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.