Woods Panthers have defeated Garville by
9 goals in their Tuesday night clash at Netball SA Stadium moving them closer
to the fourth placed Health and Life Phoenix after round 13 of the Subway Cup.
ETSA Contax also helped the Panthers cause,
defeating the Phoenix by 22 goals and moving the two sides closer in
percentage.
For Garville it was a case of what might
have been after they could not convert stolen possession into goals to pressure
the Panthers at crucial stages of the match.
Garville got a very early advantage with
a 2 goal lead in the opening exchanges of the match but scores were levelled
five minutes in after some good shooting from Woods GS Kim Walker.
The quarter then remained very even as
Garville WA Hannah Horlin-Smith and Woods WA Alice Murt displayed good speed
around the court to lead their respective attacking lines. Woods then took
advantage of some costly Garville errors to lead by 4 goals at the first break.
Garville started the better again in the
second quarter getting the lead down to two goals but errors in attack were
hurting the side. GK Tamika Arias and GD Gabby Stengle were creating good
opportunities for Garville but they couldn’t convert turnover ball into goals.
Not to be out done were the Woods
defensive duo of GD Kate Shimmin and GK Sally Fuller who had employed the
‘Harrison Hoist’, more commonly known as the ‘chairlift’, to varying degrees of
success, delighting the Woods bench and supporters.
With defence dominating the quarter, the
contest was kept close with Woods holding a 2 goal lead at half time.
After a sloppy start to the third
quarter, Woods were able to settle and gain solid momentum for the first time
in the match. Ball movement became much more fluid through the transition and
was quick enough to not allow Garville to settle in defence.
Woods improved play through the mid-court
also allowed Walker and GA Emma Thomas more opportunities in the circle and
they obliged, sinking 15 goals from 17 attempts. At the final break Woods had
opened up an 8 goal lead.
Woods continued their momentum into the
opening of the final quarter leading by 11 goals and looking to put the match
out of reach. Garville continued to press and managed to get the lead down to
seven goals but once again couldn’t capitalise on turned over possession.
With holding a 10 goal lead in the dying
minutes of the match, the task became too great for Garville and intensity
dropped. Woods controlling the final moments to win by 9 goals.
Panthers coach Trudy Barker said that
while the game may not have been pretty the side did some good things and were
happy with the win.
“It was a good game, we led probably from
the front from the word go, we started well with positive with Kimmy [Walker]
coming back from injury and also just mixing it up in defence.
“We needed to react to some of the
situations, they need to as a group react earlier, I think when we did that,
that changed the game and I thought we showed glimpses of it.
“It wasn’t a pretty game to watch but it
was a good game to come away with the win.”
Garville coach Jackie Blyth, while
disappointed, was also pleased of her side’s ability to take elements of their
play from training into the match.
“We’re improving.
“We wanted to win, so we’re disappointed.
We’re disappointed in ourselves that there was one quarter that we do not play
well and the goalers are disappointed because they weren’t as accurate as they
have been.
“Their goalers were pretty dead eyed
tonight, pretty hot. They were pretty good and accurate.
“We didn’t play too badly there were some
things wrong but there were some things that we’ve done at training that
worked, I was really pleased that they made that happen.”
In the other Tuesday night round 13
matches ETSA Contax continued their good form defeating Health and Life Phoenix
59-37. The Contours Matrics consolidated second spot on the ladder in a close
game with Spring Gully Newton Jaguars winning 56-45.
Quarter-by-quarter scores:
Q1: Panthers 15 – 11 Garville
Q2: Panthers 22 – 20 Garville
Q3: Panthers 37 – 29 Garville
Q4: Panthers 47 – 38 Garville
Match Shooting Stats:
Panthers 47/58 81.03%
K.
Walker: 31/35 88.57%
E.
Thomas: 16/23 69.57%
Garville 38/54
70.37%
G.
Virgo: 28/37 75.68%
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