Sunday 30 October 2022
Eagles played host to Trafford, seeking to maintain their 100% winning record in Prem 3.
The game started well for Trafford as they raced into a 5-1 lead. Eagles, however, restored order by some fast and slick passing through the midcourt driven by the Nightingale twins and excellent defensive pressure by Leah Middleton, Charlotte Maxfield and Tori Fisher. This resulted in Eagles taking the quarter 19-13.
Eagles continued to keep the scoreboard ticking over in the 2nd quarter with accurate shooting from Regan Peters and Libby Burgess.
It seemed that Eagles would run away with the match in Q3, when Sophia Shalabi entered as centre, Summer Knight as WA and Katie Fisher as WD, resulting in several effective turnovers and Eagles stretching their lead to 53-27. Summer demonstrated her long passing skills to great effect during the quarter.
In the 4th quarter Georgie Maxfield supported the Eagles attack with incisive feeds into the shooting circle. Eagles GS left the court with an injury to the face and was replaced by Leah Middleton moving from GK - a task she accomplished with aplomb, scoring 3 out of 3! A late charge from Trafford, however, meant that the quarter was drawn 15-15. But Eagles had already done the damage and took the win 68-42.
Player of the match went to Jasmine Nightingale for a stellar performance as centre in the first two quarters.
