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The Bay Breakers travel to Chicago to face the Tempest at Benedictine University during Round 6 of the 2026 WER season!

This marks the 2nd meeting between these two sides this season after they met at Heart Health Park a few weeks ago in Round 4. The Bay Breakers hold a 3-0 series lead over the Chicago Tempest entering this game, and recorded a huge 66-17 victory at home in their last meeting a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately for the Tempest, nothing had changed in the last few weeks.

Despite the Chicago Tempest opening the scoring after only 4 minutes through Emily Krahn, the league leading Bay Breakers hit back almost immediately with a pair of tries from Mariah Overby before the 10 minute mark. The visitors raced out to a 26-5 lead just after the 20 minute mark before the Tempest added their 2nd try through Gracie Andersen at the 30 minute mark, but this would be the final score of the game for the hosts. The Breakers added another score before half time, then four more tries in the second half, capped off by a 79th minute try from Mariah Overby to secure her hat trick, and a massive 10-57 road victory for the Bay Breakers.

With this, the Bay Breakers move back into the lead atop the WER Standings, while the Chicago Tempest stay rooted to the bottom, in 6th place with a 1-5 record.