Vaudeville Vixens and Unholy Rollers win in MRD season opener

Published Jan. 25, 2010 at 3:27 a.m.
Vaudeville Vixens 161, Reservoir Dolls 121

Unholy Rollers 170, Quad Squad 126

The Vaudeville Vixens and Unholy Rollers have set their sights on a rematch of the 2009 Mad Rollin’ Dolls league championship with convincing wins to open the 2010 season.

The Vixens trailed the Reservoir Dolls early, but an explosive offense propelled them to a 78-56 half-time lead...With twelve minutes remaining in the game, the Res Dolls closed the gap to 17 points behind ten-point jams from Charlie Hustle and Texas transfer Vicious van GoGo...Vixen Major Kusaknocky erased that effort in the following jam with a heroic 20-0 power jam that left her crawling back to her bench...The Vixens held that advantage to the 161-121 final score.

(photo credit: Gil Leora)

Four Vixen jammers scored more than 30 points with second-year phenom Juke Boxx leading the way with 41. The Res Dolls’ Mouse led all scorers with 45 points, while Charlie Hustle and Vicious van GoGo both had 31...Sophomore classmates, Juke Boxx and Charlie Hustle both passed the 200-point career mark in the first game of their second season.

The Unholy Rollers jumped to an early lead over the Quad Squad, rolling into halftime with the score 86-51...The Unholies built their lead to 144-78 halfway through the second period, but the Quad Squad scrapped back for a final margin of 170-126.

After a year’s absence, Thunder Kitten returned to the Quad Squad bench to lead her team with 43 points, 40 in the second half...With four veterans not suited up, all the Unholy Roller skaters saw plenty of track time...Rita Slayworth skated in 18 of 33 jams. Mack the Knife led her team’s scoring with 47 points, while rookie Twisted Halo showed her promise with a 20-point jam in the second half on the way to 32 points for the game.

Having set a league attendance record of 1,600 for last year’s opener, the league anticipated an even larger crowd for this night. Expectations met: Almost 2,300 fans filed into the Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Alliant Energy Center, a record attendance at a Mad Rollin’ Dolls bout...While the start of the night’s action was delayed by a half-an-hour, volunteer staff met the challenge...Not so the concessionaires, who sold out all the pizza within an hour, and emptied the last of the PBR by halftime. It was a good night.

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