The St. Louis Shock Dominate Their Home Major League Pickleball Event And Take The Crown

BusinessSportsMoneyThe St. Louis Shock Dominate Their Home Major League Pickleball Event And Take The CrownByTodd Boss,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Todd Boss writes about Pickleball, the fastest growing sport in USAFollow AuthorJun 08, 2026, 10:20am EDTSt. Louis' captain Anna Bright stares down the competition this past weekend on home soil.Major League PickleballMajor League Pickleball (MLP) presented by DoorDash was in St. Louis last weekend, playing inside of the Chaifetz Arena on the campus of St. Louis University for the third week of the 2026 season. They were at the home of the St. Louis Shock, one of the league’s best teams and one who has come up short in the first two events thus far this season.Key links for tracking the event this weekend, which feature livestreams from the primary courts at the facility on MLP’s YouTube channel and on PickleballTV.com. I also have data-centric links at the bottom.MLP St. Louis Week 3 Event home pageLeague Standings and Team/Player StatsMLP 2026 Schedule along with Rosters for the 20 Premier League TeamsTransaction Recap & Player NewsAhead of the weekend, the a slew of transactions occurred. Instead of burying them in this piece, I published a stand-alone analysis earlier this week.See my Waiver Wire/Trade recap 6/3/26 post for all the moves ahead of this weekend.Premier League Group Stage Match RecapDay 1 ObservationsMORE FOR YOUThe STL event fittingly opens with Brooklyn, one of the two teams yet to debut. They’re also featuring a new front-man in Christian Alshon and have high hopes. Their ladies blew through game one, then Alshon/Newman showed a little bit of adjustment period before getting past the high-energy Hovenier-Bellamy pair for a 2-0 lead. Bellamy blasted his way to an early lead in Mixed 1 but Brooklyn reigned him in and turned an 3-0 early deficit into an 11-4 win to secure the match win. Riley and Jackie finished off the sweep, and Brooklyn ha...