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10.05.2009

October 2-4 Results

2009 Away Team   Home Team  Accuracy 
10/425Rocky Mountain64 6Oly119 6/25Western Regionals
 12Rat City94 4Denver172 4/12Western Regionals
 14Bay Area105 18Duke City103 14/18Western Regionals
 37Tucson185 36Pikes Peak91 37/36Western Regionals
           
10/325Rocky Mountain122 4Denver107 25/4Western Regionals
 12Rat City90 6Oly127 6/12Western Regionals
 53Angel City42 11Rose City241 11/53Western Regionals
 36Pikes Peak78 14Bay Area242 14/36Western Regionals
 37Tucson62 18Duke City142 18/37Western Regionals
           
10/214Bay Area103 12Rat City115 12/14Western Regionals
 53Angel City32 4Denver307 4/53Western Regionals
 25Rocky Mountain101 11Rose City77 25/11Western Regionals
 18Duke City92 6Oly165 6/18Western Regionals
 53Angel City86 36Pikes Peak67 53/36Western Regionals
 37Tucson27 25Rocky Mountain319 25/37Western Regionals

9.29.2009

Western Preview - Derby on the Rocks

The climax of the regional season comes this weekend in Denver, CO hosted by the Denver Roller Dolls and the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls. The West is the perfect region to come last because it has all the fixings to be the most exciting region to date with the top six seeds ranked in the Top 20. Even the first round and consolation games should be fun to watch as seeds 7-9 are within twelve spots of one another.

But the top is where the action will be and top is where the action has been all season. 1-seed Oly has played two of the top six seeds this season winning by a combined eight points. However, both of those wins came at home. Could the mountains affect this speedy team that likes to put up big numbers on the scoreboard? That's what 2-seed Denver is hoping for, the Mile High Club lost one of those games to Oly by just two points. Denver has also played Rat City and Duke City thus far this season. Rose City has played four of the top six, Rat City has played three, Bay Area has played two, and Duke City has played three. These teams are clearly not strangers and clearly evenly matched as no game played this season had a margin wider than 85 and most were within twenty points (2, 6, 7, 14, 18, 47, 63, 65, 85).

Western Region (as seeded):
1: Oly Rollers (#6, 5-0)
2: Denver Roller Dolls (#4, 6-1)
3: Rose City Rollers (#11, 4-1)
4: Rat City Rollergirls (#12, 4-5)
5: B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls (#14, 1-4)
6: Duke City Derby (#18, 3-6)
7: Pikes Peak Derby Dames (#36, 4-4)
8: Rocky Mountain Rollergirls (#25, 2-3)
9: Tucson Roller Derby (#37, 1-2)
10: Angel City Derby Girls (#53, 3-2)

Champion: Denver. Both Oly and Denver have continued to improve dramatically all season but the Denver Roller Dolls come into the regional ranked ahead. The mile high conditioning is the icing on the cake as Denver should get payback for their only loss of the season and win when it matters.

Ticket-punchers: Denver, Oly, Rose City. Despite the top six seeds being so evenly matched, these three teams have clearly put themselves in the top half. The only losses these teams have incurred have been to one another and that should not change after regionals.

Team most likely to play above their seed: Rocky Mountain. Not only is Rocky Mountain playing in their home city, not only is Rocky Mountain ranked ahead of all the other teams without a bye, but Rocky Mountain picked up three of the top skaters from 7-seed Pikes Peak earlier this season.

Predicted finish:
1: Denver
2: Oly
3: Rose City
4: Rat City
5: Bay Area
6: Duke City
7: Rocky Mountain
8: Pikes Peak
9: Tucson
10: Angel City