Player of the Match: Alice S
What a lovely match to watch! The team played really well today and this was a fitting result.
In the first quarter Denstone came out strong. However we responded by playing hard too and we had a few interceptions from Jess RS and Arabella A. At the end of the first quarter we went into the lead, but only 2 to 1.
In the second quarter our defence came into its own. Emma H was superb as Goal Keeper and Erin S played well as Goal Defence. Together they really dictated to the oppositions attacking players and together they limited Denstone’s score to the one goal scored in the first quarter. At the same time our attacking players got their act together and Alice and Annie GP scored 5 goals in this quarter and so the total went to 7 to 1.
In the third quarter the defence kept up their hard work; both Emma H and Erin S were on fine form. Again, Denstone did not score. Annie GP made a difference to our score, carefully coming up the court and then playing the ball towards our goal. She was able to feed the ball to Alice S, as did Jess RS. Jess was able to play some long balls into the circle, which worked beautifully.
In the final quarter Fran FH came on as Goal keeper. She worked well with Erin S, although the Denstone attack put on a strong show and scored 3 goals this quarter. Our centre court continued to pull together. Ella N placed her balls carefully and Jess and Annie continued to work very hard to play the ball forward towards Alice S and the goal. Arabella A was able to mark her opposing player out of the game.
Thank you to all the supporters. I hope you enjoyed the game as much as the team and me. For our next match we need to work a little more on spacing out on the court, so the play is not crowded. Again, the idea of driving forward to receive the ball would also make our play stronger.
AJW
Posted on
Thu, February 24, 2011
by MAC