tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28635494203881916732023-11-16T02:25:11.482-08:00Monash University Central NewsNews additive to articles seen exclusively on monashuniversitycentral.com.au
written by MUC reporter Matthew Lodge
Thoughts of a Closet Reclusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340371625698472958noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863549420388191673.post-7562497781230149062013-06-24T19:42:00.003-07:002013-06-24T19:42:54.962-07:00Grand Final Preview: Monash Magic v Yarra Jets Under 17s
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tuesday
‘Garleigh Trophy Centre’ Autumn Competition – Premier League Section 3</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tuesday, June 25; Waverley Netball Centre, Court 4 – 8pm</span></div>
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FINISHED</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Magic: 1<sup>st</sup> (14-2, 155.7%), Yarra Jets: 2<sup>nd</sup>
(13-3, 132.4%)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">HOW THEY
GOT HERE</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Semi Final 1: Monash Magic 63 def. Tricksters 37</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Semi Final 2: Yarra Jets Under 17s 53 def. RREJECTS 41</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LAST FIVE</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Magic – WWWWW, Yarra Jets WWWLW</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">PREVIOUS MEETS</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">April 26, 2013 (Round 4): Magic 60 def. Yarra Jets 31</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">May 14, 2013 (Round 13): Magic 42 def. by Yarra Jets 55</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash’s youngest side, the Magic are just one win away from
being crowned champions of the ‘Garleigh Trophy Centre’ Autumn Competition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Melissa Ahearn-coached side will take its place in the
Grand Final against the second-placed Yarra Jets Under 17s after 14 wins from
their 16 matches saw them finish comfortably on top of the ladder at season’s
end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A commanding 27-goal victory over the fourth-placed
Tricksters in the first semi-final saw them book their place in the final last
week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Their dominance comes off the back of being the best
defensive team, conceding just a remarkable 36 points per game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Regularly putting on 60-plus goals in each of their outings
this season they face, the best attacking side in the competition in the Jets
who themselves have come off an intriguing 12-goal win to advance to the Grand
Final.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Jets can take great confidence in taking the chocolates
last time the two clubs met, edging out Monash to inflict just their second
defeat of the season. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">That last loss, coming in Round 13, clearly spurred on the
Monash girls as they went on to win their next six matches by an average of 21
goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Speaking to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i>
the night before her side’s big clash, Ahearn said all that needed to be done,
had been done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Our long-term goal was the grand final and we made it,”
Ahearn said. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We’ve got one more hurdle and that just means that we need
to sharpen our focus areas, which is nothing different from what we’ve done all
year.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The other teams really stepped up from the start of the
season, which made the challenge harder.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“I’m fortunate that the girls have also simultaneously
stepped up and being really competitive.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The match starts at 8pm this Tuesday night.</span></div>
Thoughts of a Closet Reclusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340371625698472958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863549420388191673.post-48123933756243931912013-06-18T19:18:00.004-07:002013-06-18T19:18:52.372-07:00Round 15 Preview: MUC v DC North East Blaze
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash
University Central v DC North East Blaze</span></b>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Wednesday, June 19; State Netball & Hockey Centre, Court
1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Under 19s (7pm); Championship (8.20pm); Division 1 (9.40pm)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We’re into the final four games of the season and with two
Monash sides clinging to finals positions, games like these couldn’t come at a
more crucial time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Only the Division 1 side were capable of upsetting the
previously undefeated Genesis, while the Under 19s fought bravely for three
quarters and the Championship side couldn’t challenge their opponents when they
fell behind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ladder positions count for nothing, wins count for
everything.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">UNDER 19s</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LADDER: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central 8<sup>th</sup>
(3-11, 85.3%); Blaze 9<sup>th</sup> (1-1-11, 61.2%)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FORM (LAST
5): </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central WLLLL; Blaze WLLLL</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LAST TIME
THEY MET: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Round 2 (February 27, 2013), State Netball & Hockey
Centre; Central 64 def. Blaze 37</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For a depleted side, Monash is showing in the latter stages
of this season that there’s still plenty of fight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In the past three weeks, Central have taken the challenge
right up to three finals contenders, two of them being the top two in the
Falcons and against the Genesis last week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Whilst it was their second half that displayed vast
improvement against the Falcons, it’s been finishing that has been Monash’s
Achilles heel, with two final quarter fadeouts arguably costing the young side
wins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">They face DC North East Blaze who have had an identical last
month to Monash, with their only win and a draw giving them consolation in what
has been an inconsistent season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Coach Robynn Pym said these types of games were ones that
had to be won.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We’ve generally held the wood over the Blaze and
particularly when realistic chances to win are presented to us, we have to take
them,” Pym said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The girls are really confident and it’s showing in our
netball. We didn’t deserve to fade out like we did last week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We’re looking forward to the earlier timeslot. Just a
little bit more polish and we’ll get over the line.”</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">DIVISION 1</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LADDER: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central 4<sup>th</sup>
(9-1-4, 117.8%); Blaze 7<sup>th</sup> (5-8, 92.2%)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FORM (LAST
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LAST TIME
THEY MET: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Round 2 (February 27, 2013), State Netball & Hockey
Centre; Central 37 def. Blaze 35</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A potential top two contender, Monash will be looking to
continue their momentum after being the first side to inflict a defeat upon the
top-of-the-table Boroondara Genesis last week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash took apart the competition leaders in a textbook
display of netball, with winners all over the court, with Coach Jacqui Hansen
particularly highlighting the offensive drive of defenders Kate Slattery and
Adele Clydesdale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The encounter with the Blaze sees the fourth-placed Monash
going for its third win on the trot, a feat it hasn’t been able to achieve in a
fairly up and down season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Whilst ruing a missed opportunity to jump into their ideal
position of second – just two points separates second from fourth – on the
ladder, they will have their chance against a Blaze side with just one win from
the previous five starts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Coach Jacquie Hansen told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i> said there’s element of risk in
complacency off the back of their 13-goal win last week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The rest of the season is critical and we need to win all
of our remaining games to challenge for second spot,” Hansen said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The good thing is that we have a lot of options in our
squad. We’ve got the ability to rest girls, while there’s girls who are really
hungry in wanting to contribute.”</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">CHAMPIONSHIP</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LADDER: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central 4<sup>th</sup>
(9-1-4, 117.8%); Blaze 7<sup>th</sup> (5-8, 92.2%)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FORM (LAST
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LAST TIME
THEY MET: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Round 2 (February 27, 2013), State Netball & Hockey
Centre; Central 37 def. Blaze 35</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The once-flying Championship side has been brought back to
earth in recent weeks and will look to rectify the win-loss record with a win
after losses against finals-contending teams in two of the last three weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">There have been many positives for Monash, particularly in
gaining star centre Tegan Ashmore back from overseas, while Sarah Main is
getting continuity back in her game and showing flashes of her brilliant 2012
form.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash come up against a Blaze side hovering in the middle
of the pack, staring at the possibility of four straight losses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">However Central Coach Leesa Maxfield says the Blaze are not
to be taken lightly, pointing recent competitive performances.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We’ve seen the Blaze as very much a confidence side in
