Charleston, WV

By Lexistential Crisis

Victorian Roller Derby League (seed 2, #5) of Melbourne, Australia became the fourth non-US team to secure a place at international 2014 WFTDA Championships in Nashville after they defeated the Philly Roller Girls (seed 3, #12) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. VRDL took the lead early and never let it go as they steadily built a lead through all of the final game of Day 2.

By The Oxford Commakaze

The Naptown Roller Girls of Indianapolis, Ind., (5 seed, WFTDA 21) pulled off a big win over the Columbia QuadSquad Rollergirls of Columbia, S.C., (9 seed, WFTDA 37) in a game overrun with massive sweeping hits and racing packs. Even the jammers got in on the defensive action, with jammers from both teams playing active defense against each other throughout the game, especially in molasses-slow jam starts that occasionally saw nearly 20 seconds go by before the jammers crossed the jammer line.

By Lexistential Crisis

Seven seed Mad Rollin’ Dolls (#37) of Madison, Wisconsin upset the 6 seed Boston Derby Dames (#22) in Game 10 of the international 2014 WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs in Charleston. Boston held the lead for the majority of the game, but Madison made many advances that later paid off as they won by one point in the final jam.

By The Oxford Commakaze

In the first semifinal of the international 2014 WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs Charleston, the Rose City Rollers of Portland, Ore. (1 seed, WFTDA 5), fended off the Atlanta Rollergirls (4 seed, WFTDA 13) to solidify the team’s trip to Championships and its place in tomorrow’s final. Atlanta heavily challenged the higher-seeded Rose team in the first half, but Rose’s Wheels of Justice rolled away for the second half in a game marked by heavy defense, edge-of-the-track jamming and goofy camaraderie between both teams.

By Lexistential Crisis

Indianapolis’s Naptown Roller Girls (seed 5, #21) survived a second-half come back from SoCal Derby (seed 10, #38) of San Diego, California to win Game 8 of the International WFTDA Divison 1 Playoffs in Charleston. Both teams lost their first games of the tournament yesterday, as Naptown fell to Atlanta while SoCal lost to Madison. This is the first time Naptown and SoCal have played each other.