Match Report
Round 8
28 May 2022
AJAX v La Trobe University
This was a must win game for the club and although we would be tested with a few outs, the girls were confident they could get the job done.
Conditions were perfect for football. In what proved to be the theme for the day, the first quarter was an arm wrestle, with the ball rebounding between the defensive 50’s. Our midfield was getting enough of the ball, with J Marget having a great start, A Caplan racking up touches and Goldman doing well in the ruck. Mrocki, Gabriel and Grek were holding the backline together and Aarons and Taylor were looking dangerous. Marget, who was dominating play, received a deep cut and was out for the game. No goals to either side at the first break.
The second quarter was a copy of the first. Our girls were getting a fair bit of the ball, but were wasteful up forward. Unfortunately lost of forward entries didn’t translate to goals and we felt like we were keeping Latrobe in the game. Amira and J Caplan were relentless, N Gabriel was dominating her wing and Hall was good up forward. We went in at half time a few points in front.
We again had the possession advantage in the 3rd. Klooger and Taylor were getting their hands on it up forward, but couldn’t convert, as was Shustin who was starting to look dangerous. Fleiszig was starting to get into the game. Latrobe kicked the first goal of the game and took a narrow 1 point lead into ¾ time.
The girls knew that they had to dig deep to pull out a win here. Minimal rotations and no bench was going to make it difficult, but we have a very determined group here, who believed in themselves.
We dominated the play in the last quarter and had many opportunities, but just couldn’t find the goals. We stuck to our task well, when on another day we might have been overrun. Shustin willed herself in the last quarter to lift the side with 4 contested marks. A and J Caplan never stopped trying and with Mrocki, Gabriel and Grek solid down back the girls found enough to just get over the line.
Bests: Shustin, Taylor, A Caplan, Mrocki, Goldman, J Caplan
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Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
AJAX |
0.5.5 |
0.7.7. |
0.8.8 |
0.12.12 |
La Trobe University |
0.1.1 |
01.1. |
1.3.9 |
1.3.9 |