With more than 1,100 troops from neighboring army bases in attendance, the No. 4 seeded New York Clash shocked the No 1 seed Force and the No. 3 seed New Jersey Tigers quieted the partisan St. Louis crowd with a late rally that ended the season of the No. 2 seed Enforcers.

“This was an incredible win for our team,” said the Clash’s Jennifer Santiago, whose second win of the night clinched the victory for New York. “The crowd was the best I’ve ever seen for one of our events. The fans were loud and into the fights the entire night. It really pumped up our team.”

“No one outside of our locker room thought we could do this,” said Uriah Hall, the Tigers’s 195 lb. bruiser who set the tone with a win over DustyMiller in the second fight on the card. “We have a lot of character, and our team is coming together.We are going to be difficult to stop.”

Approximately 2,000 fans were turned away at the Family Arena box office due to the sellout. “The St. Louis fans really turned out,” said Enforcers Head Coach Jesse Finney. “I wish we could have come through for them. Still, it was a great night for the WCL.”

New Jersey and New York will now advance to the Conference Finals, which will be held May 3 in San Antonio’s Freeman Coliseum.

The Tigers and Clash will battle for the Eastern Conference crown, while the Oklahoma Destroyers and Los Angeles Stars will vie for Western Conference supremacy. Winners advance to theWCL Championship on June 7.

An announcement regarding the location of this year’s championship bouts will be upcoming later this week. The winner of theWestern Conference matchup will be a heavy favorite in theWCL Championship, not that the Tigers’ Hall cares. “Let people say what they want. We’re not backing down to anyone.”

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