Around the WFL (Week 3, 2018): Eva Adams in VAN

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BIGGEST WFL GAMES OF THE DAY PREVIEW

Paris Bulldogs (0-2) @ Norwood Octans (2-0)
at Air Canada Park in Norwood, New Brunswick



Gigi Hadid (RB) (Paris Bulldogs) @ Keri Nee Adkins (WR) (Norwood Octans)

Kickoff Time: 12:03 PM EST (12:03 PM EST/Local Time)
Game Weather: 66 °F, sunny
Game Attendance: 71,611
TV Announcers (ICE): Jennifer Garner (play-by-play), Jared Padalecki (color commentator), Olivia Munn (color commentator), Lauren Gardner (sideline reporter)

Game Preview: The Paris Bulldogs travel west across the Atlantic Ocean to meet their new ocean rivals the Norwood Octans for the first time as the Bulldogs come in looking for their first win of the season meanwhile the Octans are looking to stay undefeated. In the second-ever game in franchise history for the Norwood Octans and their new crown jewel of a stadium Air Canada Park this crowd, up in Norwood have proven to be one of the loudest of the league creating a tough environment for opponents. Paris comes in with quite a few changes made in the past week to their roster after their 0-2 start as the main move is their starting quarterback Jenna McConnell who is on the way out after this game for Vika Bronova who was acquired by the team earlier this week. Since Vika Bronova also had to change studios she wasn't eligible to play for Paris this week so she will have to wait until next week's game against the New Orleans Originals at home forcing Jenna to make one last start this afternoon for the Bulldogs. Paris also acquired Yulia Osmond and her older brother Joel who both previously played with the Toronto Icegals to start this new season and just like Vika they'll have to wait until next week as well. Atlanta Legacies corner Noor Van Der Beek will likely be traded to the Bulldogs this upcoming week as well. The one player in today's game who will be eligible to play who was traded earlier this week from the Los Angeles Stars was Gigi Hadid who had a full week of practice with her new team in the Paris Bulldogs as she will see action today. Gigi Hadid literally started the season as the LA Stars starting QB and after she choked a 28-3 lead to the Seattle Jewel she was removed in favor of Hailee Steinfeld plus she wasn't getting along with her old boss at ROD Lucy Hale either so she knew she was getting traded soon. Here in Paris, they will have Gigi backing up running back Topanga Jamora but Gigi will see a lot of action and see some carries and get some short-distance passes from Jenna. The story in today's game is on the Norwood side of things where the most anticipated rookie debut we have left is Michi Kat Grimes who will make her WFL debut today after being incarcerated the last couple of years or so. MKG will play EDGE rusher and be the immediate replacement for Eva Adams who has moved onto the Vancouver Grizzlies so MKG will be asked to help lead this defense. Octans starting QB Amanda Marleau has had a nice start to her season as her fellow rookie Keri Nee Adkins leads the team in receiving production. This is going to be a tough game for both teams as Paris is a team in transition with their roster moves while Norwood loses Eva Adams and will have to find a way to adapt and feed off their crowd's energy. Paris is still the overall favorite to win the match.

Favored to Win Odds
Paris: 52% chance
Norwood: 48% chance



London Invasion (2-0) @ Quebec Nordiques (0-2)
at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Québec



Georgia May Foote (LB) (London Invasion) @ Airee Brooks (SS) (Quebec Nordiques)

Kickoff Time: 12:03 PM EST (12:03 PM EST/Local Time)
Game Weather: Indoors
Game Attendance: 66,308
TV Announcers (NBC): Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Tony Dungy (color commentator), Rodney Harrison (color commentator), Mike Florio (sideline reporter)

Game Preview: Just like in the Paris and Norwood matchup we have two teams who are either undefeated or winless so something's gotta give in this matchup as the London Invasion come in hot winning their first two games of the season meanwhile the Quebec Nordiques come in losing their first two games of the season to potential playoff teams. The Invasion is coming off of a close victory 24-17 last week to Chicago in their home opener while the Nordiques are coming off of an embarrassing defeat to Boston 35-17 in their home opener last week. Starting off with Montreal here, they have made some big changes since their last game as they fired their young Head Coach Anais Pouliot right after last week's game and started to make some trades with their key players such as Anais' little sister Shannon Pouliot as both of them have departed for Los Angeles to join the Stars starting next week against the Toronto Icegals where they will join that team's other huge pickup Dasha Dereviankina. The team has promoted their defensive coordinator Caity Lotz to the head coaching position so it's a whole new team coming into this week's game. The other huge change was at the quarterback position as Vika Bronova was traded to Paris leaving the team without a starting quarterback and her good friend Hanna Edwinson went with her leaving some glaring holes on the team. The Nordiques decided to gamble and wait to find their QB since they were not interested in the Bulldogs QB Jenna McConnell. The Australia Kangaroos saw value in their QB Vikky Lee after her amazing performance on Monday Night Football against the Jacksonville Stripes and Quebec was the first ones on the phones about Vikky's availability and the trade was made that night after the game so now the Nordiques have replaced Vika with Vikky as their newest starting QB. The mood around the team has been sour ever since their first loss of the season against the Milwaukee Millers so the move was needed and from the sounds of it that Vikky is getting along great with her new teammates and the new coaching staff says the team is more positive during the week of practice. With all of this going on the London Invasion come in with the same team they had during training camp as Megan May Williams is the leader of that defense and they're playing really well right now. Invasion starting quarterback Farah Holt is off to a great start as well and her weapons Maya Owens in the backfield and wideout Joanna Halpin catches everything in sight. This will be a pretty good matchup and should be even but it comes down to execution so expect another close affair between these new Atlantic Ocean rivals.

