Category Archives: Oly Rollers
Sunday scoreboard: Oly rolls in USARS championship rematch
Roller derby
Oly Rollers 142, San Diego Starlettes 57
The Oly Rollers jumped out to an early 46-6 lead on the San Diego Starlettes and never looked back taking the rematch of the 2012 USARS Championship game 142-57. The traveling Starlettes were playing their third bout in two days but managed to stay closer than their 181-35 loss to Oly in December.
Today (3/31): Oly Rollers host Easter derby doubleheader
The Oly Rollers host doubleheader derby action tonight when they welcome San Diego Roller Derby to Skateland! The Oly Rollers USARS squad will take on the San Diego Starlettes and the Puget Sound Outcasts will take on the San Diego AfterShocks in a men’s roller derby bout. This is the first Oly Rollers USA Roller Sports bout since the they won the inaugural USARS Championship in Fresno in December and it is a rematch of the final game between Oly and San Diego.
Historically, Oly has skated under Women’s Flat Track Derby Association but the USARS has stepped into the roller derby game by featuring a rule set that is different from WFTDA rules and has addressed some of the concerns that have been raised about strategies that have slowed down and made WFTDA games extremely lopsided affairs. One of the biggest differences is that the lead jammer status (who can score, more or less) can change hands mid jam so it encourages more speed and movement.
It is debatable whether or not the USARS rules are, in fact, better than the WFTDA rules but Oly is playing both rule sets this season and has made some noise that they would consider abandoning the WFTDA and going full USARS. That would be a huge move in the roller derby world since Oly is considered one of the top clubs in the nation and would undoubtedly mean larger outfits around the country would follow suit.
San Diego will be playing their third game during their Pacific Northwest tour this weekend. Yesterday they knocked off Underground Derby 137-94 in a morning bout at Skateland! under USARS rules and then beat Port Scandalous in the evening under WFTDA rules. Former Oly Roller Hockey Honey returns to town with her new squad.
Doors at Skateland! open at 5:00 PM and derby action gets underway at 6:00. Tickets will be available at the door for $20.
Sunday scoreboard: Saints softball sweeps GNAC leader; Oly Rollers romp
College softball
Saint Martin’s 9, Simon Fraser 0
Saint Martin’s 4, Simon Fraser 1 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Sam Munger and Taylor Bakos combined to give up just six hits and one earned run in Saint Martin’s 9-0 and 4-1 doubleheader sweep of GNAC leader Simon Fraser. Munger also hit a home run in game two, a solo shot in the first, and drove in another run in the fifth. Joselyn Eugenio went 4-for-6 in the doubleheader and drove in three runs and Christina Demar hit a home run in the second inning of game one.
The wins move the Saints to 17-9 overall and 8-4 in conference, just a half game behind the Clan. Munger’s third shutout of the season moves her record to 8-5 and she lowered her ERA to 2.02. Bakos, meanwhile, is now 9-4 with a 2.17 ERA.
Video from Saints athletics YouTube channel.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 5, Western Oregon 3
Saint Martin’s 7, Western Oregon 5 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Roller derby
Oly Rollers 237, Northwest Derby Company 92
PHOTOS: Dropkick Donnas vs. Blunt Force Trauma
Photos from the Oly Rollers’ Dropkick Donnas bout with Bellingham Roller Betties’ Blunt Force Trauma. The pictures aren’t great, admittedly, because I’m still struggling with the lighting in Skateland! so I tried some different settings that often did not work. I also had my two year-old with me limiting where I could be to take pictures. Still, there are some fun ones in here.
Sunday scoreboard: Dropkick Donnas dominate; Saints swept
Roller Derby
Oly Rollers Dropkick Donnas 359, Bellingham Roller Betties 208
The Dropkick Donnas led from wire to wire knocking off Bellingham’s Blunt Force Trauma 359-208 to kick off the Oly Rollers’ 2013 season at Skateland!
The bout was slowed down considerably by the the two teams and on-track officials as they seemed to be trying to adapt to new rule changes implemented by the WFTDA for this season.
Check back tomorrow for a small photo gallery.
College baseball
UPS 5, Saint Martin’s 4
UPS 16, Saint Martin’s 9 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Today (2/10): Oly Rollers morning bout; Saints baseball doubleheader
The Oly Rollers open their 2013 season this morning when the Dropkick Donnas face off against the Bellingham Roller Betties’ Blunt Force Trauma.
Doors at Skateland! open at 10:30 AM and derby action gets underway at 11:00. Tickets are $15 at the door, children eight and under get in free.
Across town at The RAC, the Saint Martin’s baseball team continues their series against UPS with a doubleheader starting at 11:00 AM. The Saints lost their home opener to the Loggers yesterday, 12-0.
Sunday scoreboard: Oly Rollers win USARS national championship
USA Roller Sports Nationals
Championship game
Oly Rollers 181, San Diego Roller Derby 35
Consolation
Underground Derby 155, Deep South Derby 108
The Oly Rollers took home the inaugural USARS national championship on Sunday afternoon knocking off San Diego 181-35. Oly led 123-0 at the half en route to taking home the Seltzer Cup.
And Underground Derby wrapped up their USARS national championship trip with a 155-108 win over Deep South.