recent outings,” Maxfield said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Once they feel like they’re in with a sniff they can put
goals on you in a hurry. It’ll be up to us to try and close them out early.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We have to establish our style of netball at the beginning
to ensure we’re not a position to play catch-up netball.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A Monash side keen to atone for last week’s loss to the
Falcons has breezed past UB Ballarat Pride, defeating them by 27 goals on
Wednesday night at the State Netball and Hockey Centre.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ballarat showed some promise in the opening ten minutes
going toe-to-toe and goal-for-goal in the opening ten minutes before Monash
went on a rampage to be 22-10 ahead at the first change.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Customary Centre for Division 1 Shai Skinner stepped up to
play a pivotal role alongside Lil O’Sullivan as their pair combined for 19 of
22 goal assists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">O’Sullivan was red hot early forcing turnovers and playing a
hand in the opening eight goals of the match for Central.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Stephanie Tyrell looked at her energetic best up front,
showing great intensity in grabbing rebounds from missed shots as well as
converting her shots from all over the circle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">She would finish with a season-best 31 from 36 shots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tyrell wasn’t alone with goaling colleagues Stacey Northey
(26 from 34) and Sarah Main (13 from 15) consistently added to Monash’s growing
score.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Defensively, it was a great return for Monash, who had
uncharacteristically conceded 50 points in their loss last week to City West
Falcons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Both Georgie Davenport and Helen Barclay returned to form
with a host of deflections and interceptions giving no continuity to the
Pride’s offense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The word ‘continuity’ would aptly describe the way the match
panned out with Monash able to suffocate Pride’s goalers, coercing Pride into
wayward passing and deep, perimeter shooting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For Central the 70-43 thrashing pushes them back into the
top four, but Coach Leese Maxfield told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i>
that all games from hereon in were must-win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“With five weeks to go, we are definitely no shoo-ins for
finals,” Maxfield said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Tonight allowed us to put in place a new defensive
structure that worked really well for us and is something we’ll look to
implement for in the coming weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Even offensively, we got a lot out of what we wanted to
achieve tonight in relation to our ball movement and shot creation.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">With elite Centre, Tegan Ashmore coming back into the mix
and Lauren Tscharke also due to return, Maxfield said pressure on spots was now
becoming a challenge set within the playing group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We’ve now got girls putting pressure on each other to get
on the court and perform to stay on the court as well.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash take on Boroondara Genesis next week at the State
Netball and Hockey Centre looking to avenge for a one-point loss last time they
met.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">FINAL SCORE: Monash University Central 70</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> def. UB Ballarat Pride 43</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MUC SCORERS: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stacey
Northey 28 (78%); Stephanie Tyrell 25 (90%); Sarah Main 17 (74%)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Like their Championship counterparts, the Monash Divison 1
girls were all about atonement as they easily accounted for UB Ballarat Pride
by 30 goals at the State Netball and Hockey Centre on Wednesday night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Most significantly, Monash’s impressive display stemmed
mainly from the second-string, as key figures in Ebony Fietz, Shae Gee and
Melissa Wardle played on little-to-no game time at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">The win was set up by a fast start with goalers Laura
McDonald and Gabrielle Henderson (31 from 35) doing the early damage, setting
up a 4-1 lead early before Pride called an injury time out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">McDonald was particularly impressive in her first full game,
finishing with – from – attempts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Jessica Walker and Sophie Knights were busy in the mid
court.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Walker’s ability to get away from her opponent opened up
strong avenues for her deliver passes on a silver platter for her goalers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Knights’ return to the Divison 1 team after two outings for
the Championship side was a welcome sight, with her usual energy and
anticipation a key aspect on both the offensive and defensive ends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Most heart-warming was the return of Maggie Taumaoe after an
injury lay off. Her presence down back all but blanketed her direct opponent as
she pulled off intercepts time and again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">She was well supported in the defensive third by the
ever-consistent Kate Slattery, Adele Clydesdale played arguably her best game
in Division 1 as the defensive trio worked tirelessly to concede just 30 goals
for the whole game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">In a massive positive for Jacqui Hansen, Monash’s evenness
of contribution from her starters and bench players gives the Central coach a
nice headache with team selection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Hansen told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i>,
said she was pleased on her side’s behalf to come away with a strong,
four-quarter win amid a month of tough netball.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">“Yes they weren’t one of the stronger teams we’ve played,
but you still have to play good netball, which we did tonight,” Hansen said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">“It gave us an opportunity to give court-time to a lot of
girls who haven’t seen as much this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">“We’d hate for our finals entry to come down to percentage,
so we’re seeing every game as a must-win.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">With five weeks to go, like Leesa Maxfield’s Championship
side, Hansen describes the depth of her roster as a “nice headache you want to
have” leading into the crux stages of the home-and-away season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">“It’s been tough trying to work out which girls adapt well
to being introduced mid-way through and which girls play better from start to
finish,” Hansen said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">“I guess just the flexibility of each girls’ needs is
comforting with knowledge that they can come on and perform a role for us.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Monash face the undefeated Boroondara Genesis next week in
what could quite possibly be a warm up for the first week of finals, next
Wednesday night at the State Netball and Hockey Centre.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">FINAL SCORE: Monash University Central 66</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> def. by UB Ballarat Pride 29</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MUC SCORERS: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gabrielle
Henderson 31 (89%); Laura McDonald 23 (66%); Tayla Shannon 12 (89%)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash pushed and pushed but ultimately came up short,
falling to UB Ballarat Pride by 10 goals on Wednesday night at the State
Netball & Hockey Centre.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central faced an uphill battle all night, yet started the
match exceedingly well with Ramayer Gourley nailing her first four shots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Like previous weeks, her stint in the goals was short-lived,
when Monash called a mid-quarter time out and swapped Gourley to the defensive
end to counter the Pride’s tall, accurate shooters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In partnership with Alice Ditchfield, the pair combined
beautifully to restrict the Pride ever truly putting Monash away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">After 10-15 first quarter, the Pride threw away
opportunities to extend their margin while Monash’s goalers Natalie Billings
and Rhys Carter-Coleman took theirs to bring the deficit back to three.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">However, it became Monash’s turn to fall back into bad
habits with audacious passing, as Pride blew the lead out 8, before another
late surge by Central saw the quarter concession even up; the score 20-25 in
Prides favour at the long break.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The third quarter saw arguably Monash’s best netball of the
season, if not in recent weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash looked to have winners all over the court, with Wing
Defence Tayla Kearns fantastic in shutting down her opposition and predating on
every loose ball.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Jamie Collins was her usual lively self and found some
excellent avenues of supply for Billings (24 from 29) and Carter-Coleman (15
from 21) to convert.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The work of goalers couldn’t be underestimated as both girls
fed each other goals at regular intervals to win the quarter 12,-9 and bring
score back to 34-37.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yet, slightly undermanned on the bench, tired legs and
mental fatigue kicked in as the Pride ran away with the win, capitalising on
Monash’s mistakes and converting their scoring opportunities to win 53-43.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash Assistant Coach Sharon Hook told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i>, that after the confidence taken
from last week’s performance against the ladder-leading City West Falcons,
tonight’s match wasn’t totally out of left-field.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Mentally, the girls were really up for the challenge and
for three quarters, we really pushed the envelope to get into a winning position,”
Hook said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We got tired and the game plan, which we’d executed really