Favored to Win Odds
London: 53% chance
Quebec: 47% chance



Washington Americans (0-2) @ Toronto Icegals (1-1)
at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario



Pam Strother (LB) (Washington Americans) @ Melissa Alonso (EDGE) (Toronto Icegals)

Kickoff Time: 12:03 PM EST (12:03 PM EST/Local Time)
Game Weather: 70 °F, sunny
Game Attendance: 54,000
TV Announcers (ROD): Katie Daryl (play-by-play), Mina Kimes (color commentator), Darin Brooks (color commentator), Jenny Dell (sideline reporter)

Game Preview: In the fifth all-time meeting between Washington and Toronto in this league we have a lopsided matchup as Toronto is expected to be a championship contender with one of the top 2 talented rosters in the league while Washington is lacking talent which explains their 0-2 start to this new season. The Toronto Icegals are coming off of a historic upset loss via the New York Hitmen last weekend as they shocked them. New York Hitmen star linebacker Madison Beer had an amazing game and got the game-winning interception return for a touchdown off of the Icegals starting quarterback Ophelie Guillermand who has been under severe negative pressure from the Icegals fanbase and local and national media. Ophelie Guillermand is under so much pressure because the team is expected to do way better than they are offensively and they've gotten a glimpse at her backup QB Lindsey Visser who started this season as one of the best receivers in the league. During the two times that Lindsey Visser has been asked to come in the game in relief for Ophelie, she has looked impressive and it was more glaring last week in their loss to New York last week. With Lindsey being from Toronto and rookie star power rising in NITRO this season, the people want her to lead the team so now the pressure is really on Ophelie to get it done against the Americans this week. This is the Icegals second home game of the season so they're expected to get an easy win this week but Washington might have to say something about it as their new defensive leader Pam Strother is on a roll right now despite her team's two losses. The Icegals and their Head Coach Emily Senko will need to figure out how to get back on track offensively and the defense needs to tighten things but it's really talented defense as the story has been about their four undrafted prospects Jesse Anzalone, Marissa Robertson, and the Herbert Twins Ivy and Madison showing up big-time this season. Melissa Alonso moves up to the EDGE position opposite of Lorenea Rape who's having a great season so far and Yareli Reyes replaces her in the linebacking core. The pressure is on Toronto big-time in this game as the fans are growing restless already and it's just the third game of the season so the fans aren't going to wait on Ophelie to figure it out so let's see if we see an even bigger upset from the Americans in this game.

Favored to Win Odds
Toronto: 86% chance
Washington: 14% chance



Dallas Cowgirls (2-0) @ New Orleans Originals (1-1)
at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana



Meredith Mickelson (TE) (Dallas Cowgirls) @ Barbara Di Credo (QB) (New Orleans Originals)

Kickoff Time: 2:40 PM EST (1:40 PM CST/Local Time)
Game Weather: Indoors
Game Attendance: 73,053
TV Announcers (NBC): Greg Gumbel (play-by-play), Trent Green (color commentator), Tracy Wolfson (sideline reporter)

Game Preview: The Dallas Cowgirls have started their new season rolling as they're 2-0 and looking pretty good while doing it as their starting quarterback Elle Alexandra hasn't lost a step from her days with the Quebec Nordiques 5 years ago. Dallas won an overtime thriller 48-42 in their home opener on Sunday Night Football against the Tampa Sol as the offense won in a shootout to Malena Morgan's high-powered offense. Elle Alexandra has had some pretty good support surrounded by her new rookies like Meredith Mickelson, Chase Carter, Abby Champion, Brooke Perry, and Hannah Davis who all play on offense. The Cowgirls march into New Orleans to take the Originals who had an impressive victory over the Nashville Ladies in week 1 but dropped an ugly game 63-0 against the Shields sisters Strawberry and Kay who had a historic performance last week. The Originals have to get their stuff together as this is a team in Dallas who can easily come in there do the same exact thing to them. The weakness of the Cowgirls right now is their defense although they added Devin Reyes to that defensive line they don't have anything behind him which explains why they gave up 42 points last week to Tampa Bay but the team's strong point is their diverse offense which can put up points in a hurry and New Orleans doesn't have much on defense either. The two stars for the Originals are Barbara Di Creddo who plays QB and Italiana Richmond who plays in her backfield running back and they'll be asked to keep up in a shootout. Expect a lot of points to be scored in this afternoon affair as Dallas looks to stay up to a 3-0 record as they got Norwood coming in next week on Monday Night Football which is the team's third primetime game of the season this is the Cowgirls first daytime game of the season against New Orleans this week.

