100+ Second Half Points vs. Memphis Lead To Dominating Victory

by The Grand Poobah - Bout statistics provided by Memphis Roller Derby

The 2o1o opener for the ARRG Travel Team sent a potential message to the other WFTDA teams lined up to take on the ladies in pink and black this season.

Perhaps the message reads like this: “We’re here and get out of our way….”

A second half explosion of offense helped the ARRG All-Stars dominate Memphis 172-92 in WFDTA-sanctioned action Saturday night at Funquest in Collierville, TN.

ARRG was able to gain an early lead in the first half, but the pesky Hustlin’ Rollers kept pace. ARRG took a 64-50 lead into the halftime break.

A quick 10-2 run by Memphis cut ARRG’s lead to 66-60 with 25:20 remaining.

Then, ARRG turned on the jets. The “pink and black attack” outscored the Rollers 108-32 for the remainder of the bout, which included a 28-2 ARRG run in the last five minutes.

With the win, ARRG (1-0) carries momentum back home to square off against Milwaukee’s Brewcity Buisers (1-0) in a WFTDA-sanctioned bout this Saturday at the All-American Sports Mall (11133 Lindbergh Business Ct., St. Louis, MO). Doors open at 7 pm. Bout time is 8 pm.

The Brewcity Bruisers - 7th place finishers at the WFTDA North Central Regionals in 2009 - began their 2010 campaign with a 137-35 win over Ft. Wayne on January 9.

These two teams are familiar with each other - ARRG bested Brewcity 81-70 last year in All-Star action. And with the added incentive of the Bruisers’ #23 position in the most recent Derby News Network Power Rankings dangling in front of them, ARRG would love nothing more than to up their record to 2-0 in front of a huge home crowd.

And here’s an incentive for you - a member of the ARRG-loving public. We’re offering a discount rate on tickets if you bring a party of 15 or more. Check the main page of archrivalrollersgirls.com for e-mail information - and find out how your large group can get $2 off each ticket, a savings of 20% for your group.

Let’s do the math…for your group of 15, you can get a ticket for $8 apiece, which equals a savings of $30 for your group. Or $40 for your group of 20. And so on.

We’ll have all the regular goodness that you’ve come to expect from ARRG that you experienced at our first two sold-out bouts of 2010: high-impact action, contests, raffles, guest rollergirl commentary, post-bout afterparty at the Upper Deck and other odds-and-ends.

There seems to be one thing we have to add to the list: an ARRG All-Star win. We’ll see you there.

The Grand Poobah and Hells LaBelle are bout announcers for the 2010 season of the Arch Rival Roller Girls. Check back in this section on Mondays for the latest in ARRG news and information…even on Presidents Day.

This entry was posted on Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 3:41 am and is filed under Bouts, Recap. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.