The Dallas Flash have now gained two Main League Pickleball (MLP) occasions in again to again weeks. In MLP San Diego, they scorched the competitors, after which in Chicago, they did a lot of the identical.
The Flash confronted off in opposition to the Brooklyn Pickleball Crew within the 1v1 matchup on Sunday, which turned out to the match of the day on Tremendous Sunday.
Alix Truong and Danni Townsend began issues sizzling for Dallas, beating Jackie Kawamoto and Hannah Blatt 11-4 in girls’s. Riley Newman and Christian Alshon had been capable of even issues up at 1-1, beating JW Johnson and Augie Ge 11-7, for Brooklyn.
Alshon then partnered up with Rachel Rohrabacher (who solely performed combined doubles all weekend), and beat JW and Brooke Buckner, 11-7, giving Brooklyn the lead and the momentum shift. Within the final combined doubles, Danni and Augie clutched up, profitable 11-2, over Riley and Jackie.
The Dreambreaker was dominated by Dallas, 21-10.
The @DallasFlashPB take 1st place in MLP Chicago
The Flash beat @brooklynpickleb 21-10 in a Dreambreaker within the 1v1 matchup. Dallas now earns 25 factors for the second straight occasion.
Brooklyn will get 18 factors headed into MLP Orlando. pic.twitter.com/wWWK0YpIpO
— Erik Tice (@azetice) July 26, 2026
Dallas finishes their common season with 72 standings factors, good for sixth place in each whole factors and factors per occasion. That’s probably the place Dallas will find yourself on the finish of the common season.
Up to date playoff image
Talking of the playoffs, I wrote an article yesterday explaining every workforce’s odds on the playoffs and what their outlook is:
MLP Playoff Information for Each Crew Heading into the Last Week
With one week left within the Main League Pickleball common season, it is a assessment of the entire groups within the league and what they should do to make the playoffs.
Different Storylines
The California Black Bears made a surge in Chicago
The Black Bears made a flurry of trades within the final two weeks – the one two gamers on the workforce from the start of the season are Sahra Dennehy and Luca Mack, who’s on Injured Reserve from an damage in the beginning of the 12 months.
The Bears traded for and picked up Pablo Tellez, Dylan Frazier, Zoey Weil, Jalina Ingram, and Martin Emmrich.
Emmrich served because the Captain/Coach this weekend, serving to hte Black Bears to their greatest end of the season. They began out sluggish, dropping to Brooklyn, 3-1. Nonetheless, they went 3-0 of their final three pool matches in opposition to Phoenix, Texas, and Miami, incomes the #2 seed in pool play.
On Sunday, the Bears beat the Chicago Slice, 3-0, incomes 15 standings factors, doubling their earlier whole from three occasions. The Bears are primed for a playoff push if they will decide up some wins in Orlando.
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The Hometown Slice overperformed expectations
The Chicago Slice hosted this occasion on the model new Life Time North Shore facility. Expectations for the workforce had been fairly low headed into the occasion. They traded for some younger up and coming expertise, and picked up AJ Koller off waivers, previous to this occasion. Emma Nelson, John Lucian Goins, and Elsie Hendershot had been acquired throughout the final month.
Captain Zane Navratil solely performed on Thursday (had a beforehand scheduled private dedication this weekend), the place the Slice beat the Atlanta Bouncers, 21-13 in a Dreambreaker.
The Slice then beat the Las Vegas Night time Owls and the SoCal Arduous 8s 3-1, every. On Saturday, they narrowly fell to Utah, 1-3, and Dallas, in a Dreambreaker, 18-21, to complete second of their group.
JLG and Jamie Wei had been the celebs for Chicago via Saturday, and Nelson, Koller, and Hendershot did a terrific job contributing.
Regardless of dropping 0-3 on Sunday to California, Chicago moved up the rankings to be the final workforce within the playoffs. They’ve a tricky pool in Orlando, however something is feasible.
The Utah Black Diamonds had been eradicated from playoff rivalry
The Diamonds began the 12 months with Etta Tuionetoa, Allyce Jones, Connor Garnett, Tama Shimabukuro, Victoria DiMuzio, and Tyler Loong. Since then, they traded away Garnett and received money and bought Yuta Funemizu.
The workforce had some good outcomes, however by no means actually discovered their groove. They completed fourth of their group three occasions in a row, incomes 16 factors. Nonetheless, within the final two occasions they solely earned one whole level.
The Black Diamonds be a part of the Bay Space Breakers and the Florida Smash because the three groups elgiminated from playoff rivalry.
The Night time Owls and Squeeze went from within the playoffs to the surface wanting in
The Squeeze weren’t even enjoying in Chicago, however they dropped two locations within the standings, from twelfth (and in) to 14th, and out. Orlando traded away Federico Staksrud and Milly Rane on the deadline, and picked up Greg Dow and Lina Padegimaite (and a ton of money). They’ll want a very good outcome of their hometown Orlando occasion to propel them again into the playoffs.
The Night time Owls had a bizarre occasion in Chicago – it was very up and down. They misplaced 0-4 to Dallas after which adopted that up with a Dreambreaker win over SoCal on Thursday. They then misplaced 1-3 to Chicago on Friday morning after which beat Utah 3-1 within the afternoon. On Saturday, Las Vegas misplaced at midday Atlanta, 3-1. On Sunday, they misplaced 0-3 to Texas, solely taking away 4 standings factors. Perhaps the Night time Owls identify truly means one thing – they gained the one two afternoon matches they performed on this weekend.
MLP Orlando is correct across the nook and it’s the final common season cease. Look out for a full preview on Wednesday morning, with play beginning Thursday.