American Basketball Association
Lakewood Panthers 94, Olympia Rise 90
Saturday scoreboard: Oly Rollers move to another championship; Saints hold down Dominican
USA Roller Sports Derby Nationals
Oly Rollers 241, Tulsa 24
Port City 126, Underground 39
In day two of the USA Roller Sports National Championships in Fresno, California, the Death Dealing Dolls of the Underground Derby League fell to Port City, 126-39, to fall to 0-2 in the tournament. They will play tomorrow at 10:00 AM in the consolation bracket against Deep South Derby.
Meanwhile, the Cosa Nostra Donnas of the Oly Rollers handily won their second game of the tournament knocking off Tulsa 241-24. They move into the championship game tomorrow at 4:00 PM against San Diego Roller Derby.
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 49, Dominican 36 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Spokane 73, SPSCC 24 – Box score
Dominican took a 10 point lead with 2:54 left in the first half and took a 27-23 lead to the locker room but Saint Martin’s held the Penguins to just two field goals in the second half and nine points total and finished the SMU Classic with a 49-36 win. Chelsea Haskey scored 20 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in the win.
Men’s basketball
Olympic 81, SPSCC 67 – Box score
Boy’s basketball
Franklin Pierce 65, Black Hills 47
Northwest Chrisitan vs. Northwest – No report
Premier Arena Soccer League
Oregon Blacktails 14, Tumwater Pioneers 5
Oly Rollers gunning for second WFTDA Championship
The Oly Rollers get a first round bye in the WFTDA Championships, will play winner of Minnesota/Kansas City first round game.
The Oly Rollers are heading to Atlanta this weekend to take part in the 2012 Women’s Flat Track Derby Association Championships. By winning the Western Regional, Oly earned a first round bye and will play the winner of Friday’s Minnesota Rollergirls/Kansas City Roller Warriors bout on Saturday at 9:00 AM Olympia time. The Rollers have made the final game of the WFTDA Championships three straight years, beating the Texas Rollergirls for the title in their first year of eligibility in 2009 but falling to Gotham in 2010 and Rocky Mountain in 2011.
Oly comes into the tournament as one of the most controversial and hated teams in the tournament because of their (completely by the rules) pickups of skaters from out of the area. The team picked up Psycho Babble and Ecko from Rocky Mountain, Onda Sligh from Slaughter County and Lindsay Loblow from Tucson before the season started and added a trio former Oly skaters that had moved away from Olympia right before the rosters had to be finalized for the post-season. Atomatrix, Hockey Honey and Joy Collision joined the squad after skating for other teams this season, ruffling a lot of feathers in the derby world.
But despite coming from by far the smallest market* of any team in the WFTDA Championships, Oly comes into the tournament as one of the favorites to win the Hydra. If seeding holds, they will take on Minnesota on Saturday in the quarterfinals. Minnesota came to Olympia in late August and lost by 60 points to a Cosa Nostra Donnas team that wasn’t at current strength (probably the same can be said about Minnesota, though). And beyond the quarters, if the favorite prevails, the Texas Rollergirls would be looking to avenge a 95 point loss at Skateland! also in late August. Oly avoids a game with Gotham until a possible finals bout on Sunday.
You can follow all the action from the WFTDA Championships on WFTDA.tv by purchasing a live streaming pass for $20. Or you can follow @WFTDALive on Twitter, the Oly Rollers Twitter account and Facebook page and of course on OlySports.com and @OlySportsBlog.
Also, check out the Derby News Network’s excellent preview of all 12 teams involved in the WFTDA championships.
*Cities fielding teams in the WFTDA championships: Little old Olympia, Denver, Baltimore, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Kansas City, Philadelphia, the Bay Area, Chicago, New York and Austin.
Sunday scoreboard: Oly Rollers win west; Strayer goal lifts Saints
Roller derby
Photo credit: @OlyRollers
Oly Rollers 168, Denver 161
Despite suffering nearly crippling penalties with just minutes left to play in the bout and a hostile crowd at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, California, the #4 seed Oly Rollers held off the #2 seed Denver Derby Dolls 168-161 to win the WFTDA west region championship for the third time in four years. Denver’s Sandrine Rangeon narrowed Oly’s lead to 164-159 with just 1:59 left to play but Oly’s On Da Sligh and Denver’s Heather Juska went scoreless in the next jam before Atomatix won the lead jammer and ran out the clock in the bout’s final jam.
Denver led 34-15 ten minutes into the bout and a 19-0 jam for Hearher Juska increased the Denver lead to 53-24. But Atomatrix and On Da Sligh answered with 14-0 and 20-0 jams and Oly scored 51 unanswered points to take a 75-53 lead and eventually took an 88-77 point lead into halftime.
After falling behind 104-89 early in the second half, Denver tied the bout 108-108 with about twenty minutes left to play and led by nine with twelve minutes left to play. But a 25-0 Atomatrix jam gave turned the half around for Oly and gave them a 152-136 lead that they wouldn’t relinquish.
Both teams move on to the WFTDA Championships in Atlanta beginning on November 2nd. By winning the west region, the Oly Rollers earn a first round bye.
Women’s soccer
Clarissa Strayer talks about her game winning goal
(Saint Martin’s YouTube channel)
Saint Martin’s 2, Western Oregon 1 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
A Clarissa Strayer header found the back of the net with just 50 seconds left to play to give Saint Martin’s a 2-1 GNAC win over Western Oregon at the SMU Soccer Field. The Saints fell behind early when Kymberly Witmer scored in the 12th minute for the Wolves. But the Saints cut the lead when Wolves goalkeeper Kelsey Lindsey mishandled a Sasha Dini cross for an own goal in the 34th minute. Ashley Engel made six saves in goal for Saint Martin’s.
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