After a basement finish last season, the Monarchs made only a minor tweak to a previously successful roster, shipping out former captain Shawn in the free agent draft, who was picked up by the Swordpoint Blades. Nicole was also dangled in the draft, but retained on the team's fourth round pick to accompany the rookie Kirstin for this year's roster. The season started reasonably well, but the wheels fell off, especially at home, and the Monarchs enter their halfway point at 30th in the league. The Monarchs are 10-22 overall, including an abysmal 1-12 at home. This is only partially offset by a 9-10 road record. In the West Division, the Monarchs are 6-7, a little over two-thirds through the divisional slate.
Statistically, the team is pulling in 1298 points per game, with an understandably better road output than home. The captain, Panda, is hitting 311 for the season, with a 1.3 consistency mark and a reasonable 24% of the offense. Behind him is the retained Shannon, leading the team with 372 points per game and remarkable stability between home and road games. At over 1.5 in consistency and about 28.5% of the offense, Shannon is the clear star of the team. Behind her, the rookie Kirstin clocks in with 333 points per game and about a 1.5 consistency rating as well, accounting for 25.5% of the team offense. Closing out games is Nicole, with just a 280 average, far from sufficient in the current league climate. Nicole has a consistency of 1.5 as well, but her lack of explosiveness troubles the team, and her 21.5% share of the offense is not good enough either. With the weak offense and myriad home troubles, it is unlikely for the Monarchs to jump over 14 teams to get into the playoffs, and deep cuts to the roster may be in order again for a second straight year.
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