Cleveland, OH

By The Oxford Commakaze

In a battle for a spot at the 2015 International WFTDA Championships, the Kansas City Roller Warriors of Kansas City, Missouri, bested Houston Roller Derby of Houston, Texas, in the last semifinal game of the 2015 International WFTDA Division 2 Playoffs Cleveland.

By Lexistential Crisis

St. Chux Derby Chix Pack in Black (Seed #7) and Jet City Rollergirls Bombers (Seed #8) met for the first time this evening at the 2015 International WFTDA Division 2 Playoffs in Cleveland. Both teams had upset wins over earlier opponents to make it into Game 11. St. Chux had a strong start to the game and kept improving and increasing their lead throughout the game to win and move into the 5th Place game tomorrow.

By The Oxford Commakaze

The Brandywine Roller Girls of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, rolled to a comfortable -- if not exactly easy -- win over the Oklahoma Victory Dolls of Oklahoma City, OK, at the 2015 International WFTDA Division 2 Playoffs Cleveland, guaranteeing them a spot in tomorrow’s game for fifth place. Both teams exceeded expectations for the weekend, with Brandywine coming in as the #10 seed and OKVD as the #9 seed. Both teams went into the game knowing that neither could finish the tournament lower than 8th place and congratulated each other on making it this far before the first whistle.

By Lexistential Crisis

Game 9 of the 2015 International Division 2 Playoffs in Cleveland determined one team that will be traveling to St. Paul for the WFTDA Championships. Santa Cruz, California’s Santa Cruz Derby Girls Boardwalk Bombshells (Seed #1) took 2nd Place at the first Division 2 Championship in 2013, but will not be returning to Championships this year. Demolition City Roller Derby Dynamite Dolls (Seed #5) of Evansville, Indiana, led the entire game and will have the chance to become Division 2 Champions in November.

By The Oxford Commakaze

After the Columbia QuadSquad Rollergirls of Columbia, SC, led the Jet City Rollergirls of Everett, Wash., for nearly the entire game, Jet City mounted a slow but undeniable comeback, snatching victory from Columbia by just one point in the very last minute of the game.