Asheville, NC

Windy City Rolls Over Madison

By Beth Row

In game 4 of the 2103 WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs in Asheville, North Carolina, the Windy City Rollers tough defense led them to a 374-87 win over the Mad Rollin’ Dolls, from Madison, WI. Windy City, of Chicago, Illinois, started strong and forced penalties on Madison’s jammers throughout the game.

At the game’s start, Magic Missile was taken out on the outside and recycled to the back by Windy City’s blockers. Jackie Daniels took lead, but called it off ending the first jam at 0-0. Windy City’s Varla Vendetta put 9 points up on the next jam.

Mack the Knife was able to put 2 points on the board for Madison when Ying O’fire didn’t call the jam in time. But Windy City continued to add to their lead when KonichiWOW forced a track cut on the inside apex on Mad Rollin’s Magic Missile with 25:38 left in the first half.

Killa Nois extended the Windy City lead to 72 points, while Mack the Knife was stuck in the pack. Ruth Enasia; Bork, Bork, Bork; KonichiWOW and Moby Nipps made an impenetrable defense for Windy City. With 20 minutes left in the first half, Mad Rollin’ was down 71-2 and still hadn’t seen a lead jam call.

Madison was able to pick up their first lead jammer status of the game at 19:26 as Jackie Daniels was sent to the penalty box on a track cut on the outside. Lil Miss Behavin’ got out of the pack and pushed her way through for 17.

“We wanted to be really focused on the team, our strategy and giving everything we’ve got. When we play a really good team like Windy City, we want to make sure we leave 100% on the track,” said Madison’s Hello Sailor.

When Daniels was released, both teams hit the opposing jammers out of bounds on the outside and had competing races to rush to move back, sending the whole pack skating in the opposite direction for nearly a full lap. It worked out in Windy’s favor as Jackie Daniels was able to break through the Madison’s wall and Mouse was sent to the penalty box on a track cut.

Windy City’s lead stretched to 98-17 with 15 minutes left in the first half.

Magic Missile was able to put up four points with 11:25 left in the first half. Mack the Knife added to that momentum, picked up lead jammer and 4 points before being sent to the box on a track cut. Windy City’s Ying O’Fire responded, bringing her team’s lead to 131 -34, but Madison got in a few good defensive shots to keep the score down.

For Madison the jammer penalties continued as 3 out of the next 4 jams saw their jammer in the box. With only 3:42 left in the first period, Windy City was leading 163-24.

On the last jam of the half, Windy City’s Killa Nois was boxed on a track cut and Madison was again able to put some points on the board. However, the half ended with Madison’s Darling Nikki in the box on a track cut of her own and Windy City up on Madison 199 to 34.

The start of the second half was a continuation of the power jam. Windy City put Athena Decrime on the jammer line for 20 points as Windy City’s defense held up Darling Nikki on her way out of the box. The score read 219-34 at the end of the jam.

Madison continued to rack up jammer penalties and the score reflected it at 269-34 with 20:30 left in the game.

Windy City built their lead through the remainder of the game. KonichiWOW; Moby Nipps; Bork, Bork, Bork and other the Windy City blockers were able to contain Madison’s jammers. With 10 minutes left in the game, Windy City firmly held the lead at 330-57.

Even though Gene Lane of Madison was able to put some points on the board during the last jam, complete with a spectacular apex jump, the game ended 374-87. Windy City was victorious.

“We think today went really well. We are excited to come out and be successful,” said Windy City’s Ruth Enasia. “We really wanted to work on our fundamentals in preparation of the games we would be playing this weekend and we did that.”

Final Score

(3) Windy City Rollers 374
(6) Mad Rollin' Dolls 87

Windy City goes on to play the winner of Rocky Mountain and Houston (Game 6). Madison plays Nashville on Saturday at 10 a.m.