Wednesday night was all about powerful women. The WNBA’s two leading MVP candidates — Las Vegas’ A’ja Wilson and Seattle’s Breanna Stewart — put on a show in the nightcap as the No. 1-seeded Aces beat the No. 4 Storm 78-73 on Wednesday night at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.

The semifinals series is tied at 1-1. Game 3 is in Seattle at 3 p.m. ET Sunday on ABC.

The MVP battle capped off a semifinals doubleheader with the defending champion Chicago Sky evening their series against the Connecticut Sun behind Candace Parker’s big night and Serena Williams extending her final tennis tournament by knocking off the No. 2 seed at the US Open.