Garville have stunned an inconsistent
Health and Life Phoenix 55-54, to claim their first win of the 2012 Subway Cup
season at Netball SA Stadium on Friday night.
In an extremely tense finish both sides had
chances to win the match but it was the young Garville side that held their
composure in the dying minutes to claim a 1 goal victory.
Garville’s never say die attitude helped
the side take advantage of a patchy performance from the Phoenix, who led for
most of the game.
Phoenix started well in the first quarter
converting defensive rebounds into goals as the Garville shooters missed some
early attempts. Kate Kilpatrick at WA and Erin Scheepens at C for the Phoenix
were feeding their goalers well making defence hard work for Garville.
However, after taking control early on in
the match, Phoenix seemed to drop their intensity allowing Garville to stay in
the game. Phoenix held a 3 goal lead a quarter time.
A tight battle ensued across the court to
start the second quarter as Phoenix made a change to their defensive line.
Co-captains Luka Thompson and Dalice Kennedy swapped GD and GK bibs in an
effort to contain Garville GS Georgie Virgo. Virgo once again was showing her
athleticism and good handling under the lob pass to take the ball under good
pressure from Kennedy and Thompson.
At one stage Phoenix broke out to a 6 goal
lead but could not put Garville away as mistakes crept in late in the quarter,
holding a 4 goal lead at half time.
The third quarter was much like the first
two with Phoenix going out to a 6 goal lead early in the quarter. But, once
again errors crept into their game and Garville were able to get back into the
game. Gabby Stengle provided some good impact coming on at GD for Garville
picking her moments to attack the ball.
By the final break Garville had reduced the
lead to 1 goal and had built some momentum going into the last quarter.
Sensing the closeness of the match, both
sides lifted the intensity in the final quarter with lead changes frequent. The
pressure of the final quarter was transcending the court into the crowd as
nerves were building both on and off the court.
Two misses in the final minute for Phoenix
helped a more composed Garville, led by GA Chloe Drogemuller, get home.
“I think the last quarter was indicative of
all four quarters. It was solid, solid work for the whole sixty minutes and
that’s one of things we’ve talked about and then worked on it and eventually
it’s come to fruition.
“It was great to have the win but it was
great how it happened which was the girls sticking to the game plan. I was
really wrapped that they stuck to the game plan.” Blyth said.
Phoenix co-captain Dalice Kennedy put her
side’s loss down to wanting it and having the self-belief to go on with leading
positions.
“It was a really tough game and they were
really physical and at the end of the day they pushed themselves over the line
more then what we were willing to push ourselves.
“I really think it’s a mental thing, we’ve
got the fitness and we’ve got the team and the we have the ability so I have a
lot belief in the team so we just have to keep spending time and reflecting on
how we get to that next level.”
In other round 10 matches played on the
weekend, Woods Panthers also caused an upset defeating Spring Gully Newton
Jaguars 59-44 on Friday night. Saturday’s match saw Contours Matrics defeat The
Royal Cougars 65-38.
Quarter
by quarter scores:
Q1: Phoenix 15 – 12 Garville
Q2: Phoenix 27 – 23 Garville
Q3: Phoenix 41 – 40 Garville
Q4: Phoenix 54 – 55 Garville
Shooting
Percentages:
Garville 55/75 73.33%
G. Virgo: 44/58
75.56%
C. Drogemuller: 11/17
64.7%
Phoenix 54/67 80.59%
K. Jarrett: 37/46
80.46%
M. Gibb: 6/9
66.66%
M. Rowland: 11/12
91.66%
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