The Dallas Flash and St. Louis Shock—the top two seeds in the Premier level bracket—advanced to the Premier final at the Mid-Season Tournament with regulation victories Saturday evening.

Dallas, the only remaining undefeated team in MLP, defeated the Columbus Sliders 3-1 in the day’s first semifinal.

Columbus struck first with Lea Jansen/Parris Todd’s 11-9 victory over Jorja Johnson/Tyra Black, but the Flash responded by taking men’s doubles and the first mixed doubles game to earn a 2-1 advantage.

Jorja Johnson/JW Johnson then took the court with a chance to close out the contest against Parris Todd/Andrei Daescu.

They did just that, coming away with an 11-5 victory to send Dallas to the championship.

Jorja spoke about putting the earlier loss—which was just her third of the season—behind her ahead of the mixed doubles.

“You’re gonna drop a game every once in a while, but you have to be able to reset mentally and come back stronger for your team,” she said. “I’m glad that I came out loud in mixed and was able to do that.”

In the second semifinal, the St. Louis Shock defeated the New Jersey 5s 3-1 for the second time this season.

Saturday’s bout was certainly less fiery than the teams’ previous meeting at the season-opening event in Orlando, but there were still plenty of storylines coming in.

The biggest one was New Jersey’s decision to start Mari Humberg over Meghan Dizon for the first time this season.

For context, Humberg was on the 5s squad that won this event in 2024; New Jersey had traded her to the Challenger level ahead of the Player Keeper deadline to avoid losing her to another Premier level team before reacquiring her via trade last month.

Even though Dizon had started both of New Jersey’s prior matches in Grand Rapids, Humberg got the nod in the semifinals as she and Waters took on the Shock’s Anna Bright/Kate Fahey in women’s doubles.

St. Louis jumped out to a 6-1 lead before Waters/Humberg fought back to get to game point at 10-9.

After saving two game points, though, Bright/Fahey used a late run of their own to pull off the 12-10 win and give St. Louis an early edge.

Like they did in Orlando, Hayden Patriquin/Gabe Tardio handled Will Howells/Zane Navratil in men’s doubles to create a 2-0 cushion for the Shock.

Waters/Howells got New Jersey on the board by taking the first mixed doubles game before Bright/Patriquin closed out the highly entertaining affair with an 11-8 victory over Humberg/Navratil.

Fahey lauded her teammates’ mental fortitude in their match-sealing win.

“To go in up 2-1 and to have it be 8-8 and 9-8 is so mentally strong from Hayden and Anna,” she mentioned. “It’s unbelievable to close that out. I thought I was gonna pass out on the sideline.”

Saturday’s results set the stage for a Dallas-St. Louis final that will be the most highly anticipated matchup of the season so far.

“They’re an incredible team. We haven’t played them yet, but we’re obviously expecting their best,” Fahey shared. “I think in the finals it just comes down to who wants it more. Both teams are extremely talented—they’re amazing and haven’t lost a match—and so we’re just gonna go out there swinging.”

The two juggernauts will be playing for a $50,000 prize, as well as six standings points that could prove to play a crucial role in the race for the top seed going into the postseason.