The
Woods Panthers have defeated the Contours Matrics 53-46 in an intense Subway
Cup battle to post their second win in a row at Netball SA Stadium on Friday
night.
Woods
have been building good momentum of late and will look to continue their good
form against the Health and Life Phoenix this Saturday as the middle of the
Subway Cup ladder tightens up.
The
Matrics suffered just their second loss of the season and will face the only
other team to defeat them this season on Friday night, the undefeated ETSA
Contax.
The
intensity of the match was very high right from the get go, with Woods controlling
their possession to break out to an early 4 goal lead. Kath Knott at goal GS
for Woods started well while Kate Shimmin was excellent at GK.
Matrics
adjusted well to the early Woods’ momentum and remained patient in attack with
C Kyra Brown and WA Sheree Wingard combining well. Mid-way through the quarter
Matrics levelled the scores.
However,
Woods were able to open their lead up on the back of good defensive pressure to
lead by 4 goals at quarter time.
With
Shimmin rebounding strongly, Matrics brought star shooter Cody Lange in to the
game but the Woods defence continued to dominate the quarter as Woods moved out
to a 9 goal lead just four minutes in.
WD
Claire Alvino and GD Fiona Crowe were supporting Shimmin well with Beth Shimmin
at C providing the link during
transitional play.
Play
settled through the quarter with Matrics beginning to become more patient
allowing for what was to become a significant momentum shift late in the
quarter. Matrics scoring the last
7 goals of the quarter to cut the lead to 4 goals at half time after Woods had
been in front by 11 goals.
The
beginning of the third quarter saw scoring go on centre pass with both side’s
attack lines looking smooth and the shooters capitalising on nice feeds from
their mid-courters. But as with
the first half the match was based on momentum and, who could gain it usually
used it to their advantage.
Once
again Woods stole the momentum off the back of defensive rebounds and once
again they went out to an 11 goal lead through the quarter, with Knott
displaying strong aerial and groundwork play in the circle. Woods holding a 10
goal advantage into the final quarter.
Although
they remained quite composed, Matrics’ sense of urgency picked up in the final
quarter as they faced a massive task to close the gap. A comeback was looking
like coming to fruition with Woods losing composure early and Matrics GA Laura
Packard shooting well.
However,
two intercepts from Sally Fuller who had come into to GK, ultimately shutout
and chance of a miracle Matrics comeback with Woods closing the match out with
a 7 goal victory.
Woods
coach Trudy Barker was happy with her side’s solid performance and beating the
second place side on the ladder.
“It
was a solid four quarters, I thought the last quarter in the end was probably
disappointing on our behalf because we didn’t push through.
“I
was happier with the way our style of play was starting to flow on, defensively
I thought our game was pretty good all the way down the court,” she said.
While
Matrics coach Jacqui Illman said that controlling momentum played a big part in
the match and consistency let her side down at times.
“It
was a very physical game, we knew that, it always is against Woods and it was
hard fought and there were patches where we came back but we weren’t consistent
enough.
“There
were a couple of occasions where the lead did get out to 10 or 11 and both
times we fought back, got it back to within about 4 so I guess that’s a
positive we can take out of it, but obviously we’re not happy that we couldn’t
go on with it though.”
In
the other round 11 matches played on the weekend, Health and Life Phoenix
defeated The Royal Cougars 52-44 while the ETSA Contax continue their dominance
defeating Spring Gully Newton Jaguars 55-39. Garville had the bye.
Quarter-by-Quarter scores:
Q1: Woods 15
– 11 Matrics
Q2: Woods 27
– 23 Matrics
Q3: Woods 44
– 34 Matrics
Q4: Woods 53
– 46 Matrics
Shooting:
Woods 53/63 84.13%
K.
Knott: 41/46 89.13%
E.
Thomas: 12/17 70.79%
Matrics 46/61
75.41%
L.
Packard: 16/20 80%
S.
Hentschel: 8/15 53.33%
C.
Lange: 22/26 84.62%
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