Oldham 55 Tameside 54 GS Lucy Stevenson (89%) GA Sarah Brennan (64%) WA Katie Bodha C Amy Neild WD Amber Hazelton GD Gemma McDermott GK Jess Dale Bench: Rachel Fitzsimmons & Kimberley Meadows (38%) | Quarter scores (Oldham scores first) 1st qr 17 - 15 2nd qr 14 - 11 3rd qr 11 - 14 4th qr 13 - 14 POTM Amy Neild |
The first game against Tameside, Oldham managed a great score against them, beating them 74 goals to 37. However Oldham knew it was going to be a different game today and that they had to be on top of their game. Oldham were slightly depleted in numbers and unfortunately, Victoria Austin was unable to even warm up due to a knee injury she suffered in training on Thursday. This left Oldham with only 9 players. Oldham lost the toss for the first centre, but managed to turn Tameside’s first centre over and was first on the scoring sheet. Oldham took their first centre straight to goal and went 2 goals up. The game was goal for goal in some parts and was already lining up to be a tough fought game. Oldham got 5 unanswered goals in this quarter, particularly as a result of some excellent feeds into the circle by Amy Neild, but Tameside just kept coming back at them. Oldham was leading the way only just within the first quarter 17-15.
Oldham introduced Kimberley Meadows at GA and Sarah Brennan went to WA. Oldham started the quarter well scoring the first 3 goals. Oldham got 3 early turnovers in the quarter and started to pull away from Tameside. However mistakes crept in for Oldham and allowed Tameside to come back at them scoring 3 goals in a row on two occasions. Oldham finished this quarter well scoring 5 unanswered goals taking the score to 31 – 26.
Going into the third quarter Bodha came back on at WA and Rachel Fitzsimmons entered the court at GD. It was goal for goal again, until Tameside managed to get 3 goals in a row, which seemed to be a common occurrence. Oldham had 14 turnovers in this quarter and only scored off 2 of them! With missed shots and a lot of careless unforced errors, Oldham allowed Tameside to come right back into the game taking it back to within 2 goals. At the end of the third quarter Oldham were hanging in there with the score at 42 goals to 40.
Final quarter could go either way and the pressure was on for both teams. Gemma McDermott came back on at GD and everything else stayed the same. With Tameside’s GA, Leia, dominating their attack it was important Oldham applied the pressure all the way through the court to support the defence. Tameside again got 3 and 4 goals in a row, without Oldham breaking their pattern of play. More errors were creeping in for Oldham and they began to panic with the ball. However after a very tough and well fought game Oldham managed to hold on to the lead and won the game by ONE goal! What a great game. Final score 55-54.
Suzy Ashworth quote:
“I am very pleased that the game is over! What a tense game. I don’t think we were on form as a team and I think our game plan just went out of the window when we got on court. All credit to Tameside they played very well, particularly Leia at GA was outstanding. I thought our defence unit worked very well and turned ball over, in fact we had 43 turnovers throughout the game, but unfortunately we just couldn’t convert them, which let us down. There were some moments of brilliance such as Amy Neild’s feeds into the circle and some interceptions made by Jess Dale, these kept us in the game and we managed a win. I am proud of the girls at keeping going all the way to the end. We have another tough game next weekend against Blackpool.”
Oldham introduced Kimberley Meadows at GA and Sarah Brennan went to WA. Oldham started the quarter well scoring the first 3 goals. Oldham got 3 early turnovers in the quarter and started to pull away from Tameside. However mistakes crept in for Oldham and allowed Tameside to come back at them scoring 3 goals in a row on two occasions. Oldham finished this quarter well scoring 5 unanswered goals taking the score to 31 – 26.
Going into the third quarter Bodha came back on at WA and Rachel Fitzsimmons entered the court at GD. It was goal for goal again, until Tameside managed to get 3 goals in a row, which seemed to be a common occurrence. Oldham had 14 turnovers in this quarter and only scored off 2 of them! With missed shots and a lot of careless unforced errors, Oldham allowed Tameside to come right back into the game taking it back to within 2 goals. At the end of the third quarter Oldham were hanging in there with the score at 42 goals to 40.
Final quarter could go either way and the pressure was on for both teams. Gemma McDermott came back on at GD and everything else stayed the same. With Tameside’s GA, Leia, dominating their attack it was important Oldham applied the pressure all the way through the court to support the defence. Tameside again got 3 and 4 goals in a row, without Oldham breaking their pattern of play. More errors were creeping in for Oldham and they began to panic with the ball. However after a very tough and well fought game Oldham managed to hold on to the lead and won the game by ONE goal! What a great game. Final score 55-54.
Suzy Ashworth quote:
“I am very pleased that the game is over! What a tense game. I don’t think we were on form as a team and I think our game plan just went out of the window when we got on court. All credit to Tameside they played very well, particularly Leia at GA was outstanding. I thought our defence unit worked very well and turned ball over, in fact we had 43 turnovers throughout the game, but unfortunately we just couldn’t convert them, which let us down. There were some moments of brilliance such as Amy Neild’s feeds into the circle and some interceptions made by Jess Dale, these kept us in the game and we managed a win. I am proud of the girls at keeping going all the way to the end. We have another tough game next weekend against Blackpool.”