The first thought that comes to my mind when I think of Cincinnati is “disappointment”! I was disappointed when I went online to purchase tickets through Ticketmaster and it cost me 42 for two tickets! I was disappointed when I woke up that morning and found out that my road dawg was not coming with me. I was disappointed that I had two shitty meals on the way there!
However, one thing that did not disappoint me was the way my girls played! In was was supposed to be a total blowout (quoted by many) The Burning River All-Stars suffered only a narrow defeat, coming just 14 points shy.
The game started off a little rough with Cincinnati accruing 33 points before we were able to achieve one. In my opinion I think the strategy we opened with was slightly flawed. I understand the concept of trying to putting all your blockers in the back to force the 20 foot rule; however in an away game where referees can choose how far 20 feet is, that can make things extremely difficult. Like any great team we switched strategy and starting placing points on the board. We began a cut throat “nickle and dime” approach, to start hacking into their lead. We managed to get some key blocks, force some great penalties (quite a few times sending their Jammer to the box) and by halftime we were trailing 40 to 60. This 20 point margin was actually 43 to 57 (due to the fact that they gave Cincy our points), which made it an only 17 point lead. Soul Eater, do you ever remember seeing that score change?
So the second half started with a score discrepenancy that I am not sure went in our favor. But we got back to business. I just want to take a moment to say congratulations to all the first time Travel Team Players; Slammy, Bitter , Killustrator, and Primp Diesel, you guys played your hearts out there. And everyone that had to miss Killustrator’s fancy strut while her name was called in the opening introductions, sure did miss one of the funniest moments of the day!
My throat still hurts from yelling so much, and I think for awhile I was flipping off Referees. In one of the most bogus calls of the night Lead Jammer Eva Lucien gets pushed out of bounds, immediately calls off the jam (wile Out of Bounds), and then gets called for cutting the track. Not only was it B.S. but it was all of Cincinnati’s player that made the referees call the foul (illegal). Despite all the nonsense, with roughly ten minutes left and Stroker Ace as bruised and battered as she was accrued a couple grand slams all in one Jam (I never know how she does this, it is nothing short of spectacular), and we took the lead. We held the lead for roughly 5 minutes, but Cincinnati with the crowd behind them managed to turn things around. Our team got frazzled, the pack was in disarray, and when the smoke settled the score was 107 – 93 in favor of Cincinnati.
So let me say again how proud I am of the team effort put forth by everyone, you girls played so well as a team!

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