well In the first three quarters, fell away and as a result, we probably lost
by more than what we should have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Our passing options fell away and what we stuck to
before…we just weren’t able to carry it, especially in that last ten minutes.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Despite a lean win-loss record for the season, Hook said the
side were maintaining a positive approach for their remaining matches of season
2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We took a lot of confidence from the way we finished last
week,” Hook said. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“That can’t be underestimated. We went in with a positive
mindset and I think we’re quite disappointed that we couldn’t grab this one
tonight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We’ve got five games left and realistically we should be
looking to challenge wins in two or three of those. If we can come away with
those, that’ll be a nice note to finish on.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Monash face the second-placed Boroondara Genesis, next
Wednesday night at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in a match that – on
Monash’s recent form – shouldn’t be solely taken at face value.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">FINAL SCORE: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Monash
University Central 43 def. by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">UB
Ballarat Pride 53</b></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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Billings 24 (83%); Rhys Carter Coleman 15 (72%); Ramayer Gourley 4 (100%)</span></div>
Thoughts of a Closet Reclusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340371625698472958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863549420388191673.post-90902071378609640782013-06-07T20:12:00.002-07:002013-06-07T20:12:25.086-07:00Vics and Barclay leading the way to unleash Fury
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">She carries a wise head on her responsibility-burdened
shoulders, but Helen Barclay is strident in what she sets out to achieve.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">While Netball Victoria announced a second expansion team,
the Victorian Flames, Barclay was rewarded last Wednesday with selection in
Victoria’s first ANL side, the Fury.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Barclay glowed in appreciation upon hearing the news and
pointed towards the introduction of the second Victorian side as giving more
opportunity for girls in the VNL to represent their state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“There was an extra incentive with a new team coming and
board and just more scope to being selected,” Barclay said.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Helen Barclay (GD) doing some of her best work. <br />Credit:<span> Shawn Smits</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Particularly being one of the older players of both Monash
and the Victorian squads, it’s something I’m very proud of.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Part of the nuts and bolts of Monash’s superb defensive
record this year alongside Georgie Davenport and Natalie Tommasini, Barclay has
gone a long to way to ensure Central’s number one ranking for goals conceded in
2013, even ahead of Championship ladder leaders Peninsula Waves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Despite the numbers telling a different story, Barclay
believes that, in terms of consistency, this hasn’t been her strongest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“I’ve had better years. I feel I probably haven’t reached
the levels that I wanted to be at,” Barclay said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“That’s probably why I’m so stoked to be chosen for the
Fury, because I felt particularly my last season has been more consistent than
this one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Having said that there’s the whole second half of this year
to work my way back into the game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Georgie and I have been playing and I think we can get even
better before the season’s end.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The formal selection process began on May 3, culminating in
weeks of strenuous squad training and fitness testing, where Tscharke said she
relished in “the opportunity to push myself with the intensity of training”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">As much of a testament it is for both Tscharke and Monash
skipper Helen Barclay – chosen for the Victorian Fury – Netball Victoria High
Performance Manager, Eloise Southby-Halbish said the high calibre of the two
teams is a testament to the level of netball in Victoria and an exciting
prospect for young netballers in the state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“This is a very exciting year for Victorian netball,”
Southby-Halbish said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“The selectors have found the process of selecting this
squad very challenging and believe that we have picked the most in form and
consistent performers within our premier Victorian Netball League competition.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Asked on the differences, the transition and step-up between
Victorian training and Monash training, Barclay laughed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“It’s definitely a step up in intensity,” Barclay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“Which is good because I’d like to think that I can take it
back to Monash and the VNL and apply it to my own and my teammates’ games. It’s
been a great experience so far.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Not only has Barclay had to juggle the pressures of full
time work with the commitments of netball, the baton of captaincy has been
passed down to the experienced Central defender.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s a title that Barclay admits to being uncertain with,
but has grown to enjoy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“It’s been a challenge, purely because I’ve only played
under and filled the role of co-captain before,” Barclay said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“With senior players leaving the taking over the solo gig,
they were big shoes to fill and I wasn’t sure if I was still capable of playing
good netball.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“It’s been a really positive challenge and the girls have
been really supportive, which makes it much easier and more enjoyable.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">As the skipper, Barclay was straight to the point in
reflecting on her team’s performance to date, with just over five weeks to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“We’re definitely not satisfied with not making finals. Our
goal all along has been to make finals and win the championship,” Barclay said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“Having said that, we’ve had standout performances mixed in
with performances we rather forget.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“From hereon in, our goal is to really up the ante and reach
our full potential so that we’re at our best for when finals roll around.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Monash Championship Leesa Maxfield praised Barclays’s
representative selection – as well as teammate saying it was a testament to her
durability and consistency in season 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“The criteria for selection was that they had to perform at
a high standard consistently,” Maxfield said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“That meant that any one of our girls could’ve been
selected, but it’s a tribute to Lauren and Helen who’ve been pivotal in our
ability to suffocate the top teams with our defence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“It’s a true credit to their consistency and work ethic.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">With five rounds to go of the regular season, Barclay can’t
help but look forward to what may lie ahead with her Fury experiences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">One of those will include coming face-to-face on-court with teammate
and friend, Lauren Tscharke.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“Yeah I suppose we will cross paths, we’ll be on the right
part of the court together,” Barclay said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“We’ve got a game scheduled in Melbourne. I don’t think
we’ll play directly on each other, which is relief.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“I think you can struggle playing on someone you already
play netball with, but I’m sure it’ll be really healthy competition when we get
out there.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Yet for now, sitting just outside the top five and the goal
of making finals a non-negotiable, Barclay’s attention will be focussed on the
coming Wednesday night when Monash do battle against Boroondara Genesis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The match kicks off on Wednesday, June 12 at 7pm at the
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Court 3.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">As far as journeymen – or in this case, journeywomen – are
concerned, Lauren Tscharke is a premium case of letting her aspirations guide
her and fulfilling the mantra ‘whatever it takes’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Her netballing ambitions have seen her leave the seclusions
of Adelaide as mild-mannered but proud South Australian, through to the
Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra and now as a Melbournian.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lauren Tscharke (left) pictured here with Monash <br />teammate Georgie Davenport. Source: Instagram.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Slim, blonde and swift around the court, it’s not difficult
to understand why the 27-year-old has been catching the eye of Victorian
selectors with a host of stand out performances in the first half of season
2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Now boasting two Victorian teams in the upcoming season of
the Australian Netball League, Tscharke was rewarded last Wednesday with
selection in Victoria’s newest outfit, the Flames.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Despite a host of credentials already a part of a very
impressive résumé, the former South Australian rates her inclusion to the
Flames as one of her proudest achievements.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“To get the news, I’m just very excited and very honoured,”
Tscharke said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Coming across from South Australia, I’ve always been quite