Favored to Win Odds
Dallas: 80% chance
New Orleans: 20% chance



Anaheim Oranges (1-1) @ Tampa Sol (1-1)
at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida



Anna Herrin (QB) (Anaheim Oranges) @ Malena Morgan (QB) (Tampa Sol)

Kickoff Time: 5:10 PM EST (5:10 PM EST/Local Time)
Game Weather: 90 °F, partly sunny
Game Attendance: 65,554
TV Announcers (ROD): Rob Lowe (play-by-play), Troy Aikman (color commentator), Jen Hale (sideline reporter)

Game Preview: In the Game of the Week in the league we have two 1-1 teams meeting each other in this Nancy Football Conference (NFC) matchup between the Anaheim Oranges visiting the Tampa Sol. This is the third primetime appearance for the Sol this season as they played in the Game of the Week slot two weeks ago in the season opener against in-state rival the Jacksonville Stripes. Tampa Sol starting quarterback Malena Morgan is the bright star to see as she has put up a hell of a number of points over this first two weeks getting her team involved in shootouts but today she'll face Anaheim Oranges starting QB Anna Herrin who has been a bit of a surprise to start this season as she's doing pretty well as the #12 ranked QB in the league right now so expect Anna Herrin to give Malena Morgan everything that she's got for her today. Tampa gave up 48 points last week on defense but they still have two bright stars on that side of the ball in Carmela Rose and Tammy Oldehoff as the good news for the Sol this week is that they didn't have to lose Tammy to the team they just faced the Dallas Cowgirls who were supposed to get her services this week but since her NITRO studio ICE didn't trade her away to NBC she stayed put in Tampa. The Sol is gonna want to get their defense in order but for now, Malena has helped in the backfield from Patricia Nery who is one of the fastest players in the league along with a strong core of four veteran wide receivers starting with Marsha Owens, Julianna Guill, Lana Rhodes, and Riley Reid. All four of these girls have accounted for almost 1,000 receiving yards in total this season and 10 touchdowns coming into this game so Malena has a lethal offense behind her. For Anaheim, they have quite the offense with Xenia Deli being the main weapon here as well as they're growing into themselves around Anna Herrin but defense is lacking on this team. Today's game is going to be about who can get that key stop of the game to stop the bleeding but this is definitely a game that scoring lovers are going to enjoy.

Favored to Win Odds
Tampa Bay: 61% chance
Anaheim: 39% chance



Minnesota Viqueens (1-1) @ Milwaukee Millers (2-0)
at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin



Amy Aasen (RB) (Minnesota Viqueens) @ Bridget Satterlee (LB) (Milwaukee Millers)

Kickoff Time: 5:10 PM EST (4:10 PM CST/Local Time)
Game Weather: 59 °F, cloudy
Game Attendance: 46,218
TV Announcers (ICE): Rachel G. Fox (play-by-play), Briana Evigan (color commentator), Kourtney Kellar (sideline reporter)

Game Preview: In a Midwestern rivalry showdown the Minnesota Viqueens take on their neighbors to the east over in Wisconsin in the Milwaukee Millers. As of right now, the Miller Millers are firing on all cylinders right now defensively led by their leader and one of the best rookies in the league Bridget Satterlee as the Millers kept the Colorado Boulders to just 5 points last week. The Millers comeback home to Milwaukee for today's game as they look to continue to improve as a team under their Head Coach Sasha Luss who has her team off to a pretty great start this season. Bridget Satterlee was a beast last week in Denver getting 13 tackles, 4 tackles for a loss, 2.5 sacks last week as she's currently ranked as the top defensive player in the game right now. Now the Millers did have a major change coming into this week as their ex-teammate Natalie Ceretti got into a small fight with Bridget Satterlee last week during and after the game causing Natalie to request for a trade and get the hell out of there so the Millers come into this game actually a bit shorthanded. Milwaukee adds to the team Kelli Berglund and Hana Giraldo to the team as Kelli Berglund will help the offense with starting quarterback Jelena Mariucci and Hana Giraldo will help out on defense with newly named Laverne & Shirley combo Bridget Satterlee and Nancy Nery. Minnesota is 1-1 so they're a team looking for a bit of momentum and they actually carry about five rookies on their team which include the two Peric sisters Anja and Kristy along with their best player in running back Amy Aasen, receiver Sanne Vloet, and edge rusher Anastasiya Scheglova. Minnesota won't be an easy team to beat for any team in the AFC. Milwaukee's defense will have to keep an eye on Amy Aasen the most in this game she's good for 100 to 200 yards a game any game so that should be an interesting matchup to see how they handle her because if she does well then this game will be close and could keep the Millers from getting to 3-0 to start this new season.

