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Arizona's Madison Speagle earns Week 12 Player of the Week honors after a career-high 5-goal performance against San Diego Super Bloom, adding 3 blocks and 0 turns in a dominant two-way showing. This weekend brings a league-wide bye, giving teams one final chance to recover, regroup, and prepare for Championship Weekend as the race for the 2026 WUL title reaches its conclusion
Week 12 was a final chance for all eight teams to end the regular season on their terms. All Championship Qualifiers handily won their matches with the closest game happening in Los Angeles, where Tempest won by 5 points (all three other matches had differentials of 10+ points). San Diego’s 12 point win in Arizona clinched them the top spot in the Southwest conference despite Bay Area beating Oregon at home 25-12. The biggest margin came from Colorado though, who traveled to Utah and put up a statement win of 25-10 on the road.
Championship Weekend is set. Seattle Tempest, Colorado Alpenglow, San Diego Super Bloom and Bay Area Falcons all punched their tickets Saturday in a playoff-clinching slate packed with pressure, late-game swings and season-defining moments. Same four teams as 2025. Different road to get there. Now, with one regular season weekend left, the race for seeding begins.
The playoff field is officially set, but the final weekend of the regular season still has plenty left to fight over. Seeding remains unsettled, rivalries are still simmering, and a few teams would love nothing more than ending someone else’s season on a loss. With four games left before Championship Weekend, the 2026 regular season still has a few twists remaining.
Arizona captain Kez Gesell earns Week 10 Player of the Week honors after a career-best all-around performance that highlighted one of the league's best comeback performances. Now the WUL hits pause. Week 11 brings a league-wide bye, giving contenders a chance to heal up and challengers one last opportunity to reset before the race for Championship Weekend enters its final stretch.
Week 10 locked in the 2026 Championship Weekend field. Seattle Tempest clinched first with a dominant win over Oregon Soar, while Colorado Alpenglow secured a berth through tiebreakers before taking the field. San Diego Super Bloom punched their ticket by outlasting Colorado, and Bay Area Falcons grabbed the final postseason spot after surviving the Arizona Sidewinders.
Championship Weekend is set. Seattle Tempest, Colorado Alpenglow, San Diego Super Bloom and Bay Area Falcons all punched their tickets Saturday in a playoff-clinching slate packed with pressure, late-game swings and season-defining moments. Same four teams as 2025. Different road to get there. Now, with one regular season weekend left, the race for seeding begins.
Colorado’s Kennedy McCarthy earns Week 9 Player of the Week honors after delivering another all-around performance: 5 goals, 3 assists, 416 total yards, and just 0.5 turns in a dominant showing that further cemented their breakout season. Now the playoff picture tightens heading into Week 10. Seattle Tempest, San Diego Super Bloom, Bay Area Falcons and Colorado Alpenglow all have a chance to clinch their spot in the championships this weekend, while Arizona Sidewinders and Oregon Soar fight to stay in the conversation.
Colorado Alpenglow, Bay Area Falcons, and San Diego Super Bloom all earned massive Week 9 wins, tightening the Championship Weekend race heading into Week 10. Seattle, San Diego, Colorado and Bay can all clinch playoff spots during Week 10, while Oregon Soar and Arizona Sidewinders are fighting to keep their seasons alive.
LA’s Sabrina Belkin earns Week 8 Player of the Week honors after helping power Los Angeles Astra’s furious comeback push against San Diego, finishing among the league leaders in both assists and throwing yards. Now the focus shifts to a massive Week 9 slate. Seattle Tempest can become the first team to clinch a Championship Weekend berth with a win over San Diego Super Bloom, while Super Bloom can secure the same spot with a victory over Seattle and a Bay Area loss.
Oregon grabbed a crucial 19-16 win over a short-handed Arizona squad, keeping Soar firmly in the playoff hunt and tightening an already crowded postseason race. Meanwhile, San Diego barely escaped Los Angeles in one of the season’s wildest finishes, surviving Astra’s furious fourth-quarter comeback attempt to hold on for an 18-17 victory. With only a few weeks remaining before Championship Weekend, every result is starting to feel heavier — and Week 8 proved no lead and no playoff spot is safe.
Chip Yen earned Player of the Week honors with 5 goals, 328 receiving yards, and 4 assists in a dominant Week 7. Week 8 features a high-stakes rematch as Los Angeles Astra host San Diego Super Bloom, plus Game of the Week: Arizona vs Oregon—two rising teams looking to reshape the standings after winless 2025 seasons.
The halfway point of the 2026 WUL season has arrived—and the award races are anything but settled. From veteran frontrunners to rising rookies crashing the conversation, this year’s field is deep, dynamic, and wildly competitive.
What stands out isn’t just the numbers—it’s the variety of impact. Some players are carrying offenses. Others are flipping games with momentum-changing blocks. And a few are doing everything, everywhere, all at once.
With several weeks still to play, the margins are razor thin, the narratives are still evolving, and every possession from here on out could tilt the race.
In Week 5, Karli Steiner delivered a record-setting performance to earn Player of the Week honors, posting 7 assists and 516 throwing yards in a windy showcase while rewriting the Los Angeles Astra record book. In Week 6, San Diego Super Bloom travels to face Bay Area Falcons for a 2025 Championship Weekend rematch with Bay hunting for redemption; Oregon Soar heads north to take on Seattle Tempest in a game with heavy playoff implications.
Two one-point games. An overtime finish. The first crack in an undefeated season. The margins across the league are getting thinner—and the stakes are getting higher. Colorado Alpenglow proved they can go toe-to-toe with Seattle Tempest. Arizona Sidewinders showed resilience in a comeback overtime win. San Diego Super Bloom continued to look like a team that knows exactly how to weather pressure.
We’re nearly halfway through the 2026 WUL season, and the picture is starting to come into focus—but nothing is settled.
Seattle Tempest and San Diego Super Bloom sit at the top, setting the standard early, but the gap behind them is anything but comfortable. Colorado Alpenglow is pushing for control of the Northwest, Bay Area Falcons are gaining traction, and both Oregon Soar and Arizona Sidewinders are flipping the script after winless 2025 campaigns.
Every team still has something to prove—and with the second half looming, the pressure is only going up.
In Week 4, Rachel Egan delivered an outstanding two-way performance to earn Player of the Week honors, leading Oregon Soar with control on both sides of the disc. Across the league, early identities have emerged as teams begin to separate in the standings and point differentials. In Week 5, the schedule intensifies—Seattle Tempest and the Arizona Sidewinders hit the road for doubleheaders across three days of action, as four games from Friday through Sunday start to put real pressure on depth, endurance, and early playoff positioning.