envious of the level of standard and competition of netball in Victoria.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Having represented South Australia in the ANL, I’d always
seen Victoria as kind of the benchmark of opposition, so to be a part of them
now is an achievement of which I’m really proud.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The formal selection process began on May 3, culminating in
weeks of strenuous squad training and fitness testing, where Tscharke said she
relished in “the opportunity to push myself with the intensity of training”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">As much of a testament it is for both Tscharke and Monash
skipper Helen Barclay – chosen for the Victorian Fury – Netball Victoria High
Performance Manager, Eloise Southby-Halbish said the high calibre of the two
teams is a testament to the level of netball in Victoria and an exciting
prospect for young netballers in the state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“This is a very exciting year for Victorian netball,”
Southby-Halbish said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“The selectors have found the process of selecting this
squad very challenging and believe that we have picked the most in form and
consistent performers within our premier Victorian Netball League competition.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Having studied Occupational Therapy at University of South
Australia before her interstate move, Tscharke now spends much her life as an
osteotherapist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Yet not so long ago, it was Tscharke’s turn to look after
herself; previously suffering a serious knee injury and requiring a full
reconstruction, which all but ended her year and dented her confidence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Tossing up whether to continue her netballing ambitions,
Tscharke went full circle before arriving at a conclusion totally opposed to
her aspiration – I need to get out of here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“I took off to Europe for six months and just wanted to go
and see the world,” Tscharke said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“It was tough having that setback of having a really serious
injury.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“After I got over my knee and its disappointments, I went
off to places like Berlin and just experienced something totally different to
what I was comfortable with.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Like many of her age, Tscharke’s raw view of the world
transformed as she described the whole overseas experiences as much an
“eye-opener…as it was rewarding”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“I learnt more about myself and more about life in that
half-year, than I almost did in the rest of my own life,” Tscharke said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“I came back pretty proud of myself, because I knew I’d done
something totally different that I hadn’t thought possible before.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Tscharke’s new lease on life motivated her move to Melbourne
and, most importantly, to her new netballing home at Monash University Central.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Her coach Leesa Maxfield praised Tscharke’s selection saying
it was a testament to her durability and consistency in season 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“The criteria for selection was that they had to perform at
a high standard consistently,” Maxfield said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“That meant that any one of our girls could’ve been
selected, but it’s a tribute to Lauren and Helen who’ve been pivotal in our
ability to suffocate the top teams with our defence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“It’s a true credit to their consistency and work ethic.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Life in the dark and light blue in recent times has been
positive for Tscharke, who has stood up to the challenges posed to her and her
Monash teammates this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“I think having that expectation to put my best foot forward
and display my best form every week has really driven me,” Tscharke said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“I’ve had some really healthy competition (in the mid court)
with Tegan (Ashmore) and Lil (O’Sullivan), which has made me think
‘consistency’ on-court.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">A superb self-assessor, Tscharke slightly laments that her
side hasn’t been able to duplicate her buzzword to the same degree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“We’ve been inconsistent at best because we’ve been up there
with every single team we’ve played.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“It’s the basic errors and just our ability to finish off
games and take our chances; some of those one-point losses in the middle of the
season have cost us places further up the ladder.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“It’s great being a really competitive group and having that
want to succeed. Hopefully that will put us in good stead.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">But with five rounds to go of the regular season, Tscharke
can’t help but look forward to what may lie ahead with her Flames’ experiences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">One of those will include coming face-to-face on-court with
skipper and friend, Helen Barclay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Being predominantly a Wing Attack and Barclay a notoriously
energetic defender, the two Central teammates are almost sure to cross paths
during the ANL competition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“I get nervous at the best of times, so it’s going to be no
different when I come up against Helen,” Tscharke laughs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“She’s a fantastic teammate and she’s very deserving of her
spot in the Fury. It’ll be a great challenge for me if we do cross paths.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Yet for now, sitting just outside the top five and the goal
of making finals a non-negotiable, Tscharke’s attention will be focussed on the
coming Wednesday nights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">But as Monash fans, we can all take great delight that one
of our own is well on her way, with great things to come.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash
University Central v UB Ballarat Pride</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">State Netball & Hockey Centre, Court 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Championship (7pm); Division 1 (8.20pm); Under 19s (9.40pm)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This Round 13 fixture poses three very winnable games for
all three Monash teams this coming Wednesday night. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Championship defender Georgie Davenport will be looking<br />to cash in on her recently scintillating performances <br />against UB Ballarat Pride tomorrow night.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">And following three losses in all age groups for Monash
against Hume rivals, the City West Falcons, there will be ascent of avengement
in the air on Court 1 at the State Netball & Hockey Centre.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">CHAMPIONSHIP</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LADDER: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central 5<sup>th</sup>
(7-5, 115%); Pride 9<sup>th</sup> (1-1-10, 58.7%)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FORM (LAST
5): </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central LWWWL; Pride LLLLL</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LAST TIME
THEY MET: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Round 5 (April 3, 2013), State Netball & Hockey Centre; Central
70 def. Pride 37</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Despite a disappointing loss last week to arch-nemesis the
Falcons, Monash will have a world of confidence coming into this clash with
Ballarat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Winless since Round 2, the Pride are lagging in second-last
position on the Devine VNL ladder and will be desperate to pull off an upset
win as the season works its way into its last third.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It’s not all good news for Monash who will still be without
mid-court duo Tegan Ashmore and Lauren Tscharke. Concerns over Sarah Main’s
fitness remain after playing just two full games in the past five weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Conversion is a further issue for Central, converting at
just 66% last Wednesday. Coach Leesa Maxfield though is confident of things
coming together again.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LADDER: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central 4<sup>th</sup>
(7-1-4, 110.4%); Pride 10<sup>th</sup> (1-11, 59.1%)</span></div>
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5): </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central WWLWL; Pride LLWLL</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LAST TIME
THEY MET: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Round 5 (April 3, 2013), State Netball & Hockey Centre; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central 52 def. Pride 24</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Like their Championship colleagues, the Monash Division 1
girls will be entering into Wednesday night’s encounter with the view of
winning, and winning big.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Pride are wallowing at the bottom of the ladder, yet
have sighted in improvement since their Round 10 (and only) win over VU Western
Lightning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It was the defensive pressure of City West that undoubtedly
put Monash on the back foot last week, with coach Jacqui Hansen pointing
towards the Falcons’ press-like defence “intimidating” her side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">On a positive note, goalers Shae Gee, Gabrielle Henderson
and Tayla Shannon are in great form and the first-half performance of centres
Shai Skinner and Michelle Andrews will give them great confidence of putting up
a big score on Wednesday night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Coach Hansen said that given the ladder position, Ballarat
wouldn’t be taken lightly and the first focus would be putting the result to
bed early.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“It does give us an opportunity do a few things, but the
initial focus has to be winning the game first,” Hansen said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We’ll be looking to rest a few girls’ bodies, but at the
same time, try and implement game structures with a look toward the rest of the
season.”</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">UNDER 19s</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LADDER: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central 8<sup>th</sup>
