Gainesville Wild vs Palm Beach Breakers – Matchup Preview
Friday
7/2/2021
6 PM
Orange County Convention Center
Both the Gainesville Wild and the Palm Beach Breakers are teams that recently re-branded from former team names. The Gainesville Wild re-located from Jacksonville where they were then branded the Jacksonville Steel. The Palm Beach Breakers was a result of a team merger between the Palm Beach Elite and the Pompano Pulse. Both teams first competed in the As 1 Tournament in December of 2020.
The Wild had completely revamped their roster prior to the Tournament with most players coming from Texas. They performed well with fresh talent and made it all the way to the Championship where they fell just short of beating the Fort Lauderdale Lions.
The Breakers retained many core players from both previous teams, and had 2 very close and well-fought matches but ended up 0-2 at the end of the Tournament.
Wild - Match Active Roster
STARTERS
| 10 | Julie Raider | 25 | Blake Kidder |
| 29 | Laura Braun | 42 | RJ Hibbard |
| 11 | Laura Callicut | 32 | Josh Rundall |
| 4 | Sammy Nalley | 23 | Nick Shappee |
| 12 | Tracy Zimmer | 18 | Patrick Long |
ALTERNATES
| 8 | Carissa Macay | 7 | Samuel Martin |
| 17 | Katie Mork | 33 | Austin Siegel (WildCard) |
| 38 | Dez Muir | 11 | John Duenckel |
Definitions:
Starter – the first 5 players in either gender allowed to play in a match.
Alternate – a non-starter that can be activated by benching an active player for the remainder of the match.
WildCard – the only alternate allowed to be activated without permanently benching an active player. A WC is limited to 2 races per match.
Breakers - Match Active Roster
STARTERS
| 7 | Kayleigh Walsh | 2 | Angel Rodriguez |
| 23 | Gaby Moestar | 20 | Alex Oliveras |
| 16 | Denise Tam | 42 | Kevin Jennings |
| 15 | Kirsten Therrien | 8 | Jose Caretto |
| 4 | Claudia Reque | 80 | Spencer Cotton |
ALTERNATES
| 88 | Nat Fraley | 3 | Ezra Diaz |
| Â | Â | 69 | Willie Hall (WildCard) |
| Â | Â | 5 | Evan Hesse |
Definitions:
Starter – the first 5 players in either gender allowed to play in a match.
Alternate – a non-starter that can be activated by benching an active player for the remainder of the match.
WildCard – the only alternate allowed to be activated without permanently benching an active player. A WC is limited to 2 races per match.