Favored to Win Odds
Milwaukee: 64% chance
Minnesota: 36% chance



Vancouver Grizzlies (2-0) @ Atlanta Legacies (1-1)
at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia



Eva Adams (FS) (Vancouver Grizzlies) @ K. Lee Graham (WR) (Atlanta Legacies)

Kickoff Time: 5:10 PM EST (5:10 PM EST/Local Time)
Game Weather: Indoors
Game Attendance: 71,985
TV Announcers (Punky): Rachel G. Fox (play-by-play), Briana Evigan (color commentator), Kourtney Kellar (sideline reporter)

Game Preview: In the first ever game on the new Punky Television Network a sister network of ICE we have another really great and talented defensive team in this league in the Vancouver Grizzlies who have a new look team going down to Hot Atlanta at the brand new gorgeous Mercedes-Benz Stadium with some moves made ahead of this game most notably the acquisition of Eva Adams from Norwood. Eva Adams was the Norwood Octans best player so that was a huge loss for them but Vancouver was able to grab her out of there along with Kaylee Bryant this past week as Kaylee joins her as well. Vancouver made this move in order to replace Dasha Dereviankina at the safety position on defense who they traded to the Los Angeles this past week as well due to her getting into an altercation live on the sidelines where she got punched by her ex-teammate Alina Kirchiu so in order to not keep things awkward between Dasha and her teammates the move was made plus Dasha herself was traded from her NITRO studio ICE to ROD so it made sense to get Dasha to LA. Vancouver already had a loaded defense now they just got even more talented with the additions of Eva and Kaylee joining that defense. Another move that the Grizzlies made was at the starting quarterback position as veteran Deborah Jo Wood got traded as well to the Houston Oilers but she won't be starting for them until next week as the Grizzlies picked up Mila Gunz who will join the team after this game and be in a situation to start for them next week against the Milwaukee Millers on Sunday Night Football for a huge football game at home in front of their fans. For now, Debby Jo Wood is still the starter for this week's game and her main weapon is Irene Ko Park who is off to a fast start this season and could be the difference in this game. Vancouver's rookie Head Coach Paloma Kwiatkowski is in some real trouble with her job security but because the team has been winning she hasn't been removed yet, some of the players are not getting along with her right now. On the Atlanta side, this is going to be an emotional game for them as the Van Der Beek sisters suffered through a lot of stress this week due to bullying from their studiomates and Lillian Van Der Beek was the main target as she was bullied on Friday night by some of the members of this Vancouver Grizzlies team so she is out for this game so her sister Noor will be playing in heavy hearts for her and this will be Noor's last game for the team as she moves onto Paris after this game. Atlanta is coming off of a huge victory last week against Georgia Fowler and the New Zealand Kiwis so they'll be looking to get over the .500 mark this week. Legacies starting QB Liz Turner will be tested against one of the top defenses in the league without her weapon Lillian so look for K. Lee Graham to really step up in her place this week. This is going to be an emotional game here and probably a game for both teams which might determine where their seasons will go after this game.

Favored to Win Odds
Vancouver: 71% chance
Atlanta: 29% chance



Broad Street Bullies (2-0) @ Chicago Enforcers (1-1)
at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois



Vanessa Moe (QB) (Broad Street Bullies) @ Natalie Ceretti (LB) (Chicago Enforcers)

Kickoff Time: 8:30 PM EST (7:30 PM CST/Local Time)
Game Weather: 56 °F, cloudy
Game Attendance: 42,147
TV Announcers (NBC): Al Michaels (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (color commentator), Michele Tafoya (sideline reporter)

Game Preview: You've been waiting all day for a Sunday night and now you've got it with Philadelphia against Chicago live from Wrigley Field on NBC. It doesn't get much bigger than that as both teams come in here looking for a win as Molly Ephraim and Alexandra Krosney's team the Broad Street Bullies out of South Philly are undefeated at 2-0 as they're cruising through the first two weeks here thanks to their great play from the Terrible Twins Vanessa and Jesalyn Moe. The Bullies cornerback Jesalyn Moe might be the best corner in the entire league as she shuts that side of the football completely down and she's a nightmare for quarterbacks to look over to her side as Chicago Enforcers starting QB Mackenzie Foy will have the challenge of avoiding throwing to her side making it tough today for find other people open with the rest of the defense being able to take care of the other receivers on the team. Mackenzie Foy suffered an injury in last week's loss against the London Invasion but she looks to be okay as she had a full week of practice. Jesalyn Moe's twin sister Vanessa is the starting QB of the Broad Street Bullies and she's killing it right now on her side of the football as one of the best rookie quarterbacks in the entire league already. Bullies wide receiver Hilarie Vitelli is one of Vanessa's main targets on that side of the football as Hilarie had 13 catches for 217 yards last week in the Bullies' 42-14 win on the road against the Lake Erie Harmonies. This Midwest tour from Cleveland to Chicago is going to be a trip that the Bullies look back on as one that got them together. Defensively the Bullies are always stacked and they are dealing with Toni Butler leaving their team this week for Paris as Toni makes her debut next week for them but Antonella Marzilli and Angie Bonanni are great enough to make sure they don't miss her. For Chicago, they need to get back on track after losing a close game 24-17 to the London Invasion last week. Chicago carries low-key one of the better defenses in the league led by Gia Jolie and they were able to add their rival Natalie Ceretti to the team as she comes down from Milwaukee. Chicago has not given up more than 30 points in the first two games so we'll see if that keeps up against the Broad Street Bullies on Sunday Night Football.

