Netball Womens 1sts
Time: Saturday 14.30
Location: Tent
Points: Lancaster 4
Lancaster 37 York 32
Lancaster produced a solid performance to take the points in a high-scoring game on Saturday.
After just five minutes Lancaster were already leading, with the Lancaster Goal Attack François overpowering the York Goalkeeper.
Sarah Pyecroft scored York’s first goal to bring the score to 2-1, but immediately from the restart Lancaster stole two more points. The exciting nature of the end to end action of the first quarter was marred by numerous misses by York.
However, the players managed to claw back some points to draw level at 6-6 after an excellent catch and goal from the York Goal Shooter Mary. However, the first quarter ended with Lancaster holding an 8-7 advantage.
During the second quarter, York strode ahead to leave Lancaster trailing by two points at 10-8, thanks to some well thought out tactical throwing which led York to briefly dominate territory and possession.
The second quarter ended with the York team really hitting their stride, as they continued to dominate, ending 13-9 at half time.
The second half of the game saw York change their Goal Shooter in order to give the attacking half of the squad new impetus, having seen them flag slightly and rely more heavily on the Centre for their lay-ups to shoot. She immediately made her presence known by scoring 2 goals almost as soon as the third quarter began, and York took this precedent and dominated for the next ten minutes.
Unfortunately the Lancaster Defence then began to show some real strength in the fourth quarter, which began with Lancaster 21-16 up. Their Goal Keeper, Pearson, made some excellent steals and blocks against the York side.
The climax of the game saw a furious amount of scoring on both sides, as 15 minutes saw a total of 18 goals. The relentless running on the pitch emphasised the breathless action. Despite York battling hard to come back into the game, coming within 2 points late in the game, eventually the solid defence and extremely accurate shooting of the visitors meant that Lancaster finished up the winners with a deserved victory, the final score being 37-32.