(3-9, 87.1%); Pride 5<sup>th</sup> (4-2-6, 89.9%)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FORM (LAST
5): </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central LLWLL; Pride DLWDL</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LAST TIME
THEY MET: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Round 5 (April 3, 2013), State Netball & Hockey Centre; Central
44 def. by Pride 47</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In a tough back stretch of season 2013 and from a results
point of view, there hasn’t been a lot to cheer about for the young Monash
side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Although facing the fifth-placed UB Ballarat Pride – who
have had some massive consistency issues – there’s a lot to be intrigued about
for the Wednesday contest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">An outstanding second-half effort that saw Monash outscore
the top-of-the-table City West Falcons by 2 goals will give the young side
great confidence of pulling off a possible win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Goalers Rhys Carter-Coleman and Natalie Billings are in
great shooting form, while coach Robynn Pym said that the switch of ends
Ramayer Gourley – from attack to defence – had been pivotal in the team’s
overall improvement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“I’m excited by how hard she (Gourley) and the girls have
been working and their constant level of improvement,” Pym said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Our focus isn’t totally result-focused, I just want us to
keep hitting our goals in terms of our structures and style of play.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was a David and
Goliath match-up that didn’t quite go the way of the Biblical plotline, with
City West overcoming Monash by 13 goals last Wednesday night at the State
Netball and Hockey Centre.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yet it didn’t stop
Central giving the Falcons an almighty second-half scare in a much-improved
performance for the young MUC side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The match seemed
headed for the way it was predicted when the Falcons piled on 15 and 13 goals
in their opening two quarters to lead by 13 goals at half time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yet with the score
line set to blow out at 28-15, Monash played some inspired netball as Monash
outscored their opponents 12-9 in the third quarter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some inspired
defensive work from Alice Ditchfield and rejunvenated Goal Defence Ramayer
Gourley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gourley’s move to
defence was an proved a superb move from coach Robynn Pym in initially
disrupting, then shutting down the Falcon’s goalers shooting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tayla Kearns and
Jamie Collins were excellent through the mid-court; their passing display above
and beyond the displays of previous weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Add to that, some
inspired shooting from MUC goalers Rhys Carter-Coleman (17 from 23) and Natalie
Billings (20 from 25) had City West in some nervous areas as Monash drew within
six of the lead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Only some classy
finishing from the Falcons in junk time gave some flattery to the margin
against a Monash side that conceded -3 goals after quarter time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Coach Pym told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i> said she
was pleasantly surprised by how her young side responded after quarter time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“To be honest, I
wasn’t expecting a close match result wise, more just on how we executed our
own game,” Pym said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“To only drop
another 3 goals from the first break, it was really pleasing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I’m really
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Hopefully we can
keep up this momentum and this level of improvement for the last six weeks of
the season.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash now face the fifth-placed UB Ballarat Pride in a very
winnable game on Wednesday night; Court 1 at the State Netball & Hockey
Centre.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">FINAL SCORE: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Monash
University Central 39 def. by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">City West
Falcons 52</b></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MUC SCORERS: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Natalie
Billings 20 (80%); Rhys Carter-Coleman 17 (74%); Ramayer Gourley 2 (40%)</span></div>
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</style><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A bright start and
third quarter push weren’t enough for Monash to overcome City West Falcons, as Central went down by nine goals on Wednesday night at the State Netball and
Hockey Centre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With only one miss
in their first seven attempts on goal, Central jumped out to an early 6-2 lead
thanks to some energetic work in the mid-court from both Shai Skinner and
Michelle Andrews.</span></div>
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athleticism and accurate shooting of Gabrielle Henderson and Tayla Shannon were
causing major headaches for an immobile Falcons defence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, City West
made some immediate changes. As a result, the second quarter saw a completely
different match take shape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A 20-6 second
quarter proved the difference as the Falcons combined for some excellent
shooting and intimidating full court pressure, pounding Monash into submission
all over the court.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trailing by 11
goals at half time, many had written Monash off with the view that the Falcons
would continue on their merry way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No one told
Monash, as they produced an 18-11 run in third quarter to trail by just four at
the final change.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The opening goal
to Shannon (14 from 17 attempts) cut the margin to three, but that would be as
close to the Falcons as Monash would get.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">City West netted
seven of the last 10 goals of the match to exercise a nine-point winning
margin, 56-47.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shae Gee was
prolific coming on in the second half and providing a strong avenue for scoring
through the third quarter in partnership with Shannon.</span></div>
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struggling at times with the weight of possession the Falcons enjoyed in the
second and fourth quarters, Ebony Fietz was again tireless in defence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Speaking to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au </i>post-match,
coach Jacqui Hansen spoke of the match as a game of two halves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I thought our
first and third quarters were really good,” Hansen said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We spoke about
coming out strong and making a statement early, which we did and that was
pleasing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Unfortunately, we
got intimidated. They pressed defensively and we weren’t able to recognise and
adapt quickly enough.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hansen said that
there was a temptation to bring Gee on earlier, but was impressed with the way
that the Henderson-Shannon combination worked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“They were
brilliant in the first quarter and gave us a strong platform.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Unfortunately,
they get out-muscled by the change of defenders in that second quarter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We ran out of
legs too. I thought we competed really well given that it was a big challenge
to get up from being 11 goals down.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash now face the bottom-placed UB Ballarat Pride on
Wednesday night on Court 1 at the State Netball & Hockey Centre.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">FINAL SCORE: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Monash
University Central 47 def. by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">City West
Falcons 56</b></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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Gee 22 (69%); Tayla Shannon 14 (83%); Gabrielle Henderson 11 (92%)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A 16-6 opening quarter was the catalyst for a rampant City
West Falcons to defeat Monash by 10 goals at the State Netball and Hockey
Centre on Wednesday night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Falcons Goal Shooter Julia Knott shot a freakish 29 from 30
attempts as her Falcons teammates walked all over Central in the first term in
50-40 win.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Knott’s phenomenal shooting began from the 7 minute mark of
the first quarter, not missing one of her next 21 shots she put up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Missing Lauren Tscharke and Tegan Ashmore, Monash were
sluggish out of the blocks missing their opening three shots on goal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Combined with some way-off passing and lackadaisical
full-court defence, Monash looked scratchy at best in the first half.</span></span></div>
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recently selected Victorian Fury member Helen Barclay were troubled with the
Falcons direct play.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Davenport made her case for Monash’s best player as she
consistently got a hand to many passes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">However the weight of possession the Falcons were able to
enjoy proved far too much, as City West scored with relative ease.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The 10 to 11-goal buffer remained to the Falcons’ advantage
throughout the match, as Monash struggled for any consistency in the frequency
of their scoring.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Natalie Tommasini was a solid contributor playing a full
match at Wing Defence and Centre, while Sarah Main, despite letting herself
down in front of goals, was lively in her first full match for near-on six
weeks.</span></span></div>
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Coach Leesa Maxfield labelled her side’s effort as “uncharacteristic” after the
positive steps taken forward in the last month.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We really let ourselves down in the first quarter,”
