01/05/2024
Our first Division 1 game and we only went and won! 19-17 and what a game it was! 🔥
Match report from Lucy -
We won! We bloody well beat Lightning! They’re the third best team in the first division and I thought they were going to thrash us! 19/17 to us. We got ahead in the last quarter, it was only slightly stressful! Zo and Steph, you did SO well under the pressure. Their defenders are savage (in a nice way) and very very good, we moved the ball so well round the D to get it in. I am so proud of us! There was a lot of cheering at the end of the match when we realised we’d won.
Steph, Alice and Zo, you were the best. Lightning have fantastic defenders, they really made us work at it but we did it. In a nice way, if every attempt had been a goal we’d probably have doubled our score. You should be so pleased with yourselves, it was so good.
Beth, I’m so glad you joined Phoenix. It feels likes you’ve been playing with us forever. You’re such a strong and versatile player, your cheeky sneaky bounce passes are so good at getting the ball into the D.
Chi, Sam and Lisa, you did us proud, as always. You intercepted and turned over the ball so many times, there’s no chance we’d have even got half points without you. Chi, even though you looked like you were dying in the last quarter you intercepted nearly all the balls that came into the D. An extra well done for giving it your all right to the end - Steph, your Percy Pigs definitely gave us all the boost we needed!
Well done everyone. I can’t believe we won!
Lucy, you also played brilliantly, 3 changes to their Centre player and you gave them all a run for their money and brought the ball back down the court beautifully.
Let’s go Phoenix! 🔥 we have a break next week but back on the 15th against Hastings Hunters, who came second in the Winter League so another tough game ahead!