Glasgow Wildcats: Scotland's Superleague Team
Glasgow Wildcats 38 vs 58 Glasgow Wildcats
Kelvin Hall ISA
Saturday, 20th December 2008 :: 14:00
Game 1: Glasgow Wildcats v Northern Thunder
Saturday 22nd December 2008, 2pm.
Bellahouston LC, Glasgow
UMPIRES:
Q1: 6-18
Q2: 17-31
Q3: 23-45
Q4: 38-58
Glasgow Wildcats have gone down to Northern Thunder in Glasgow 38-58.
It was a self admitting ‘slow-start’ by Glasgow Wildcats to attempt to take advantage of the home game and challenge Northern Thunder, who is placed just above them on the Superleague ladder, to a win. Northern Thunder raced ahead in the first quarter to be in front by 12 goals at the first break.
And Northern Thunder were in fine form in spite of missing 3 of their top performers this week in Charlotte Beenham (injured), Kate Smith (injured) and Emma Dovey (holiday). Included into the side in their absence was 17 year old Alexa Collier who started at GA and 16 year old Krista Enziano who entered the game in the final quarter.
Glasgow Wildcats had a better 2nd quarter, going down by just 2 goals, 17-31 at half time. The margin again blew out in the third quarter, Northern Thunder continuing to out-class the home side.
In the last quarter Glasgow Wildcats Captain Lesley MacDonald went down with a calf injury and forced to leave the game. To Glasgow’s credit they managed to win this final quarter and walked away from the game taking positives from this final 15 minutes of play. At full time Northern Thunder were ahead 38-58.
Coach of Glasgow Wildcats Denise Holland said after the match: ‘We were really pleased with our full court defense. Yet again we forced a well structured side with many errors. Improvements were made also through the mid court in attack delivering the ball safely to the circle edge. We will take everything we have learned to date into the second half of the season and continue to contest in more and more quarters.’
Assistant Coach of Northern Thunder was also pleased with her side in light of the forced new combinations with the new clientele in her squad. She gave accolades to her team and said ‘without our injured players we had to try different combinations. The new combination worked well and Karen Greig was very strong at GS.
Team Line-Ups:
Glasgow Wildcats:
GS: Sharyn Lyon
GA: Lesley MacDonald
WA: Jenna Storie
C: Fiona Moore
WD: Claire Brownie
GD: Claire Cooper
GK: Hayley Mulheron
Changes :
Quarter time
Lesley MacDonald to GS
Nicola Collins to GA
3 Quarter time
Rachel Holmes to GS
Lesley MacDonald GA
Gillian Douglas to WA
Shooting Stats:
S. Lyon: 6/6, 100%
L. McDonald: 26/38, 68%
R. Holmes: 5/7, 71%
N. Collins: 1/4, 25%
Overall: 69%
Northern Thunder:
GS: Karen Greig
GA: Alexa Collier
WA: Rachel Henry
C: Helen Brown
WD: Bev Lovatt
GD: Sarah Carter
GK: Kerry Almond
Shooting Stats:
K. Greig: 33/38, 87%
A. Collier: 10/15, 66%
K. Enziano: 8/11, 72%
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Netball Superleague 08/09
| Team | P | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrey Storm | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | Team Bath | 16 | 27 |
| 3 | Northern Thunder | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Mavericks | 16 | 22 |
| 5 | Leeds Carnegie | 16 | 15 |
| 6 | Celtic Dragons | 16 | 7 |
| 7 | Glasgow Wildcats | 16 | 7 |
| 8 | Loughborough Lightning | 16 | 6 |
| 9 | Team Northumbria | 16 | 6 |
League table last updated: 30/04/10
