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The defending champion Denver Onyx host the Boston Banshees at Infinity Park during Round 6 of the 2026 WER season!

This is the second meeting of the season between these two teams, after facing each other in Round 3 in Quincy, Massachusetts. The Denver Onyx hold a 3-0 series lead over the Banshees, and took the first meeting of the 2026 season 19-52 on the road. Unfortunately for the Banshees, the scoreline wasn’t much different in this one.

The Onyx opened the scoring after only 3 minutes through KB Slaughter, and never looked back. They had scored 3 tries by the 10 minute mark and led 17-0 before the Boston Banshees got on the board through Canadian Natalie Armatage, But a second try from KB Slaughter cancelled this out roughly 6 minutes later and the Onyx added another 3 tries to cap off a 7-try first half which included a hat trick from Soraia Parr, the defending champions leading 41-7 at the break.  The second half would only be more of the same. Joanne Kitlinski scored her second of the game just 3 minutes into the second frame and although a PK Vincze score from Boston cancelled this out a few minutes later and led to a period of roughly 12 minutes with no score, the Onyx would step on the gas as the game entered it’s final quarter. They added another 3 tries including a 3rd of the game for KB Slaughter to secure her hat trick in a huge, 63-14 victory in front of a home crowd.

This victory, paired with the TC Gemini’s narrow loss in New York, moved the Denver Onyx into 1st place in the WER standings with the Bay Breakers still to play tomorrow. They improve to 5-1, mirroring the Boston Banshees who fall to 1-5 but they stay in 4th place for the time being.