RECAP | SSN 2024 Team Girls Cup Day 2 wrap
DAY 2 at the Team Girls Cup went to another level after a strong day one, with eight matches taking place across two sessions.
MORNING SESSION
Adelaide Thunderbirds vs Sunshine Coast Lightning
Thunderbirds 9 | 12 | 7 | 10 (38)
Lightning 11 | 7 | 9 | 10 (37)
Thunderbirds: Romelda Aiken-George (18/20 goals), Tayla Williams (14 feeds, seven assists), Latanya Wilson (four gains, five deflections, two intercepts)
Lightning: Ava Black (three gains, two intercepts), Liz Watson (21 feeds, 10 assists), Cara Koenen (22/24 goals)
GIANTS Netball vs Melbourne Vixens
GIANTS 12 | 10 | 7 | 11 (40)
Vixens 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 (56)
GIANTS: Jamie-Lee Price (28 feeds, 10 assists), Chelsea Pitman (19 feeds, nine assists), Matisse Letherbarrow (16/19 goals)
Vixens: Zara Walters (27 feeds, 21 assists), Sophie Garbin (21/21 goals), Rudi Ellis (three gains, three deflections)
Queensland Firebirds vs NSW Swifts
Firebirds 11 | 8 | 12 | 10 (41)
Swifts 15 | 13 | 13 | 10 (51)
Firebirds: Macy Gardner (13 feeds, 10 assists), Ruby BD (three gains, two intercepts), Donnell Wallam (22/24 goals)
Swifts: Paige Hadley (16 feeds, 10 assists), Sarah Klau (four gains, two intercepts, two deflections), Helen Housby (25/29 goals)
West Coast Fever vs Melbourne Mavericks
Fever 9 | 15 | 13 | 13 (50)
Mavericks 16 | 13 | 10 | 11 (50)
Fever: Kadie-Ann Dehaney (three deflections, two gains), Alice Teague-Neeld (19 feeds, 12 assists), Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard (30/33 goals)
Mavericks: Molly Jovic (24 feeds, 13 assists), Eleanor Cardwell (15/17 goals, eight feeds, seven assists), Rolene Streuker (16/19 goals)
EVENING SESSION
Melbourne Vixens vs Sunshine Coast Lightning
Vixens 11 | 11 | 8 | 13 (43)
Lightning 8 | 9 | 12 | 5 (34)
Vixens: Zara Walters (25 feeds, 10 assists), Emily Mannix (five gains, three deflections, two assists), Sophie Garbin (22/29 goals)
Lightning: Leesa Mi Mi (12 feeds, five assists), Courtney Bruce (six gains, five deflections), Cara Koenen (13/16 goals)
GIANTS Netball vs Adelaide Thunderbirds
GIANTS 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 (36)
Thunderbirds 6 | 13 | 7 | 8 (34)
GIANTS: Gina Crampton (16 feeds, 10 assists), Sophie Dwyer (22/25 goals), Jodi-Ann Ward (five gains, four intercepts, two deflections)
Thunderbirds: Georgie Horjus (12 feeds, five assists), Lucy Austin (13/15 goals), Matilda Garrett (four gains, two intercepts)
Queensland Firebirds vs West Coast Fever
Firebirds 11 | 14 | 10 | 9 (44)
Fever 15 | 6 | 12 | 10 (43)
Firebirds: Remi Kamo (two gains, two intercepts), Lara Dunkley (30 feeds, 16 assists), Ali Miller (16/16 goals)
Fever: Alice Teague-Neeld (16 feeds, 11 assists), Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard 34/36 goals), Ruth Arynag (three deflections, two gains)
NSW Swifts vs Melbourne Mavericks
Swifts 14 | 9 | 8 | 13 (44)
Mavericks 12 | 12 | 8 | 9 (41)
Swifts: Sarah Klau (three gains, three intercepts, three deflections), Paige Hadley (24 feeds, 14 assists), Sam Wallace-Joseph (23/24 goals)
Mavericks: Amy Parmenter (three gains, three intercepts), Tayla Fraser (18 feeds, 12 assists), Eleanor Cardwell (20/21 goals)
TODAY’S FIXTURE
1pm – GIANTS Netball vs Melbourne Mavericks
2:10pm – Sunshine Coast Lightning vs West Coast Fever
3:20pm – Adelaide Thunderbirds vs Queensland Firebirds
4:30pm – Melbourne Vixens vs NSW Swifts
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