Favored to Win Odds
Philadelphia: 54% chance
Chicago: 46% chance



Seattle Jewel (2-0) @ New Zealand Kiwis (0-2)
at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand



Gabrielle Shields (LB) (Seattle Jewel) @ Georgia Fowler (QB) (New Zealand Kiwis)

Kickoff Time: 11:07 PM EST (3:07 PM NZST/Local Time)
Game Weather: 63 °F, partly sunny
Game Attendance: 59,707
TV Announcers (ROD): Spero Dedes (play-by-play), Adam Archuleta (color commentator), Laura Okmin (sideline reporter)

Game Preview: In late night action we have some Monday afternoon football down under from Auckland at historic Eden Park between two Nancy Football Conference teams in the undefeated Seattle Jewel visiting the winless New Zealand Kiwis. The Seattle Jewel come in as one of the hottest teams in the league with an air attack like no other as their starting quarterback Strawberry Shields is making history with her performances like her 63-0 victory over New Orleans last week where Strawberry connected with her sister Kay Shields on 7 touchdowns in that game. Strawberry leads the league with 11 touchdowns thrown this season so she's quite a show right now and Kay Shields is the fastest player in the entire league nobody can cover her at this moment. For Kay Shields, this is her first game since releasing the second series of her sneaker line from Nike in the Supersonic Kay 2s which were released on Wednesday of this past week to coincide with the big series premiere of the two sisters new comedy DJ Becky that debut that night on the ICE Television Network. Another huge thing about this game is that the team has added more defensive talent in the form of their older sister Gabrielle Shields who joins the defense in the linebacking core for the first time since getting out of prison. Gabrielle Shields played in this league the season before so she's a veteran and she helps a talented Seattle defense that has surprised this season with their rookies Zelda Stojanović, Camren Bicondova, and Mariana Phillips have had a good season so far the Jewel. The Kiwis lost their second straight game last week to Atlanta 30-27 which was a thriller. The Kiwis who are led by Georgia Fowler are still a team that nobody really knows right now but this is the type of game that we'll find out for sure because it depends on how they compete against Seattle in this game since we know the Jewel is a team that can put points up on the board in a hurry and has a defense right now that can become elite and shut them down so we'll see as Seattle looks to cruise to 3-0 on a long road trip just like Los Angeles this week down in Australia a couple of nights ago.

Favored to Win Odds
Seattle: 76% chance
New Zealand: 24% chance

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Paris Bulldogs 24 @ Norwood Octans 24 - 4th Quarter - 7:36 left (ICE-TV) (Ch.7)

Update: It's been a tight affair so far up north in Norwood as the Bulldogs and Octans are going at it back-and-forth. The story coming into the game was the huge WFL debut of Michi Kat Grimes as she has already made a huge impact on this game already as the blocking from the Bulldogs has been poor so far as MKG has gotten in that backfield all day and put a lot of pressure on Jenna McConnell to get rid of the ball fast. MKG already through the first 3 quarters of the game has 3.5 sacks and 4 tackles for a loss. Offensively Allison Shields is having another huge game as she has 7 catches so far for 84 yards and 2 touchdowns in this game. For Norwood, Keri Nee Adkins has been eating as she has all three of Norwood's touchdowns off of QB Amanda Marleau today. The game is tied up and could very go into overtime as Paris actually just tied up the game with a field goal to make it 24-24.





London Invasion 21 @ Quebec Nordiques 21 - 4th Quarter - 8:43 left (NBC-TV) (Ch. 4)

Update: Another close affair is happening up in Montreal in Vikky Lee's debut at quarterback for the Quebec Nordiques as she started the game with a touchdown drive and since then it's been a lot of good defense with some good defense sprinkled in there. Vikky Lee has looked impressive as she's already thrown for 300 yards but this Invasion defense is getting key stops keeping the scoring down. Megan May Williams is all over the field with another 10+ tackles performance and she picked Vikky Lee off for an interception return for a touchdown that gave the Invasion the lead when the game was 14-7 in the first half. The Nordiques defense looks energized right now as they're keeping Farah Holt and Joanna Halpin on their heels in this game today. The crowd is really loud in a pretty good atmosphere at Olympic Stadium. The Nordiques were trailing 21-14 to start the 4th quarter and just tied the game up as Vikky Lee threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Celeste Desjardins. We could also be going into overtime in this game as well.





Washington Americans 10 @ Toronto Icegals 49 - 4th Quarter - 12:22 left (ROD-TV) (Ch. 5)

