) Providence 25 -- This matchup started as a low-scoring, heavily defensive affair through the first ten minutes, as Providence was surprisingly effective at forcing early jam calls from Gotham lead jammers. After 10 minutes, Gotham held a small 12-2 lead, but it wasn't long until Gotham took control of the bout. Em Dash, Suzy Hotrod and Bonnie Thunders were able to put down repeated 10 and 15-0 jams while Providence could only find 4 more points in the half. At the end of the first, the 2008 champs had established a practically insurmountable lead at 85-6.
While the crowd did go nuts for a 10-4 Providence jam on the back of Craisy Dukes that represented more points than Providence had scored in the first 40 minutes, it was 125-16 at that point and Providence only added 9 points the remainder of the half while Gotham's jammers continued to run circles around them, cruising to a 165 point victory.
Above, Barbara Ambush blocks Hysterica!, as Ginger Snap and Donna Matrix
hold the line against Providence's Kid Ace. Photo: Louis Keiner
Unofficial Gotham jam scoring totals:
Em Dash 70, Bonnie Thunders 69, Suzy Hotrod 24, Beatrix Slaughter 13, Barbara Ambush 9.
The bout featured Em Dash's All-Star debut, as well as the 1,000th career interleague jamming point scored by Bonnie Thunders. With this victory, Gotham extended its WFTDA-record winning streak to 17 consecutive bouts, dating back to September 2007.
Gotham advances to the tournament semi-final against Boston, who prevailed over tournament hosts Carolina. Tune your browser to Derby News Network at 6:30 on Saturday for the live streaming video, audio, and text boutcasts of the GGRD vs. Boston semi-final. Or, if you're away from the computer on Saturday, subscribe to the GGRD Twitter Feed to get halftime and final scores delivered directly to your phone.
#1 Gotham and #5 Boston have competed head-to-head once previously, with Gotham registering a home 188-44 victory in March 2009.
The winner of the Saturday game earns a slot at the 2009 Nationals and advances to the Regional Finals, where they face the winner of the 8pm semi-final between #2 Philadelphia and #3 Charm City.