WER 2025 – RD 11: Twin Cities Gemini v Chicago Tempest

12 v 10

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The Chicago Tempest travel south to face the TC Gemini at TCO Stadium in a midwestern melee during Round 11 of WER’s inaugural season!

This match sees the two teams at the bottom of the WER standings scrap to pick up valuable table points. The TC Gemini sit with a 2-5 record following their most recent match, a 31-22 road loss against the New York Exiles. The Chicago Tempest are desperate for a victory, sitting with a 0-7 record and only a single point in the standings. They fell 49-12 to the Boston Banshees in their last game. These teams have met once in the past, during WER’s opening weekend when the Gemini fought hard for a 15-20 victory in Chicago.

It was another low scoring, tight affair in the second meeting between these sides. The Tempest took a 7-10 lead thanks to a 61st minute Vanessa Ciappetta score on debut, and were within 8 minutes of their first victory before KJ Johnson bagged her 2nd of the game in the 73rd minute to take a slender 12-10 advantage. The Tempest could not respond and the Gemini escape with their 3rd win of the season in the lowest scoring game of WER to date!

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
May 31, 2025	8:00 pm	Women's Elite Rugby	WER 2025

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
Gemini	2	1	0	0	0	12
Tempest	2	0	0	0	1	10

Gemini

#	Player	Position	T	C	KS/KA	Pts
1	Mikey Williams 16	Prop	0	0	0	0
2	Emilee Jalosuo 17	Hooker	0	0	0	0
3	Hannah Pfersch 18	Prop	0	0	0	0
4	Lucy Leatherman 19	Lock	0	0	0	0
5	Marisa Hall	Lock	0	0	0	0
6	Katrina Nunes	Flanker	0	0	0	0
7	Emily Mack 22	Flanker	0	0	0	0
8	Abbey Jacobs 20	Number 8	0	0	0	0
9	Serena Liu 21	Fullback	0	0	0	0
10	Brogan Mior	Fly-half	0	1	1/2	2
11	Kailynn Hampton	Wing	0	0	0	0
12	Trinity Todd	Center	0	0	0	0
13	KJ Johnson	Center	2	0	0	10
14	Ciara Clawson	Wing	0	0	0	0
15	Shalaya Valenzuela 23	Fullback	0	0	0	0
16	Josie Rogers 1	Hooker	0	0	0	0
17	Samantha Brackett 2	Prop	0	0	0	0
18	Ali Gillberg 3	Prop	0	0	0	0
19	Tonia O’Neill 4	Lock	0	0	0	0
20	Bailey Johnson 8	Flanker	0	0	0	0
21	Maggie Kleyer 9	Center	0	0	0	0
22	Brooke Doerscher 7	Flanker	0	0	0	0
23	Megan Ahnen 15	Flanker	0	0	0	0
	Total		2	1	1/2	12

Tempest

#	Player	Position	T	KS/KA	Pts
1	Kadie Sanford	Prop	0	0	0
2	Ilene Andrade 20	Hooker	0	0	0
3	Keki Jordan 16	Prop	0	0	0
4	Ellie Reiter	Lock	0	0	0
5	Katie Lamont 18	Lock	0	0	0
6	Lauren Kuffel	Flanker	0	0	0
7	Ubaida Ahmed	Flanker	0	0	0
8	Kit Buzby 19	Number 8	0	0	0
9	Erika Farais 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0
10	Brooke Walklate 23	Fly-half	0	0/2	0
11	MarCaya Bailous	Wing	1	0	5
12	Nicole Fisch	Center	0	0	0
13	Adriana Mendoza Silva	Center	0	0	0
14	Emma Farnan 22	Wing	0	0	0
15	Isla Alejandro	Fullback	0	0	0
16	Ashley Mencke 3	Hooker	0	0	0
17	Colleen Murphy	Prop	0	0	0
18	Ariane Lozac’hmeur 5	Prop	0	0	0
19	Blessing Okundaye 8	Hooker	0	0	0
20	Maria Bashmakov 2	Flanker	0	0	0
21	Betty Nguyen 9	Center	0	0	0
22	Elena Strom 14	Wing	0	0	0
23	Vanessa Chiappetta 10	Center	1	0	5
	Total		2	0/2	10