Today's featured teams: Sacramento and Seattle. New to me, but not to Monarchs fans: the way-cool unofficial Monarchs blog, with posts from fans-- and from Scholanda Hoston Dorrell Robinson.

Next, the Bee's Gutierrez follows longshot training camp member Antoinette Wells as she tries to make the team. Wells, who played for Wichita State, has a two-year-old son; she's the only rookie the Monarchs now have.

Assistant coach Monique Ambers on Wells: "She's a rookie, so she's nervous. She thinks everything she is doing is wrong. She works really hard and does a good job on the boards."

Last night the Monarchs lost badly in a preseason game in Seattle as Coach Boucek took on her former team. Sacto played without Walker and Penichiero; Seattle played without Jackson and Bird.

Seattle controlled the fourth quarter: fans felt good. Lennox scored 26, Izzy 17, and Storm rookie Gearlds 15. Gearlds graduates from Purdue today.

Shyra Ely didn't do much last night, but at least she was there; Barb Turner remains overseas in the Turkish playoffs. Ely and Turner are now competing for the last spot on Seattle's roster; coach Donovan has hinted that BT may well get waived when she returns.