D3 Heads North For Rematch Against Wisconsin River Valley

On April 10, the Des Moines Derby Dames (1-3) won their first and thus far only win on the year against an inexperienced Wisconsin River Valley Roller Girls: All Star squad (0-1), who was also dealing with a controversy over the defection of numerous skaters, due to controversy within the ranks, by the score of 223-88.

Since that time, D3 has dropped consecutive bouts to the Muddy River Nightmares and Old Capital City. Yet despite the two game losing streak, the buzz in the derby world is that D3 is coming into its own, particularly after the very respectable 151-122 loss against Old Capitol City on May 22.

Now D3 has a chance to finish its inaugural season at a very respectable .500, provided they run the table with victories over Wisconsin River Valley and the final home bout against the Omaha Rollersgirls AAA.

"D3's state right now is solid," said team founder and player Show Stopper. "We are learning more everyday and working hard every practice to become an elite force here in Iowa. We are becoming smarter players and working more as a team on our defense."

Show Stopper believes that defense will be the key to victory in the upcoming rematch against Wisconsin River Valley. She is extremely confident that her club can score more than 100 points per game. 

It is a confidence that is well founded. In their first four bouts of the season D3 has averaged 134.5 points per game on the strength of a talented young jamming staff including Ella Diablo, Cosmo Disco, Minnie Mayhem and the formidable Stella Italiana (who did not make the trip to Wisconsin). The only bout where the Dames failed to score over 100 points was in their April 3 debut against the Old Capitol City Roller Girls, a 192-81 loss.

Defensively, they have surrendered an average of 155 points to the opposition.

In an interview with IRDD earlier this week, Wisconsin River Valley founder and skater Hether Skelter said the keys to victory are found in avoiding the myriad of penalties that plagued her squad in their April visit to Des Moines. Since that bout, Skelter said Wisconsin River Valley players have had more experience playing and practicing under WFTDA rules. They have also added about a half dozen players since April.

Details for the game can be found here.