Under 15s written by Ellie Marks

Mansfield 54 def Rochester 33

Best on Court sponsored by Mansfield Armchair Cinema – Eva Clydesdale

Coaches Award sponsored by Subway – Ellie Marks

FROM the first quarter, the girls came out strong and were set and ready to take on Rochester.

The goalers held their position well and did some great drives in the ring leading to many goals.

Mid court did some strong feeds and worked hard to bring the ball down to our shooters.

The defenders worked hard to get many intercepts and taps.

We had lots of pressure in the mid court and defence third, which helped set up some goals.

The overall score was 54-33 Mansfield defeating Rochester by 21.

Best on Court sponsored by Mansfield Armchair Cinema - Eva Clydesdale.

Coaches Award sponsored by Subway - Ellie Marks.

Next week we travel to Seymour to take on Seymour!

Under 17s written by Eliza Doig

Mansfield 29 def by Rochester 51

Best on Court sponsored by Joanne Holt – Remy Stevenson

Coaches Award sponsored by Café 41 – Eliza Doig

THE girls matched against Rochester on Saturday morning, who were a strong side with solid defence and consistency in their goaling end.

The Eagles, considering the outcome, never dropped their heads; trying to contend every pass or lose ball.

The score difference throughout the game remained closely the same, with Mansfield trailing by 10 goals in the second and third quarter.

The shooters were challenged, but not stopped when needed the most, which encouraged the team to keep their one-on-one pressure throughout the court that allowed valued turn overs to go into the goalers hands.

The mid courters had to remain patient to progress the ball down the court, as well as making drives that helped manage the space.

The defenders made turn overs that were vital to the game, while also making Rochester's positioning and shots in the ring uncertain.

The final quarter was a whirl wind of position changes, which made every player take on the adjustments with equal intensity and determination.

Even though the day did not turn out how the girls would have hoped, they managed to play a game that contended with the score board.

B Reserve written by Eliza Pollock

Mansfield 15 def by Rochester 72

Best on Court sponsored by Steam Café – Annie Edwards

Coaches Award sponsored by Subway – Eliza Pollock

MANSFIELD put on a beautiful day for the home round against Rochester. The girls came onto the court firey and ready to give it their all.

Unfortunately, Rochester got ahead from the get-go with their accurate shooting and strong defence play from start to finish.

Was great to see the defensive side Abby Buckley, Alex Lindsay and Caroline Trenfield working together to keep the pressure on throughout.

The game continued fairly consistently, with Rochester dominating the court.

The girls responded to this with position change ups, but unfortunately for the Eagles the goals were hard to come by.

Steph Adam’s played an immaculate game being the lead scorer for the first half. Sarah white slipped through in the last half finishing strong in goal attack.

By the final quarter, the Eagles weren’t giving up, showing aggression towards each ball until the final siren.

Finishing the game with a final score of 15:72 the girls held their heads up high and look forward to incorporating more of their system plays against Seymour in next week’s away game.

A Huge congratulations to Annie Edwards getting best on court, Eliza Pollock taking home the coaches award and Steph Adam’s getting the players player (cheers to that.) Thank you to our sponsors Steam Cafe and Subway.

B Grade written by Tahlia Browning

Mansfield 26 def by Rochester 69

Best on Court sponsored by Alpine Home – Romy Kapelle

Coaches Award sponsored by O’Malleys Pizza – Tahlia Browning

SATURDAY afternoon saw Mansfield B Grade go up against Rochester.

The sun was shining and we started with the celebration of team mate Kara Dolling’s 150th.

Congratulations on a momentous milestone.

The first five minutes had us going goal for goal, however half way through the first we had a few turnovers and with Rocheys accurate shooting it saw us down at quarter time.

We kept fighting with some good rebounds in the defensive ring from Chloe Judge and Belle Edward’s and Romy Lee Kapelle, hard running and sharp leads through the centre from Kelly Hall, Cass Dolling, Shenae Costigan and Tahlia Browning and some great shots from our goalers- Jamie Davis and Kara Dolling.

Unfortunately, the last quarter saw Rochester fire away scoring 21 to just our two.

We will continue to work on fitness and discipline and look forward to coming back stronger next week.

A big shout to Molly Dunn for her wise words from the sidelines.

A Grade by Nelle Cousins

Mansfield 38 def by Rochester 50

Best on Court sponsored by Foodworks – Sophie Carr-Paterson

Coaches Award sponsored by Byrne Seeds – Nelle Cousins

WITH the sun out and the wind calming the Eagles were keen to get out on the court after a week off with the bye.

Taking on Rochester who sit one above them on the ladder, coupled with Amy Dixon-Rielly playing her 150th club game, the girls were eager to play a hard competitive game.

The first quarter saw Mansfield take the lead, with coach Alex Ball and tall timber Molly Rekers connecting well in the goal ring to put us a few points ahead going into the first break.

The second quarter, Rochester managed to level the score despite the immaculate work rate from the Mansfield midcourt trio of Sophie Carr-Paterson, Amy Dixon- Reilly, and Grace Amarant.

At the main break, with the scores almost level the Eagles new that the game would come down to whatever team could come out firing in the second half.

The eagles were slow out of the gate in the third quarter with Rochester slightly breaking away on the score board.

Desperate to work their way back into the game in the last quarter the Eagles came out strong in the last quarter.

The defensive efforts of Darcy Croxford-Demasi in the midcourt and Tilly Lang in the ring, who both worked hard to the very last whistle, forced Rochester to work that much harder just to have a shot for goal.

Despite Mansfield’s efforts, Rochester were able to take the chocolates that day winning 38-50.

Congratulations to Amy Dixon-Rielly on your 150 games!