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Ashley Moyer-Gleich becomes second woman ever to be selected to officiate in NBA playoffs

by admin | Apr 24, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Ashley Moyer-Gleich will become only the second woman to referee an NBA playoff game after being selected as one of 36 first-round officials, the league announced on Thursday. It has been over a decade since a woman last officiated a playoff game. Violet Palmer became...

NWSL playoff savvy helps OL Reign and Gotham FC progress

by admin | Oct 23, 2023 | Representation, SEW

After the most dramatic regular season to date in the National Women’s Soccer League, the playoffs began this weekend with a pair of low-scoring, cagey matches defined by gritty defending. Naturally. OL Reign and NJ/NY Gotham FC advanced to the NWSL semifinals...

Why each NWSL playoff team will (or won’t) win championship

by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Representation, SEW

The most competitive National Women’s Soccer League regular season to date is in the books and now comes the encore: the playoffs. Six teams will compete in the single-elimination postseason tournament, and while the San Diego Wave and Portland Thorns have byes...

NWSL by the numbers: Why Portland Thorns are best of 2023

by admin | Oct 10, 2023 | Representation, SEW

As the National Women’s Soccer League’s regular season pushes towards the postseason in all of its chaotic, anything-could-happen glory, we’re gifted with a chance to reflect before the playoff field is set. Armed with a nearly full season’s...

Las Vegas Aces, Connecticut Sun roll in WNBA playoff openers

by admin | Sep 14, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Opening night of the 2023 WNBA playoffs went like an all-chalk start to the NCAA tournament: The favorites dominated, and the stars were ready for the spotlight. Wednesday opened with the No. 3 seed Connecticut Sun feasting on miscues from the No. 6 Minnesota Lynx in...

NWSL playoffs: Postseason matchups set as Chicago Red Stars clinch final spot

by admin | Oct 3, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The 2022 NWSL regular season has concluded and the postseason is set for six teams that will face off for a spot in the NWSL Championship final. The Chicago Red Stars earned the final spot with a 2-0 victory over Angel City on the last day of the regular season...

The NWSL’s final week has never been so competitive. Here’s what’s at stake and who should reach playoffs

by admin | Sep 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The final round of regular-season games is upon the National Women’s Soccer League, and there is almost nothing set about the playoff picture. Some of the most ridiculous potential scenarios that were at least mathematically possible a week ago (a six-way tie...

WNBA Achieves Viewership It Hasn’t Had in Two Decades

by admin | Sep 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The WNBA announced last month that it delivered the most-watched regular season in 14 years, but that’s not this season’s only milestone. The league recorded its most-watched playoffs in 20 years with an average of 439,000 viewers through 19 games on ESPN. Read...

Connecticut Sun oust defending champ Chicago Sky in 5 games to reach WNBA Finals

by admin | Sep 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW

No WNBA team has repeated as champion since the Los Angeles Sparks did it in 2001-02, and the No. 3 seed Connecticut Sunensured that cold streak would be extended Thursday night in historic fashion, using a 22-2 fourth-quarter run to knock off the No. 2 seed and...

Connecticut Sun force defending WNBA champion Chicago Sky to winner-take-all Game 5 in semifinal series

by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW

It might not have been in their preferred “messy” style of play, but the No. 3 seed Connecticut Sun imposed their will on the 2-seed Chicago Sky with a wire-to-wire 104-80 victory on Tuesday, staving off elimination and forcing a winner-take-all Game 5...
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