08/07/2014
Day 2 at SUG saw Monash play 10 fixtures, starting with the women beating La Trobe 5-1, before facing off against undefeated Swinburne, eventually overrunning them 4-2 after the scores were 2-2 early in the second half. They then cruised to 8-0 and 9-0 victories over VU and UTAS respectively to sit comfortably at the top of their group. Tomorrow sees them face Deakin, La Trobe and Swinburne to finish off their ten game group stage.
Meanwhile, the Men's first team started with a loss against table topping RMIT, who went on to win the rest of the games, in a clinical display 7-1. They came back strong though, beating Swinburne 4-2 in the next game getting their finals chances back on track. Unfortunately, they fell just short against VU 2 losing 5-3, but still managed to retain a top 4 spot. They play their final group game tomorrow against bottom placed UTAS 2 and although they cannot finish above 4th, can garuantee progression with a win, and setup a quarterfinal game against La Trobe 1.
Meanwhile, Men's second team managed to win all three of their remaining group games to sow up 2nd spot in their group on goal difference behind La Trobe 1. This included a tense affair with VU 1 which ended 4-2, and two comeback wins against Deakin 2, 2-0 down and winning 4-2, and UTAS 1 coming back from 3-1 and 4-2 to take it out 6-5. They will play tomorrow against on the loser out of La Trobe 2 and VU 2, who play in their last group A fixture for second place.
Best of luck to all the boys and girls in their Wednesday fixtures!