Maxfield said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“When you lose the first quarter by 10 goals and then lose
the match by then goals…you don’t need to be a genius to work out where we went
wrong.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Maxfield pointed to her side’s slow starts as being a thorn
in their side.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We were simply too slow. We weren’t making our passes, we
weren’t making our shots when we needed to and we didn’t apply any pressure.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“To their credit, they seem to rise to another level when we
play them. They shot extremely well.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash now face the ninth-placed UB Ballarat Pride on
Wednesday night on Court 1 at the State Netball & Hockey Centre.</span></span><br />
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SCORE: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Monash University Central 40</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> def. by <b>City West Falcons 50</b></span></span></div>
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SCORERS: </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Stacey Northey 20 (77%); Sarah Main 14 (67%); Stephanie Tyrell 6 (50%)</span></span></div>
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University Central v City West Falcons</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Championship (7pm); Division 1 (8.20pm); Under 19s (9.40pm)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Central's Lil O'Sullivan (right) wins possession against a<br />City West Falcons opponent. Photo: Michael Copp</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">There’s nothing quite like a good old fashion rivalry and
the State Netball and Hockey Centre provides a great platform for two very
proud clubs to do battle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Both Central and Falcons have their squads up and about at
the moment, particularly the Falcons, who have all three age groups in the top
three of their respective competition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash have two, meaning that two of these matches are sure
to provide some mouth-watering netball that could very well shape the finals
series as the second half of the season gets well and truly underway.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LADDER: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central 4<sup>th</sup>
(7-4, 118.8%); Falcons 3<sup>rd</sup> (7-2-2, 113.4%)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FORM (LAST
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THEY MET: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Round 4 (March 27, 2013), State Netball & Hockey Centre;
Central 41 def. by Falcons 46</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The long-standing rivalry between Central and Falcons
continues with Monash keen to get one back at their nemesis after the Round 4
clash went the way of City West.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Missed opportunities were one of the deciding factors in
Central’s eventual defeat, shooting just 66% for the night, yet the recent form
of goalers Stacey Northey, Stephanie Tyrell and Sarah Main should lay to rest a
repeat performance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Whilst Monash are gunning for their fourth win on the trot,
the Falcons are in a mid-season stumble, with a win, a draw and a loss their
last three results. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yet with City West goalers Julia Knott and Maggie Lind on
song in recent weeks leading the Falcons to key win over VU Western Lightning
last weekw, MUC defenders Helen Barclay and Georgie Davenport will need to be
at their defensive best. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yet coach Leesa Maxfield told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i> that her side’s focus was purely
internal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“For us it’s all about cutting down our error rate and
full-court pressure,” Maxfield said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We didn’t take our opportunities and didn’t play anywhere
near our capabilities last time around, but we got within five goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Our defence ahs been scarily good and our goalers have form
so there’s no reason why we can’t knock off another top-four team.”</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LADDER: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central 3<sup>rd</sup>
(7-1-3, 113.7%); Falcons 2<sup>nd</sup> (8--3, 120.1%)</span></div>
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5): </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central LWWLW; Falcons LWWWW</span></div>
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THEY MET: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Round 4 (March 27, 2013), State Netball & Hockey Centre;
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central 51 def. Falcons 44</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Monash Division 1 side is riding high on confidence
after a ruthless comeback win over Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels last week, yet
for the second week running, they face another top 2 prospect in City West
Falcons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Prolific shooting from Gabrielle Henderson and Shae Gee,
coupled with the defensive intensity of Kate Slattery, Ebony Fietz and Melissa
Wardle proved the difference in last week’s win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Looking to turn around some indifferent form in the previous
six weeks, Monash come up against the Falcons, who – like the Ariels the
previous week – are chasing their fifth consecutive win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It’s a statistic that Monash coach Jacqui Hansen is
certainly familiar with and welcomes the challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“It certainly doesn’t get any easier for us, but at the same
time, it’s a really key stretch for us,” Hansen told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“It’ll be another physical game and we’ll look to take the
positives from this game and try implement them against the Falcons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We had some tired girls at the end of last week, but we’ll
be ready to go for this one.”</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LADDER: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central 8<sup>th</sup>
(3-8, 88.4%); Falcons 1<sup>st</sup> (10-1, 153.5%)</span></div>
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5): </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central LLLWL; Falcons WWWWW</span></div>
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THEY MET: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Round 4 (March 27, 2013), State Netball & Hockey Centre;
Central 47 def. Falcons 44</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For Monash’s youngsters, the pending game against City West
Falcons is one of intimidation if you were to look at the match-up on paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">With a 10-1 record and comfortably on top of the table, the
Falcons will certainly pose a tall order for Monash. However, it will be Monash
taking an even amount of confidence into the clash, knowing that they are the
only side to have knocked off the Falcons in season 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Both sides will be different when they match up against each
other on Wednesday night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Despite a 32-goal loss at the ends of the Ariels last week,
Monash will take some heart that their best play can match it with the top
sides, evidenced by an even third-quarter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Even through player availability, coach Robynn Pym told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i> said her
girls wouldn’t be hiding behind excuses and simply getting through to the end
of the season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The girls have had the chance to look at themselves and see
we’re going right and wrong and get that feedback,” Pym said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We want to be improving week by week, but not be considered
the also-rans of the competition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“No opposition is going to be too big for us from hereon in,
there’ll all big, but they’re also human.”</span></div>
Thoughts of a Closet Reclusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340371625698472958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863549420388191673.post-36891634435104796702013-05-27T00:20:00.001-07:002013-05-27T00:20:49.195-07:00The Season So Far: Monash Magic Update
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">While Monash supporters’ interests are directed mainly
towards the regular Wednesday night battles at the State Netball and Hockey
Centre, the youngest team at Central are quietly going about their business in
emphatic fashion.’’</span>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdk5XZ-QI4xTgfoyEjKBLBu1r8qeZDMy5r9NDWUbhRWJ_8UKWO4vow00kMc1PqcC0Ij65hnAQh06gJgeQOMWl646hfF8o4onwlcwK9es5ddia-P7E9rqBivuRnC_Z_I7z5fV_BRDMlihRZ/s1600/MUC+Logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdk5XZ-QI4xTgfoyEjKBLBu1r8qeZDMy5r9NDWUbhRWJ_8UKWO4vow00kMc1PqcC0Ij65hnAQh06gJgeQOMWl646hfF8o4onwlcwK9es5ddia-P7E9rqBivuRnC_Z_I7z5fV_BRDMlihRZ/s1600/MUC+Logo.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Monash Magic Under 17s share the top spot on Tuesday
Night Premier League ladder after 14 rounds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">With only two losses blemishing a near-perfect record, the
youngest team at Monash jumped out to a 4-0 start after five rounds (including
a bye) before falling to the Jets in Round 6.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Prior to that, the Magic had been nothing short of dominant
regular handing opposition sides with 40-goal pastings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any fears that a loss would derail a handy start to the
season quickly evaporated as the girls went on to record 5 consecutive wins
leading into their second and final bye in Round 12.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A narrow loss to the Yarra Jets U/17s in a top of the table
clash last Tuesday night broke the winning run, yet even that was done with
just six healthy players on court as a May sickness sweeps through the young
squad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Despite the losses and the health of her young squad, Magic
coach Melissa Ahearn told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au
</i>she still maintains the same positive outlook she shared at the beginning
of season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The season’s going really well, but it is starting to get
