Sunday 2 October 2022
Eagles faced their first away game against Ryland, one of our more local opponents, at Bromsgrove School. Off the back of last weeks win, we were on a high and ready to go with the starting seven lineup including the introduction of Surrey Storm’s Leah Middleton who made her Prem debut.
The game started well contested, goal for goal at either end with Eagles starting to pull away with a few turnovers in Ryland’s shooting circle which Eagles converted. We continued to build and finished the quarter with a strong 14-5.
Second quarter saw the introduction of Katie Fisher at GD and Leah move back to GK. We started the quarter strong but Rylands defensive shakeup and our complacency saw the game fall static and Ryland win the quarter by 1 goal so Eagles’ early lead was maintained.
The second half saw the introduction of Summer Knight and a defensive restructure to combat Ryland’s quick attack after their attacking changes made some disturbance. We found our second wind, the intensity picked up and we pulled away to have a strong quarter with some amazing mid court intercepts from Sophia Shalabi, finishing 42-28.
A confident start to the last quarter with the defence duo of Tori Fisher and Leah finding the ball left, right and centre. We continue to solidify our spot in the Prem League with a 57-36 win and player of the match was Libby Burgess for her consistent shooting.
