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Good morning derby fans!

Welcome to another great day of roller derby from Batelle Hall in Columbus, Ohio. The DJ is thumpin' the place awake after thumpin' them to drink last night. Chicago is on the track skating warmups and the sodden weary crowd is trickling in. C'mon now, lads, put your fingers down your throats and get to work.

The poly meets the floor today as we play the semi-final and final rounds. Only four teams will lace up, each playing twice, each playing for honor and seed. All four of these teams, Carolina, Windy City, Detroit, and Gotham, have already earned a place in the WFTDA National Tournament in Austin. But placement in that tourny will be determined by the finishes today.

Whoever finishes last in this battle will face the #1 Rat City Rollergirls from Seattle. Third place will meet the Tucson, second will face the famous Texas Rollergirls, and today's first place finisher will bout the Kansas City Roller Warriors.

First up today we've got the Windy City Rollers facing off against the Carolina Rollergirls. Carolina is fresh off a victory against Providence last night, and Chicago will try to continue the march to victory that started with a fantastic defeat of the #1 seed Mad Rollin' Dolls yesterday morning.

The announcers, who have been great all weekend, by the way, are getting ready to introduce the squads. We'll be underway in just a few minutes.

A couple of lineup changes this morning. Chicago's Donna Party, who broke her leg over Madison's head yesterday, will be replaced by #16 Goldie Shocks. For Carolina, #66 Daisy Rage will sit out and #212 Kelly Clocksem will fill in.

Carolina Rollergirls
10 Militia
11 Bettie Rumble
110 Kitty Crowbar
13 Eva Lye
131 DVS
138 Ms Fit
1492 Princess America
212 Kelly Clocksem
256 Maddat U
27 Marcy Killer
37 Violett Femme
5 Lucy Lastkiss
56 Shirley Temper
73 Zella Lugosi

Windy City Rollers
10 Anne Putation
16 Goldie Shocks
5 Blossom Bruiso
6 Malice with Chains
25 Varla Vendetta
30 Athena DeCrime
77 Ying of Fire
219 Hoosier Mama
666 Belle Diablo
911 Kola Loka
999 Yvette YourMaker
1980 Megan Formor
9x19 Nina Millimeter
I-90 Harmadillo

There's the first whistle

No score on the first jam as Princess America gets through first but Ying o' Fire gets Lead position for Chicago and calls it

Carolina picks up 2

Yvette YourMaker earns Lead postion for Chicago and puts them on the board with 3. Things are looking tight.

Chicago gets Lead position again, Kola Loca this time, who streams through for 4

Carolina answers with a Lead by Zella Lugosi for 4 as well.

Great packs today. They're making the jammers work for it. The score evens up at ten apiece after a 2 minute jam.

Scratch that - Chicago has 11

Carolina jammer Betty Rumble goes down by her own blocker as Yvette YourMaker turns in a great double grand slam+ to put Chicago out front.

And Zella Lugosi answers with several scoring passes for Carolina with a split pack. Chicago calls timeout.

Great strategy continues from Carolina. Princess America takes Lead with Ying o' Fire right behind. The Carolina jammer hits the back of the pack, takes 1, and calls it to keep Ying at 0

The first period ends with a quick 2 point jam from Ying 'O Fire.

Both teams go off smiling and excited. It's still anyone's game and the squads are well matched.

The crowd cheers the teams back on to the track for a few warm up laps

Chicago jumps off the line in the second period and with a 6-0 jam

But Chicago loses their jammer to a penalty. Chicago splits the pack but Princess America catches them up and adds 6 for Carolina

A zero point jam as Chicago calls one off to keep the spread

And Chicago adds 5 more from Kola Loka, again keeping Carolina to 0

Every jam is still tight, but Chicago loses another jammer to the penalty box. DVS will try to take advantage for Carolina

The Chicago pack is tight and agressive. Malice with Chains comes out of the box, grabs Lead status and scores 4! A great play for Chicago! DVS held to 0

Windy City taking control now. Kola Loca adds another 2 while Carolina is still stuck in the 20's

Frustrations and aggressions are building. Carolina called for laying a hit on a girl who was skating off to the box, Chicago answers with a late hit at the end of the jam. But Carolina rallies back with some much needed points

Belle Diablo of Chicago is tossed out for the rest of the period for excessive penalties. Malice with Chains erases Carolina's comeback with a 9 point jam.

Chicago jammer Varla Vendetta blows through the pack to add 5 more as the period ends.

It's a nearly 30 point game after 2 periods. The Carolina squad huddles up outside their locker room to figure out how to bring it back.

The Chicago bench chats happily at the bench as the girls come back out. Carolina does laps to get the blood flowing. One minute left in the break

Varla Vendetta keeps the Chicago momentum going with a big 9 point jam while the pack holds Carolina to another 0

A scoreless jam follows

Hoosier Mama adds 4 for Chicago but gets throw in the box right at the end of the jam. Betty Rumble will go out alone for Carolina and try to bring them back into the game

Scratch that. Carolina hiccups and the jam stops due to the no-jammer rule. So Megan Formor (Chicago) will go to the line with Maddat U

Chicago gets 4 while the pack again holds Carolina to 0

Chicago firmly in control now.

Carolina has no jammer on the track, no jammer in the box. No one's quite sure what happened. Apparently they just didn't send one out in time.

There's a lot of confusion on the Carolina side. No timeout actually called, but the clock stops anyway as the refs sort it out.

Carolina has not scored in the third

Until now. Zella Lugosi adds 5 for Carolina. Chicago picks up a couple

The Chicago bench is half stunned and half celebrating. WCR is going to the final bout and they're ecstatic.

Hoosier Mama of Chicago brings it home and the WCR fans go nuts.

This #7 seed team is all smiles and a few tears. Carolina hands out gracious hugs and heads off to greet their fans.

Stay tuned for more flat track derby action. #9 Detroit takes on the #5 Gotham Girls in about 40 minutes.