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The Chicago Tempest host the defending champion Denver Onyx at Benedictine University during Round 10 of the 2026 WER season!
Both the Tempest and the Onyx conclude their 2026 regular season campaigns with this game, which marks the second meeting of the season between the two sides following a Round 5 clash at Inifinity Park in Denver.
The New York Exiles travel to Benedictine University to face the Chicago Tempest during Round 8 of the 2026 WER season.
This is the second meeting of the 2026 season between these teams, having met in a Round 3 clash at Mount Vernon Memorial Stadium.
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 Chicago Tempest host the Boston Banshees at Benedictine University during Round 2 of the 2026 WER season!
The Boston Banshees hold a 2-0 series lead in this matchup, claiming a 49-12 victory over the Tempest in their most recent meeting during Round 9 of the 2025 season. Having recorded a 0-10 season last year, the Chicago Tempest are still looking for their first ever win as a franchise and in this match, they finally got it.
In front of a home crowd, the Chicago Tempest trailed 14-27 to the Banshees at the halftime break. Although the Banshees scored quick, the Tempest hit right back with early second half scores from Colleen Murphy, Katie Lohaus, and Gracie Anderson put the hosts into the lead with just under 30 to play, leading 29-27. Nicoleta Mesina was able to extend the Tempest lead in the 63rd minute and Nicole Fisch added the extras for a full 7pts to take their lead up to 36-27, and even though the Banshees hit back through a 67th minute Keisha Durden score, it wasn’t enough.
The Chicago Tempest claim an historic 36-32 victory over the Banshees for their first ever WER win!
The Chicago Tempest host the TC Gemini as both teams kick off their 2026 WER Campaigns. This match marks the first WER game held at the new home of the Tempest, the Benedictine University Sports Complex.
These two teams finished at the bottom of the pile during the 2025 season, with the TC Gemini in 5th with a 2-8 record, and the Tempest 6th with 0-10. The Hosting Tempest will be eager to get the monkey off their backs and secure a 1st franchise victory early in the 2026 season, and they came very close to beating the Gemini on both occasions in 2025, with a 15-20 defeat in RD 1 of 2025, and a nailbiting 12-10 match in RD 11, but the Gemini squeaked both, and hold a 2-0 record over the Tempest. Both of the victories for the TC Gemini in 2025 came against the Chicago Tempest.
The first match up of 2026 was nowhere near as close as in 2025 however. Despite fielding only 22 players, the Gemini recorded an enormous 22-78 road victory to blow the Tempest away, scoring 4 tries before Chicago were able to get on the board, and racking up 11 tries in total, including a hat trick from Melisa Rios Mena on her Gemini and WER debut. The Chicago Tempest salvage a try bonus point, but were never really in this game.
Onyx
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Breakers
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