Cincinnati edges Vette City Venom 122-110 in tight WFTDA battle
Cincinnati survived a 122-110 push from Vette City Venom, turning a 12-point June 20 win into a rankings boost in NA Northeast.
Cincinnati outlasted Vette City Venom 122-110 on June 20, a 12-point finish that kept the bout in play deep enough to matter in both the standings and the rankings. In the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association system, sanctioned games feed directly into ranking calculations, so this was more than a clean result for Cincinnati. It was the kind of tight win that still carries weight.
The score tells the real story. Cincinnati reached 122 without ever blowing the game open, while Vette City Venom answered with 110 of its own and stayed close enough to force Cincinnati to protect every jam. That margin suggests Cincinnati controlled the more decisive stretches, but not by much. In a weekend slate where some bouts turned lopsided, this one stayed competitive until the end.
Cincinnati Roller Derby is listed 68th in NA Northeast as of June 26, with a 2-5 season record, 1134 points for and 1531 against, and a GPA of 25.51. The June 20 win fits that profile: a useful result for a team trying to climb out of the lower end of the regional picture, but not yet a sign of a sustained run. Cincinnati’s highest regional ranking was 28th in February 2023, and its best-ever result on the stats page remains a 347-48 win over Quad City on May 2, 2015, a reminder of the ceiling this program has shown before.
Vette City Venom also left with something to build on. The Bowling Green, Kentucky-based Vette City Roller Derby program was formed in 2009, and the Venom side pushed Cincinnati harder than the final margin might suggest. Its 110 points topped the 90 points from a 130-90 loss to Demolition on September 13, 2025, which had stood as the team’s best game-points mark before this matchup. That matters for a roster still trying to sharpen its results against ranked opposition.
For Cincinnati, the value of 122-110 is straightforward: it banked a win against a live opponent and kept the pressure on in a ranking system that rewards every sanctioned point. For Vette City, the close loss showed it can stay within range of a ranked regional side, and that makes the next stretch of summer scheduling more interesting than a simple win-loss column would suggest.
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