D1 Playoffs

Asheville, NC

D1 Playoffs: Asheville Recaps

Game recaps for 2013 WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs in Asheville, North Carolina.

Game 17: (1) Gotham Girls Roller Derby vs. (2) Rocky Mountain Rollergirls

September 22, 2013

Gotham Wins 2013 Division 1 Playoffs in Asheville

Beth Row

Gotham Girls Roller Derby took home first place over Rocky Mountain Rollergirls in a tough, hard-fought battle for the last game of the 2103 WFTDA D1 Playoffs in Asheville, North Carolina. Rocky Mountain fought until the very end, even picking up lead jammer on the last jam, but fell to Gotham 216-99.

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Game 16: (4) Minnesota RollerGirls v (3) Windy City Rollers

September 22, 2013

Windy City Takes 3rd, Goes to Championships

Beth Row

Despite incredibly tough defenses and slow walls, it was penalties that won the game for Windy City Rollers of the Minnesota RollerGirls in game 16. Windy City’s strong defense forced a critical track cut on the last jam of the game and they held on to win 160-154 over Minnesota.

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Game 15: (7) Houston Roller Derby vs (5) Steel City Roller Derby

September 22, 2013

Steel City Holds onto 5th

By Beth Row

In what started and ended as a close game, Steel City Roller Derby, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, came back from a huge point deficit to narrowly defeat Houston Roller Derby, of Houston, Texas.

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Game 14: (8) Nashville Rollergirls vs (9) Oklahoma Victory Dolls

September 22, 2013

Oklahoma Defeats Nashville in Repeat of Game 1

By Beth Row

Game 14 of the 2013 WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs in Asheville, North Carolina, was a rematch of game 1, between the Nashville Rollergirls, of Nashville, Tennessee, and the Oklahoma Victory Dolls of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Penalties once again played a big role as did the incredibly fast-paced packs. Nashville put up a good fight, but Oklahoma was once again victorious with a 131-200 score.

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Game 13: (10) Columbia Quad Squad vs (6) Mad Rollin’ Dolls

September 22, 2013

Madison Takes 9th Place

By Beth Row

The battle for 9th Place in the 2013 WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs Asheville started off with a back and forth point struggle, but the Columbia Quad Squad, of Columbia, South Carolina, soon found themselves in extreme penalty trouble as the Mad Rollin’ Dolls of Madison, Wisconsin, racked up the points.

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