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Monday, January 9, 2012

When Mavericks Youth arrived at the Team South venue, we were all excited to play in our first match after Christmas. With team spirit high after a motivational pre-match team meeting in the changing room, we took to our bench in front of a large crowd of supporters. Our enthusiasm carried as morale was high as we hit the court for an intense warm up.

We were focused and prepared for the challenge Team South would present as the starting seven took to the court: Steffi (GS), Sophie (GA), Ellie (WA), Mikki (C), Megan (WD), Rov (GD) and Rianna (GK).  A physical Team South  began strongly in the opening minutes, the score was close, but some tight defence forced turnovers, and quick attacking play from the mid court linked with the accurate shooters to see Mavericks Youth pull ahead to finish the first quarter leading 14-7.

After a strong start the seven stayed the same for the second quarter, with Megan and Rov swapping positions. The attack produced some excellent shooting and accurate feeding, capitalising on the turnovers made by defence, to stretch our lead to 29-15.

The third quarter saw almost an entirely new line up as the coaches demonstrated the depth in our squad; the seven to continue to disrupt South’s game were Steffi, Shaunagh, Holly, Frankie, Marina, Megan and Bea. This new seven continued the fantastic play from the first half, and after a dominant performance we left the court at the end of the quarter 44-19.

The same seven saw Mavericks Youth continue to dominate in the fourth quarter, strong attacking play led to some excellent play in the circle from the shooting duo, and defence continued to disrupt South’s attack, making turnovers to leave Mavericks Youth with a fantastic final score of 58-23. 

The squad and coaches were really pleased as we denied South any points and showed Mavericks’ fighting spirit.  A special well done goes to Frankie who played brilliantly on her debut for Mavericks Youth.

Shooting Stats: Sophie 73%, Shaunagh 86%, Steffi 96%, with a brilliant team average of 90%!

Report by Megan Clark