Feb 23, 2015 | Bout News

Dagger Dolls beat Atomic Bombshells 130-121 at Pack Mentality

By Fire Wally

The Dagger Dolls officially turned their losing streak into a winning streak at the Pack Mentality bout, coming from behind to beat the Atomic Bombshells 130-121. Their win earns them in a spot in the Golden Skate championship bout on March 14th.

The Bombshells started with a huge jam from L’exi Cuter, who took advantage of a penalty from Dagger Doll jammer Jacked Pipes to earn 19 points on the power jam, dancing her way around the Dolls’ blockers. Pipes struck back a few jams later, shoving her way through the middle of the Bombshell wall to earn lead jammer, then get 15 points while Polly Punchkin, Sagitearitup, and Hanna Belle Lector gave Bombshells jammer Roley Ann Lena the rag-doll treatment. That put the Dagger Dolls up 28-27 with 12 minutes left in the half.

The Bombshells responded immediately, with jammers Naughty Kitty, Roley, L’exi, Hurtrude Stein, and Fannie Tanner notching the Bombshells score forward throughout the half. The Bombshells blocking crew held the Dolls jammers to prevent them from earning lead jammer, but the Dolls were quick to pass the star to pivots MEDUSA and Shiver Me Kimbers, who rocketed out from the front of the pack to force the Bombshell jammer to call off the jam. That saved precious points that would prove very important later in the bout. Fannie scored 4 to Pipes’ 2 in the last jam of the half, making the score 72-59 Bombshells at halftime.

The Bombshells kept that lead through most of the second half, losing some ground after Jacked Pipes and BiPolarBear had great jams, then expanding their lead to about 20 with more big jams from Fannie Tanner and L’exi Cuter. They led by 12 points, 113-101 with 5 minutes remaining in the game, which is just on the wrong side of a comfortable lead, as Jacked Pipes and Fannie Tanner again took the line as jammer.

On the first lap of that jam, the Bombshells lost Fannie and two blockers to penalties, giving the Dolls a 4-2 pack advantage and a power jam for Pipes. After scrapping her way to lead jammer, she ducked and dodged around the Bombshells wall for 3 scoring passes as the Dolls blockers kept the Bombshells seperated, putting the Dolls in the lead. MEDUSA followed up on the next jam, withstanding some all-out shoves from Hurtrude Stein and Madame de Stompadour to stay inbounds as Shiver Me Kimbers pushed the Bombshells jammer out and drew her to the back of the pack. Kimbers, Sagitearitup, Detroit Muff, and Polly Punchkin collaborated to hold L’exi long enough for ‘Dusa to earn 11 to Lexi’s 4, making the score 126-117 with about 90 seconds left on the clock.

Fannie Scored a quick 4 points on the next jam to bring the Bombshells to within 5 with only 11 seconds left on the clock. Shiver Me Kimbers then lined up on the jammer line and did exactly what she did to win the last game for the Dolls – earn lead jammer immediately, then stay in bounds and on the track as time expired, calling off the jam to the roar of the Roy Wilkins crowd and earning her team a spot in the championship bout.

Bout Highlights

First Half 15:00 – Shiver Me Kimbers races out alone for lead jammer, then gets some great support from her teammates on her scoring pass as MEDUSA, Kayzilla, and Lydia Punch clear all Bombshells out of the outside lane.

First Half 10:00 – Every jammer’s Plan A is to earn lead jammer, then score some points and call off the jam, but if you’re not lead and you’re Fannie Tanner, snaking through the inside lane before the Dolls have a chance to call off the jam is a pretty solid plan B.

First Half 4:00 – We saw the effects of WFTDA rules changes that made it less risky to pass the star to the pivot with a number of star passes tonight, including a sneaky transfer from BiPolar Bear to Kung POW Bitchin’, who cruised away from the pack and forced Fannie Tanner to call off the jam.

Second Half 20:00 – Dolls blocker Polly Punchkin comes out of nowhere to trap L’exi Cuter and holds her long enough to be joined by Shiver Me Kimbers, and the two of them keep L’exi stymied while Jacked Pipes scores.

Second Half 18:00 – Naughty Kitty, skating on a power jam, impresses the crowd with a head-on hit that knocked over Dolls blocker Kayzilla. The refs, less impressed, send her to the penalty box for use of forearms.

Second Half 14:00 – Fannie Tanner gets some great offensive support from L’exi Cuter right off the line, then escapes through the resulting confusion to earn lead jammer. On her scoring pass, she absorbs a hard shoulder from Kung POW Bitchin’ to stay in bounds and earning points.

Bout Awards

Pizza Luce Player of the Game: MEDUSA
Derby4All Game Changer: L’exi Cuter
ScutiePie Hot Pants Hot Shot: SandblastHER