Update: This has been an emotional roller coaster at Rogers Centre as the game was so different for most of the 1st half as Washington scored 10 unanswered points mainly thanks to Pam Strother getting the head of Toronto Icegals starting QB Ophelie Guillermand who threw two interceptions to her taking a 10-7 lead with 4:22 to go in the second quarter and the crowd's boos towards Ophelie grew louder and louder to the point where fans constantly chanted towards Icegals coach Emily Senko to remove her from the game in favor of Lindsey Visser. Coach Senko had enough and finally removed Ophelie from the game in favor of Lindsey Visser and what a change in the mood not only for the team but the building itself. Lindsey wasn't playing around she came right in and took charge and put up two touchdowns right before the half one of them to Audreyana Williams and the other was a 79-yard touchdown pass to Nancy Kimmell which got the building crazy and super loud it's like the air of misery since last week finally was lifted on that one pass to make it 21-10. Lindsey would go on to throw two more touchdown passes in that third quarter and just threw one to the team's leader Paris Jackson to make it 49-10 with 12:22 left to go in the 4th. There were a lot of fights happening in this game between Washington and Toronto mainly towards Pam Strother who was talking a lot of shit earlier in the game when she took over and she couldn't quite make it when the Icegals responded against her. The defense has responded as well as Coach Senko wanted to keep the score at 10 or under 10 points and they are playing lights out. We'll go over more in-depth the stats but the team has gotten 5 turnovers off of Kelly Rohrbach since the tide turned in this game so far for the Icegals. The roof came off the joint when Ivy Herbert got a huge 90-yard interception return for a touchdown off of the lone scoring drive since the Icegals first took the lead back in the 1st half as she made it 42-10 as the entire team came over to celebrate with Ivy as the emotional stress since last week's loss went away right there as the team realized they had this one in the bag and there were so many fights in this game that it seemed like this one had become personal. Still, some time left so Lindsey might not be done yet in this one.

[Here's Katie Daryl's call on Ivy Herbert's highlight-worthy touchdown that tore the house down]

Darin Brooks (color commentator): The defense looks tired on this drive as this is the best we've seen Kelly Rohrbach look today let's see if she can put this one into the endzone here on 3rd down & 4.

Katie Daryl (play-by-play): Pressure coming from Lorenea Rape and she gets it away and IT'S INTERCEPTED as that's Ivy Herbert who catches it.

Katie Daryl: Ivy Herbert who has all green grass to the 25, 20, 15, 10, 5 ENDZONE TOUCHDOWN ICEGALS!! WOW!!!!

Katie Daryl: IVY HERBERT CALLS GAME ON THE AMERICANS WAVING BYE BYE TO THEM ON THE WAY TO THE ENDZONE!

Katie Daryl: THE STRESS OUT OF THIS PLACE FROM LAST WEEK HAS LEFT AND THEY'RE NOW OFFICIALLY READY FOR THE ROD KNOCKOUTS IN LOS ANGELES NEXT WEEK!!

Mina Kimes (color commentator): I didn't want to say this but it's safe to say it now THEY'RE BACK!!!!!!!!





Lake Erie Harmonies 3 @ Detroit Fury 45 - 4th Quarter - 9:26 left (AJC-TV) (Ch. 2)

Update: This one was over early as the Massacre in Motown was a wrap as soon as the Detroit Fury's new weapon out of that backfield Paget Hagemeijer touched the ball as the female Barry Sanders as she's being called by locals there in Detroit rushed for 195 yards by halftime and got 4 scores she made life easy on Janet Moore today who really didn't have to use her arm that much in today's game. Paget got 2 rushing and 2 receiving touchdowns in that first half to make the score 28-3 in favor of the Fury. The Harmonies had no chance at all coming into this game when Paget was running wild the way she was doing and the defense fed off of her energy as they got busy as Jezebel James continues to impress getting 5 sacks in this game. Paget put in one more touchdown in the 2nd half and the other score was a passing touchdown to Gig Midgley. Paget at the moment has 286 yards of total offense right now with 167 yards on those yards on the ground as she had posted a 68-yard run in this game on of her scores. This Detroit team is going to be really tough to beat unless somebody figures out how to stop both Janet and Paget.

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WFL AFTERNOON GAMES UPDATES



Paris Bulldogs 31 @ Norwood Octans 31 - Overtime - 8:42 left (ICE-TV) (Ch.7)

Update: It was tied up at 24-24 the last time we updated you guys on this game as since then Paris got a key stop and was able to take the lead via a Gigi Hadid touchdown out of the backfield her first as a Paris Bulldog as she had a huge 17-yard run into the endzone. It would be up to Amanda Marleau to run a 2-minute drive to get this bad boy into overtime and that she did as Mandy got her team down the field and in a position to send the game into overtime. Mandy Marleau ran in the touchdown to get the game tied all up 31-31 to send it to overtime which is where we're at now as the Bulldogs got the ball first so they need to score a touchdown to end it as a field goal will allow the Octans to get the ball and if the Octans don't score a touchdown they can't end the game as there will be a sudden overtime situation after that with the Bulldogs getting the ball back. It should be noted that MKG is making a huge difference in this game getting pressure on Jenna McConnell to get rid of the ball quickly but Jenna has done a great job getting the ball out of her hand as quickly as possible to avoid getting sacked by MKG.





