D2 Playoffs

Duluth, MN

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D2 Playoffs: Duluth Recaps

Recaps of games at the 2014 WFTDA D2 Playoffs in Duluth, MN.

Game 7: (4) Brewcity Bruisers v (7) Omaha Roller Girls

August 16, 2014

by Shelly Shankya

The first game of Day 2 at Division 2 Tournament in Duluth featured the Brewcity Bruisers from Milwaukee, Wisconsin against the Omaha Roller Girls from Omaha, Nebraska in a battle to stay out of the ninth-tenth place game on Sunday.

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Game 6: (1) St. Chux Derby Chix v (8) Treasure Valley Rollergirls

August 16, 2014

St. Chux Holds Back Treasure Valley to Advance to Semis

By Vile Love It

With a win earlier in the day, 8 seed Treasure Valley Rollergirls (Boise, ID) earned the right to meet the 1 seed St. Chux Derby Chix (O’Fallon, MO) in the final action-packed game of Friday night. The teams were well matched in style of play, strategies, speed and even stature.

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Game 5: (2) Detroit Derby Girls v (10) Brandywine Rollergirls

August 16, 2014

Detroit Advances to Semifinals After Strong Showing Against Brandywine

By Vile Love It

Early into Friday’s game 5, 2 seed Detroit Derby Girls (Detroit, Michigan) established control and power on the track over 10 seed Brandywine Rollergirls (Downingtown, Pennsylvania) and they never let it go.

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Game 4: (4) Brewcity Bruisers v (5) Fabulous Sin City Rollergirls

August 15, 2014

Sin City Pulls Rankings Upset to Advance to Semifinals

By Lois Slain

Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Brewcity Bruisers struggled to find their footing at times during Game 4 against the Fabulous Sin City Rollergirls, of Las Vegas, Nevada, but they mustered the heart and fight to repeatedly rally and close up the point deficit.

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Game 3: (3) Big Easy Rollergirls v (6) Tucson Roller Derby

August 15, 2014

Big Easy Advance as Tucson Holds On Through the Last Jam

By Lois Slain

The first day of the 2014 WFTDA Division 2 Playoffs in Duluth, Minnesota, continued to serve up nail-biting matchups among the closely ranked teams. In Game 3, Tucson Roller Derby (6 seed, #53), of Tucson, Arizona, had the crowd on their feet as they came within a jam of upsetting the Big Easy Rollergirls (3 seed, #48), of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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