even more challenging as we begin to hit the home straight of the season,”
Ahearn said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The other teams have really stepped up from the start of
the season, which makes the challenge harder. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“I’m fortunate that the girls have also simultaneously
stepped up and being really competitive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“As I said, we’re only a few rounds off finals and a few
girls are starting to feel the pinch because we have games coming up that we
want to win simply to maintain our position.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In a team that consistently wins, and wins well, Ahearn
noted that there had been patches of complacency creeping into the squad
throughout the year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">One of these occasions happened during their Round 10 match
against the RREJECTS, in which the girls came from behind to steal the match in
the end by four goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“It was one of those games where complacency did start to
creep,” Ahearn said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“To the girls’ credit, it was actually them who recognised
what was going wrong during the game and really owned up to what was going on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“In the end they pulled it off. All you can really say as a
coach in those situations is: ‘it’s up to you’ and they managed to find
something extra and come home with the win.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ahearn said that despite being in a winning position for
most of the season, she wanted to shift the responsibility on to her players to
“step up” and show continual improvement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The girls have been setting goals for themselves. It’s been
my way of putting the onus on them to keep getting better,” Ahearn said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“It gave the girls the opportunity to work out what they
were good at, what they needed to work on and I guess what we wanted to achieve
for the rest of the season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Areas such as communication are a focus for us and is
something we need to knuckle down on, particularly with three really tough
games coming up for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Our long-term goal is the grand final and that just means
that we need to sharpen our focus areas and keep winning to have that in our
sights.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">There’s a touch of refusal but a much stronger aspect of
incapability when Ahearn is asked to nominate players who’ve stood out for her
in such a successful season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“It’s hard to actually pinpoint someone because they’ve all
stood up for me,” Ahearn said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The more I ask, the more they give and at the same time
they’re not scared to have a go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“There’s been times when one or two of them have had me
wondering if they’re tiring during games, but then five minutes later, they go
out and prove me wrong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“There have also been a few who’ve made the step up into
under 19’s and getting an opportunity there, to put forward their own case.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">With five games left in the season, Ahearn is wary of her
players and the need to keep the foot on the gas, particularly after setting
the goal of wanting to play off in the Grand Final.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We’ve got games coming up that look easy because of where
they sit on the ladder and going off previous results,” Ahearn said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The reality is that no games are easy and it’s going to be
up to the girls’ preparation and their ability to keep stepping up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“No ones easy at this level and it might just take an extra
player here or there and the whole complexion changes.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Whatever happens, you get the feeling that Ahearn and her
young chargers are desperate not to let such a successful season slide before
claiming the ultimate prize.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">After knocking off the sixth-placed Fusion Teal 62-28 last
Tuesday night, the Magic face the third-placed Jets in a pivotal encounter
tomorrow night at the Waverley Netball Centre. </span></div>
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</style><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash were no match for the class out fit that was Yarra
Valley Grammar, as the Ariels confirmed their top four credentials with a 32-goal
win at the State Netball and Hockey Centre on Wednesday night.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash were competitively early on, even after an early
timeout was called, before the class of the Ariels took over.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Ariels strong finishing to quarters were evidently,
particularly through the first half, as they went small, but effective scoring
runs to win the first and second quarters each by 10 goals.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash did little to help themselves with their passing;
only able to convert a small amount of first possession from centre passes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A much-improved third quarter saw Monash’s full-court
pressure lift, as MUC lost the quarter by just three goals.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">But they were unable to sustain the pressure beyond three
quarter time, as the Ariels continued the trend from the first two quarters to
post a big 67-35 win.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Anna Coffey was tireless, if a little inconsistent, at Wing
Defence all day while both goalers in Rhys Carter-Coleman and Natalie Billings
were efficient when given the opportunities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Billings’ shooting effort was noticeably improved from
previous weeks, as was her defensive intensity, making the Ariels defenders
work to clear the ball.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Speaking post-match to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i>,
Coach Robynn Pym said a high error rate was mostly to blame for conceding so
many goals.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Yet again, our ability to hold possession when we had it
was basically non-existent,” Pym said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We didn’t have any conviction with our passing and couldn’t
get any flow into the game at any stage.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Our goalers shot well again, but it’s becoming a trend that
they shoot well but we’re only scoring 30-odd points.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We don’t capitalise on our opportunities enough.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash face a very tall order next Wednesday night against
the top-of-the-table City West Falcons at the State Netball and Hockey Centre.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FINAL
SCORE: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash University Central 35 def. by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels 67</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">MUC
SCORERS: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Billings 22 (85%); Carter-Coleman 12 (75%); Gourley 1 (100%)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash recovered from a slow first quarter to register a
“very satisfying” seven-goal win over the Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels at the
State Netball and Hockey Centre on Wednesday night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The fourth-placed Central have taken great heart from
knocking off the previously second-placed Ariels, especially after Round 3 draw
couldn’t separate the two sides earlier in the season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It was all Ariels in one-way traffic early on as Yarra
Valley jumped out to a 6-1 lead, before Central pulled it back to within three
goals at quarter time off the back of some strong defensive work from Centre,
Michelle Andrews.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash were perhaps lucky not to be further behind when the
Ariels nailed four the first six goals of the second quarter, before Monash
went on a remarkable 12-1 run to not only take the lead, but also hold control
of the remainder of the match.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The defensive trio of Kate Slattery, Melissa Wardle and
Ebony Fietz were simply superb in constantly thwarting any attacking
possessions of the Ariels, while both Shae Gee and Gabrielle Henderson showed
nerves of steel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Monash goals both repeatedly knocked down shots to push
Central to a six-goal half time lead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gee in particular continued her shooting clinic as the third
quarter went almost goal-for-goal, before Monash extended their lead late in
the term to lead by 12 goals at the final change.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yet it was to be a heart in mouth final term, as Ariels
pushed within five goals of the tiring Monash side, only to be saved once again
by Gee, who’s final goal sealed a phenomenal shooting performance and the 50-43
win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Speaking post-match, an elated coach in Jacqui Hansen told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i> she was pleased
to get the win over a side that has historically been a “bogey side”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We’ve had a lot of great contests with them which are
usually decided by one or two goals either way and even draws,” Hansen said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We had a real focus going into today about trying to
rectify the areas we fell down in last time we played them.</span></div>
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“We implemented that for probably three quarters and really set ourselves up in
that second quarter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We did drop off in that last quarter with a few tired legs,
but we hung in there, shot well and got the win.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash’s task gets all the more challenging with another top
four clash against City West Falcons next Wednesday night at the State Netball
and Hockey Centre.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FINAL
SCORE: Monash University Central 50</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> def. Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels
43 </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">MUC