London Invasion 21 @ Quebec Nordiques 28 - 4th Quarter - 0:07 left (NBC-TV) (Ch. 4)

Update: We were all tied up at 21 points apiece during the last update but we have had ourselves a thriller here in the 4th quarter as both teams got some key stops and that led to Vikky Lee's first chance on her new team the Quebec Nordiques to lead a game-winning drive. If you like drama you got it here with 2:36 left to go in the 4th quarter as the drive before that Nordiques safety Airee Brooks came up in the box to sack Invasion quarterback Farah Holt on 3rd down to force a turnover on downs and get the ball back for her team. The stadium was the loudest it's been so far this season at that moment as you felt like the Nordiques had all of the momentum on their side to get this first win of the season. Vikky Lee officially started her drive all the way back at her own 25-yard line. Vikky like a surgeon led her team down the field on this tired Invasion defense as Megan May Williams and the girls looked a step slow on this drive as Vikky and the offense was wearing them out. With under 20 seconds to go the Nordiques actually ran out of timeouts so they needed a dead ball play to stop the clock and it was 3rd down so Vikky took a risk and decided to run a play anyways and the gamble worked as Vikky ran the ball into the endzone to get what looks to be the game-winning touchdown. It was a 28-yard run as Vikky used her speed to get in there as she drew the defense away from the middle of the field. The crowd went crazy seeing their new star QB lead the team to a drive like that as the Invasion barely have anytime to tie the game as they will need a miracle. It looks like the Nordiques are about to win their first game of the season in dramatic fashion with their new head coach Caity Lotz and new QB Vikky Lee.





Dallas Cowgirls 30 @ New Orleans 10 - 4th Quarter - 10:39 left (NBC-TV) (Ch. 4)

Update: The Dallas Cowgirls have been rolling through the start of this season and they get their easiest opponent of the first three as they blew past the New Orleans Originals early on as Cowgirls running back Chase Carter got off to a fast start scoring the first 14 points in this game as she's well over 100 yards rushing through this point in the game and quarterback Elle Alexandra took over from there throwing touchdown passes to tight end Meredith Mickelson and Abby Champion. The defense added in a safety too as there was some concern from Dallas fans if they have a good enough defense this year but Devin Reyes applied the sack on Originals QB Barbara Di Creddo to get that safety. The defense was supposed to get Tammy Oldehoff this week but ICE decided to keep Tammy instead of trading her to NBC so that means Dallas wasn't getting her and Tammy stays with the Sol. Barbara Di Creddo and Italiana Richmond just don't have enough help on their team as they're likely to go to 1-2 this season as they head overseas to Paris next week.





Bay Area Quakes 21 @ Jacksonville Stripes 17 - 4th Quarter - 7:58 left (ICE-TV) (Ch. 7)

Update: We got ourselves a good one down in Duvall County between the Bay Area Quakes and Jacksonville Stripes as both teams are 1-1 and coming off their first wins of the season last week. It's a good defensive battle brewing here as the Bay Area Quakes are putting Jacksonville starting quarterback Koy Jung in check right now. Quakes star corner Natasha Herbst added in another interception return for a touchdown in this game as got a pick six off of Koy in this game helping her Quakes grab a 21-17 towards midway through the 4th quarter. Also, Quakes starting QB Soni Nicole Bringas from Full House on NBC added in two touchdowns in this game for her team. Stripes running back Jasmine Sanders is out there being held down pretty well after a hot start to this season this Quakes defense led by Natasha Herbst, Josie Canseco, Erika Kundrotaite, and Aleksandra Bogdanovic has put her in check as well keeping Jasmine to only 55 yards rushing in this game. That has been the major key but since the game is close and Koy Jung is a really good quarterback this game is still up for the taking. Currently, Jacksonville is now in possession of the ball with 7:58 left in this game.





Las Vegas Dice 38 @ Nashville Ladies 9 - 4th Quarter - 12:16 left (ROD-TV) (Ch. 5)

Update: Nashville so far has been used as a punchbag in their first two games of the season at home as the Los Angeles Stars came in there last week and trounced them 38-6 and now the Las Vegas Dice come in there this week beating down the Ladies 38-9 with 12 minutes to go in the 4th quarter. Las Vegas head coach Rachel Mortenson has her defense playing great again as Kara Del Toro and Kelly Love continue to lead that side of the football. Kara Del Toro already has 4 sacks and 6 tackles for losses in this game as she's been in Nashville's backfield all game long just wreaking havoc on their offensive line and Mara Teigen is having a good game as well with 11 tackles in this game at linebacker. Offensively Kate Li Williams is having her best game of the season to-date rushing for over 150 yards already as she has added in 3 touchdowns in this game thus far with still some ways to go here. Nashville is not doing anything in this game as their offense has been shutdown so far and held to three field goals. This game is pretty much a wrap as Vegas is about to head to 3-0 to start this new season.





Arizona Desert 16 @ Houston Oilers 7 - 4th Quarter - 6:16 left (PUNKY-TV) (Ch. 3)

Update: The Arizona Desert have been in some low-scoring affairs and this one is no different as the Desert have rolled out to a 16-7 lead with almost 6 minutes left in the 4th quarter. Arizona linebacker Sarah Simmons has been out here keeping that Houston offense including running back Amber Anderson in check in this game. Arizona has only put out one touchdown via Sydney Roper in this game and the rest were three field goals to give them that 16-7 lead. Houston still has enough time to win this game but if not they'll have to wait on their new quarterback Deborah Jo Wood to join them.

