Des Moines, IA

Upsets became a trend at the Des Moines D2 tournament, as Jet City Rollergirls (#52, seed #5) winged past the women from Washington, DC Rollergirls (#49, seed #4) in Game 3. DC ended the game at 122, not even half of the points Jet City was able to stack up during the bout, 262.

DC’s pack tried desperately to keep the Jet City jammers back from scoring, but to no avail. Jet City established their lead and their trouncing capacity within the opening minutes of the game, taking a 42-6 lead in the first eight minutes of the game. And while they were able to take the lead in points, Jet City also had the opportunity to take the lead in lead jammer statistics as well. In the end, Jet City had 24 total lead jammer calls, while DC grabbed lead in only 11 jams.

Photo by Derby by beakertehmuppet

DC did defeat Jet City in penalty minutes, picking up five more penalty minutes in each of the two periods, accruing a total of 40 penalties during the bout to Jet City’s 30. The half ended 140-64 in favor of the women from the West Coast, and they continued to march past the DC Rollergirls, taking large swathes of points at a time.

Results

(5) Jet City Rollergirls 262
(4) DC Rollergirls 122

DC moved to the consolation bracket to play Omaha Rollergirls on Saturday at 10:00Game 7. Jet City gave the viewers of the Des Moines tournament their third upset and moved on to play the Fabulous Sin City Rollergirls (#43, seed #1) Game 9.