SCORERS: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Shae Gee 36 (84%); Gabrielle Henderson 14 (82%) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monash have continued their mid-season resurgence, beating a
dogged Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels outfit by 11 goals on Wednesday night at
State Netball and Hockey Centre.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The win is the third in succession for MUC, the first time
they have achieved that feat in season 2013 and also sees them jump into the
top four on the Devine VNL Championship ladder for the first time since Round
3.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Slightly uncharacteristically, Monash started well enough to
lead 4-2 within the first five minutes of a match before a 9-2 run saw them
establish a lead that eventually proved too much for the Ariels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">However, Yarra Valley refused to submit to MUC led in no
small part by Ariels’ Goal Shooter, netting 34 goals from just 37 attempts and
giving the normally composed Georgie Davenport a bit to think about at the
other end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">While Stephanie Tyrell’s shooting was near flawless in the
first quarter, she and goaling partner Stacey Northey appeared to lose their
way in the next few quarters, missing fairly regulation shots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It would do little to affect the eventual outcome, although
there was some cause for concern when Tyrell was substituted midway through the
last quarter clutching her elbow. She later went to hospital to have scans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yarra Valley twice pulled within six points of the deficit
during the third and fourth quarters, but in the end the composure of Lauren
Tscharke and Lil O’Sullivan through the mid court was enough to see Monash home
for the 60-49 win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Playing both at Wing Defence and Goal Defence, Tara Cecil
stepped up her own performance with some key deflections and interceptions in
one of her better performances for the year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Speaking post match, coach Leesa Maxfield told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i> it wasn’t
a pretty match, but the result counted the most in the end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Our intensity just wasn’t there tonight, at times we
probably played for the sake of playing,” Maxfield said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Take nothing away from Ariels, they played well. There were
times where we didn’t have any answers for the way they were playing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We didn’t do execute a lot of the basics of our game many
times, but I guess we were still consistent enough to win and win well.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Maxfield admitted Tyrell’s injury and some ill-health to
Tscharke – who was also subbed at three-quarter-time – threw a spanner in the
works, bring on unestablished players after two games in four days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Throwing Sarah in for less than a quarter after a physical
game against Swisse was really our only option,” Maxfield said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“It wasn’t ideal and also having Sophie (Knights) out there
was a challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“But the goals managed to keep coming even having Stacey
(Northey) out at Goal Attack and we got ourselves over the line.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Next week sees the clash with bitter rivals, City West
Falcons next Wednesday night at the State Netball and Hockey Centre.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FINAL
SCORE: Monash University Central 60</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> def. Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels
49</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">MUC
SCORERS: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Stacey Northey 33 (79%), Stephanie Tyrell 25 (79%), Sarah
Main 2 (40%)</span></div>
Thoughts of a Closet Reclusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340371625698472958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863549420388191673.post-7455683590333294372013-05-21T23:37:00.000-07:002013-05-21T23:37:02.535-07:00Round 11 Preview: MUC v Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Wednesday night sees Monash return to the State Netball and
Hockey to do battle against an old foe in the Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Round 3 was the last time the two clubs met with all age
groups looking to either exact revenge, build upon the early season momentum
gained for the last result or even forge a result.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">UNDER 19s</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LADDER: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central 8<sup>th</sup>
(3-7, 93.8%); Ariels 4<sup>th</sup> (7-3, 124.7%)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FORM (LAST
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LAST TIME
THEY MET: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Round 2 (March 6, 2013), State Netball & Hockey Centre;
Ariels 47 def. Central 31</span></div>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ramayer Gourley in action earlier in<br />2013.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It took nearly two months but the young Monash side finally
reminded themselves of a winning feeling, when they trounced Swisse Southern
Saints by 15 points on Sunday afternoon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The win – their third of the season – should give some
confidence to the girls coming up against a very up-and-down Ariels, sitting in
fourth position but lacking consistency of a top four team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A lot will rest on the shoulders of Ramayer Gourley who shot
brilliantly against the Saints in Round 10, whilst there’ll be hope that Alice
Ditchfield can repeat her mature performance from last round on Wednesday
night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Coach Robynn Pym told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i>
that it’ll be about capitalising opportunities when her side forces turnovers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We were poor in our conversion last game and were probably
lucky that the opposition made so many mistakes,” Pym said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The girls know if they can tidy that up, then we’ll be in
with a chance.”</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">CHAMPIONSHIP</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LADDER: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central 5<sup>th</sup>
(6-4, 118.3%); Ariels 8<sup>th</sup> (3-7, 86.2%)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FORM (LAST
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LAST TIME
THEY MET: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Round 2 (March 6, 2013), State Netball & Hockey Centre; Central
58 def. Ariels 46</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Following two nail-biting losses, the Championship girls are
now starting to show some ominous form as they meet a Ariels side desperate for
to build on their win that followed four consecutive losses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Considered to have one of the best defensive records in the
competition, the defensive trio that is Natalie Tommasini, Helen Barclay and
Georgie Davenport will once again play a pivotal result in determining the
Wednesday outcome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Having a history of conceding big scores, the recent
shooting form of Steph Tyrell, plus last week’s positive return of Sarah Main,
should prove a tall order for the Ariels’ defence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Coach Leesa Maxfield told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i> the positive shooting output from
her goalers was a major catalyst for the recent turnaround of results.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“It just gives the girls a lift when we convert our shots,”
Maxfield said. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Our focus this week will be keeping our error rate down. It
nearly cost us in the third quarter (against Swisse last round), but then we
kept it down in the last and eventually won the game.” </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">DIVISION 1</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LADDER: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Central 4<sup>th</sup>
(6-1-3, 113.4%); Ariels 2<sup>nd</sup> (7-1-2, 114.8%)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LAST TIME
THEY MET: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Round 2 (March 6, 2013), State Netball & Hockey Centre; Central
38 drew with Ariels 38</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It was only the result of the Division 1 girls that
prevented Monash from clean sweeping Swisse Southern Saints last Sunday
afternoon, as they went down to the Saints by seven goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Notoriously slow starters, Monash will be looking to
eradicate that aspect of their match as they come up against a high-flying
Ariels outfit looking to consolidate a fifth consecutive win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The upcoming fixture claims match of the round status, with
two top four titans looking toward firming up specific positions in the second
half of the season. Both sides will want to prove points after four quarters
could not split them back in Round 3.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Clare Pettyfor’s return to the defensive third was a welcome
one, providing a lot of assurance and support for both Ebony Fietz and Melissa
Wardle. Sophie Knights recent run of form will give the Ariels plenty to think
about after promising showings both at Wing Attack and Centre.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Coach Jacqui Hansen told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monashuniversitycentral.com.au</i>
that her side implemented much of what they set out to do against Swisse, yet
just couldn’t sustain their patches of dominance for long enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“It came down to the fact that we shot accurately enough,
but turned the ball over when we could’ve gone ahead,” Hansen said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We probably got away with a draw against them last time
after being up for nearly the entire match.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“It’ll be another physical game, their defenders like to sit
off and attack the ball mid-air, we’ve got to be prepared for that and adjust.”</span></div>
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