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Anaheim Oranges 35 @ Tampa Sol 35 - 4th Quarter - 9:09 left (ROD-TV) (Ch.5)

Update: Down in Tampa, it's another hot and steamy Sunday Florida afternoon and the hometown Sol are involved in another shootout as all of their first three games of the season have been shootouts. Both teams the Anaheim Oranges and Tampa Sol carry talented defenses but they both just haven't put it together yet for whatever reason. The Oranges starting quarterback Anna Herrin has been a really good story out Anaheim this season as she's been one of the top 12 QBs in the league thus far this season and we already know how good Malena Morgan has been as she's been one of the top 10 QBs in the league this season so far herself. Both ladies are putting on a show as they've combined for over 900 yards of total offense together through this point of the game between them as Anna and Malena have thrown for more than 400 yards so far accounting for all of their touchdowns except for Tampa who had a fumble return for a touchdown by Tammy Oldehoff who the Sol are lucky to have still played for the team because she was supposed to be traded to the Dallas Cowgirls this week if it wasn't for ICE deciding to keep her as their new Co-CEO Kya Summers wanted to keep her and be responsible for her actions. Carmela Rose despite the defense getting shit on has done her job getting 12 tackles through this point in the game for Tampa. Right now Anaheim has the ball back after Tammy's fumble return for a touchdown which was the most recent play in the game with 9:09 left in the 4th quarter. It's a thriller and if you like potent offenses this is the game for you as this one is a treat over on ROD.





Minnesota Americans 13 @ Milwaukee Millers 24 - 4th Quarter - 5:14 left (ICE-TV) (Ch. 7)

Update: Right out of the gate in this game the Americans scored a touchdown off of their running back Amy Aasen but since then the Millers have been focused and shutting them down as they rarely have let anybody score on them this season. The Millers star linebacker Bridget Satterlee is having another great game as she is just everywhere getting 15 tackles and an interception so Bridget is just out here shutting down offenses as Amy Aasen since that touchdown run has been held to a mere 9 yards the rest of the game. WOW! Despite not having Natalie Ceretti anymore the Millers haven't lost as a step on this defense as new addition Hana Giraldo has added some firepower to this defense as she has 7 tackles in this game and the Laverne & Shirley combo of Bridgette Satterlee and Nancy Nery continues to be potent. Jelena Mariucci threw a couple of touchdowns in the endzone today with one going to her new teammate Kelli Berglund as she continues to improve as a quarterback but the Millers are rolling up there in Minneapolis at the brand new beautiful U.S. Bank Stadium. Minnesota has some good talent but they were clearly outmatched in this game but there will be better weeks for them.





Vancouver Grizzlies 27 @ Atlanta Legacies 9 - 3rd Quarter - 1:20 left (PUNKY-TV) (Ch. 3)

Update: Speaking of defenses that don't give an inch that's the Vancouver Grizzlies and if you thought they were scary before they're even scarier now with their new teammates Eva Adams and Kaylee Bryant who they got over in a trade involving their ex-teammate Dasha Dereviankina who has departed to Los Angeles this week after getting involved in a serious altercation last Sunday with her teammate Alina Kirchiu where Alina punched her. This Grizzlies team will continue to look different as their starting quarterback Deborah Jo Wood will depart to Houston after this game giving way to Mila Gunz who will start for them next Sunday in an incredible defensive showdown between the Milwaukee Millers and the Vancouver Grizzlies on Sunday Night Football at BC Place in Vancouver. Now as far as this game goes it was a very emotional game since a few of the Grizzlies players was involved in the raping of Noor Van Der Beek's sister Lillian who played for the Legacies as well. This is Noor's last game with Atlanta as she's being traded to Paris after this game to help their struggling defense. Noor is leaving it all out there and the Legacies are playing for Lillian who is recovering from that unfortunate sexual assault. This was a chance for Noor and her teammates to personally attack the players who were involved in that incident. The game started out rough as the Legacies kept on trying to fight those girls and there was a 20-minute delay to get things to calm down. Noor did not finish the game as referees threw her out of the game as her head was not there as she wanted revenge and kept disrupting play and the fans booed because they wanted Noor to get revenge for her sister. The crowd booed the Grizzlies all game but that didn't affect them as their defense scored two of their touchdowns in this game. Eva Adams has scored a touchdown in all three of her first three games of the season as she an 88-yard interception return for a touchdown with the crowd chanting at her "RAPIST, RAPIST, RAPIST!!!" but Eva didn't care as she has 9 tackles in this game a couple of sacks in an amazing debut. The other defensive touchdown was scored via Gia Radionova who took a 55-yard interception home for a touchdown as well and offensively Irene Ko Park who's one of the fastest players in the league scored a 74-yard touchdown as she's been dynamic in this game catching 11 balls in this game for 170+ receiving yards. Once Mila gets in here this could one of the better offenses in the league. Liz Turner and the Legacies have been completely shutdown with all 9 of their points coming off of field goals as Vancouver's defense continues to get key stops preventing them from getting into the endzone. There's still a whole quarter to go in this ballgame but the Grizz seemingly have it on lock.

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Quebec Nordiques built differently now and Paris will get back on track next week imho

I feel like Dallas defenses will be their undoing this season as they'll start facing teams with really good defenses soon to hold them down better.

Anaheim and Tampa are always in shootouts lmao

Milwaukee and Vancouver's defenses are so scary I can't wait to see how that matchup does next week.

I'm scared shitless of the Toronto Icegals with Lindsey Visser so this could be trouble for my LA Stars.