Thursday, August 01, 2013

Preview: AUDL Championship Weekend

AUDL Playoffs continue this weekend with the 2nd place team playing the 1st place in each conference. These four teams are, by record and performance, the best in the league. The conference champion teams earn a $5000 prize and then play for the AUDL championship (& $15,000!) on Sunday, August 4 at 2pm ET. All three games take place in Chicago, IL.

:Midwestern Conference:
Madison Radicals (#2) vs Chicago Wildfire (#1)

:When:
Saturday, August 3 @ 3p ET. Video stream by UXtv ($12.99).

:Records:

 Radicals 
 Wildfire 
Overall Record
13-3
14-2
Home
7-1
6-2
Away
6-2
8-0

:2013 Season Scoring:

:History:
Radicals won 2 out of 3 games against the Wildfire- their only 2 losses of the season. The Radicals are the only Midwestern conference team to beat Wildfire at home - the very location of this conference championship. It's been a slim margin of victory in each of their past meetings; April 20 (+1, Radicals), May 12 (+1, Wildfire); June 29 (+2, Radicals).

:Eastern Conference:
New York Empire (#2) vs Toronto Rush (#1)

:When:
Saturday, August 3 @ 7p ET. Video by UXtv ($12.99).

:Records:

 Empire 
 Rush 
Overall Record
11-5
16-0
Home
7-1
8-0
Away
4-4
8-0

:2013 Season Scoring:

:History:
Rush won all 3 meetings (April 27, May 12, July 7) against Empire by 8 scores, 7 scores, 12 scores, respectively.

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