Western Washington University<\/a> in Bellingham. \u201cThere\u2019s not as much teaching. Last year, we couldn\u2019t do a lot with a new system. This year, we have a lot more sophisticated schemes.\u201d<\/p>\nSeattle runs a split-back pro set offense that features Rachel Gore, a 5-7, 145-pound running back. The Majestics run the ball much more than they pass.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re more of a running team,\u201d Talley said. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t make the quarterback happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michel Volk (5-6, 150) starts at quarterback for the Majestics and gets to toss the ball once in a while.<\/p>\n
On defense, the Majestics feature middle linebacker Kasey Rivas (5-3, 220); defensive end Heather Gallemore (5-5, 140), who led the nation in sacks last season; and defensive tackle Faatuiese Sesepasara (5-5, 190), known to her teammates as \u201cEse.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Majestics must focus on shutting down the running game against Corvallis. The Pride ran the Wing-T offense last year that features the quarterback and three other players in the backfield. The goal of the Wing-T offense is to try to deceive the defense as far as which of the four players will carry the ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cCorvallis is very-well coached and plays hard,\u201d Talley said. \u201cThey ran the Wing T and executed really well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Corvallis had a 5-3 league record last year. The Pride merged teams this year with the Redding, Calif., team that didn\u2019t win a game last season. Each team lacked enough players to compete independently.<\/p>\n
Talley remembers how hard Corvallis battled the Majestics in the 16-7 win last year after Seattle basically cruised past the Pride in a 25-0 win earlier in the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey played with us the second game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
For fans unfamiliar with women\u2019s football, Talley said to expect a hard-fought game.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll see some pretty good teams and very dedicated players,\u201d Talley said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
If you go<\/p>\n
Who: Seattle Majestics vs. Corvallis Pride<\/p>\n
What: Independent Women\u2019s Football League game<\/p>\n
When: 7 p.m. Saturday<\/p>\n
Where: French Field, 10200 S.E. 256th St.<\/p>\n
Tickets: $12 adults; $10 senior citizens, students; $5 ages 6-12; free, ages 5 and under<\/p>\n
Info: www.theseattlemajestics.com<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Few women\u2019s tackle football teams know each other as well as the Seattle Majestics<\/a> and Corvallis Pride.
\nSeattle opens the Independent Women\u2019s Football League season against the Pride 7 p.m. Saturday at French Field in Kent, the new home of the Majestics. The two rivals played each other three times last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}