Wallan’s A Grade netballers lost at home to Riddell on Saturday in a competitive match, going down 36 to 39.
The game was intense with fast transition and many intercepts for both sides.
Wallan’s centre Gemma Grimmond had to come off early in the game because of the blood rule, after falling and scraping her elbow. Lauren Parkinson came on court in the centre position and had some great ball movement around the court.
Magpies goalkeeper Georgia Stevenson had her work cut out for her with Riddell’s Shelby Holter – the second highest average goal scorer in the league.
Holter dominated the Bomber’s scoring with 26 goals and just six misses on Saturday.
Wallan goalers also carried their own with Maeve Donegan, the league’s equal best average goal scorer, scoring 19 goals as goal shooter.
Rebekah Konstantopoulos in goal attack supported Donegan in goals shooting 17 of her own.
Wallan will host Romsey on Saturday in another home game, facing each other for the first time since round one.
Romsey
In another close A Grade game, Romsey and Macedon drew with both sides 40-apiece on Saturday at Macedon.
Emma Grech had an impressive game in goal shooter with 33 goals. Averaging 31 goals this season she currently sits equal first as the league’s highest average goal scorer.
The Redbacks’ defence contained Macedon’s Chloe Williams to 29 goals, an impressive feat after Williams’ 36 goal game last week.
Lancefield
Lancefield suffered a 17-goal loss against Western Rams, going down 47 to 64.
Darcee Ellard and Amanda Bruce both had great shooting games for the Tigers, with 21 and 22 goals respectively.
However, Western Rams’ Malia Seumanutafa dominated in goal shooter with 55 goals, shooting at 84 per cent accuracy, making it a tough day on court for Lancefield defenders Ella Stoward and Kira Baldwin.
The Tigers will travel to Melton to play Melton Central this weekend. Last time the two sides faced each other was in round four with Lancefield losing by five goals.
