By Devin Ramey
Fresh off the bye in week five, the undefeated Minnesota Vixen are set to defend Hamline University’s Klas Field for the final regular-season home game of the year against the 2-1 St. Louis Slam. Minnesota and St. Louis met in week one to open the 2026 Women’s Football Alliance season, and the Vixen dominated the back-to-back national champions in a 24-7 win. Since then, the Vixen have rattled off three more wins, including another impressive win against Dallas.
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In week four, the Vixen handled the Dallas Elite Mustangs in a 58-0 win at home to improve to 4-0 on the season. The win was the team’s first shut out victory of the year, but the defense’s second after they kept the Slam’s offense off of the scoreboard in week one. The defense again put massive pressure on the quarterback, with five sacks in the game, in addition to an interception by defensive back Isabelle Tatum.
Offensive line Swiss Army knife C’iana Ford lauded the defense that’s able to keep opposing teams out of the endzone after the win over Dallas.
“Our defense is top of the line, like no other defense,” Ford said. “Our defense is amazing. They give us so many different looks at practice. They can take anything that’s coming, they’re ready,”
The offense showed why it is so difficult to slow down with another balanced attack. In total, the Vixen’s offense tallied 198 passing yards and more than 200 yards on the ground, with running back Paige Kuplic breaking the century mark again, with two touchdowns to boot. Quarterback Erin Kelley continued to be among the best passers in the WFA with three touchdown passes on nine completions on 12 attempts for 161 yards. Wide receiver Jackie Radford led the Vixen in receiving yards with 73, 63 of which came on a long touchdown pass from Kelley.
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Two players scored their first touchdowns of the season against Dallas. Running back/defensive back Kandace Bostick and running back/offensive weapon Rae Jefferson scored on the ground, with Jefferson saying that a talented offensive line makes touchdowns like hers not only possible, but easy.
“This game would be so difficult without the line that we have, and any success we have this year is because of our o line, especially on the offensive side, they allow us so much opportunity to create and to just read what they can do,” Jefferson said. “It’s incredible, it’s life changing.”
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In the weeks since the first matchup between Minnesota and St. Louis, the two rivals have had one common opponent, the Houston Energy. In week four, the Slam beat Houston 21-6 at home in Missouri. The previous week, the Vixen crushed the Energy 56-6 on the road in Texas.
In the final regular-season home game of the year, Vixen players and coaches know a rematch against a division rivalry will be a tall task but have had this game circled on the calendar since the offseason.
“We’re ready to go,” defender Paige Condie said following the win over Dallas. “Beat them the first time, come back to our home field, beat them again.”
To help defend the den against the Slam, the Vixen need Klas Field to be packed and loud so secure your seats to the last home game of the regular season now. For more information about tickets, click here. Kickoff will be at 6 p.m. CT on Saturday, May 30. The game will be live streamed on the Vixen’s YouTube channel.
The Vixen will be on the road in week seven against the Tampa Bay Inferno to end the regular season on June 6. Following the end of the regular season, there will be a bye week prior to the start of the playoffs.
Fear the Fox.