# LA Mad Drops Beat Dallas Flash 3-1 in MLP Playoff Opener 2026-08-14T17:18:39+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Los Angeles Mad Drops ended the Dallas Flash’s 13-match winning streak with a 3-1 victory in their Major League Pickleball playoff quarterfinal opener on Friday. Dallas won the opening women’s doubles match, as Danni-Elle Townsend and Alix Truong beat Catherine Parenteau and Jade Kawamoto 11-8. LA then won three straight games. Ben Johns and Max Freeman defeated JW Johnson and Augie Ge 11-9, before Johns and Kawamoto beat Brooke Buckner and Johnson 11-6. Parenteau and Connor Garnett sealed the result with an 11-6 win over Townsend and Ge. Dallas had beaten LA in their previous meeting, making the Mad Drops’ decision to select them as quarterfinal opponents contentious. Johns, who went unbeaten in both matches, said all four games could have gone either way. The result gives LA the upper hand before the next contest. St Louis Shock also began its quarterfinal series with a 3-0 win over Texas Ranchers. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com - timesnownews.com Tags: Ben Johns, JW Johnson, Major League Pickleball Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/mlp-playoffs-can-dallas-flash-upset-la-mad-drops-behind-jw-johnsons-momentum/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/mlp-playoffs-can-dallas-flash-upset-la-mad-drops-behind-jw-johnsons-momentum/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.