After Zane Navratil's YouTube video questioned whether Hayden Patriquin was dragging down the St. Louis Shock, Patriquin texted three sentences back — then posted a perfect week and helped engineer an 11-3 dismantling of Ben Johns.
The Columbus Sliders acquired Tyra Black from the Dallas Flash in exchange for Danni-Elle Townsend and cash — a deal framed as one with consequences for both 2026 and the years ahead.
The New Jersey Fives claimed their second straight MLP event title in Austin, with Anna Leigh Waters and Jorja Johnson each going 11-1. Columbus held pool play without Parris Todd while Dylan Frazier's Miami side stormed up the standings.
Video thumbnail — Major League Pickleball (official)The New Jersey Fives beat the hometown Texas Ranchers 3-1 to take the top seed in Group B at 2026 MLP Austin and stretch their match-win streak to 10 in a row, with Anna Leigh Waters in the lineup.
Video thumbnail — Major League Pickleball (official)The Columbus Sliders closed out the Miami Pickleball Club 3-1 to lock up the top seed in Group A at 2026 MLP Austin, with Andrei Daescu sealing the win.
Group play wrapped in Austin with both unbeatens on a collision course. The Columbus Sliders (4-0) and New Jersey 5s (5-0) meet in Sunday's #1 matchup with 25 standings points going to the winner.
The full-bag debate boiled over in MLP mixed: Jansen refused the paddle tap and exchanged words with Devilliers after he tagged her partner Nico Acevedo.
The former championship-Sunday mic is done living out of a suitcase, she told Pickleballers, though she left herself room for a nostalgia cameo or two.
After Zane Navratil says he laid into Hayden’s Columbus showing, Hayden’s response was not exactly a notes-app apology: “I needed some [ __ ] fire.” Then, per Navratil, he showed up and went 10-0.
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