Story by REDintern Teo Yun Teng. Photos by Chan Hua Zheng/Red Sports.
C of Woodlands surveys the court as she looks to pass. (Photo 1 © Chan Hua Zheng/Red Sports)
Republic Polytechnic, Tuesday, February 23, 2016 – Woodlands Secondary (WS) beat Fuchun Secondary (FS) 21-15 in the North Zone B Division Netball Championship to end their season with a win and improve to a 2-4 win-loss record. This was also the last game for Fuchun as they finished the season winless.
Fuchun took the lead in the first quarter as they overwhelmed Woodlands 8-2.
However, the tide began to turn from the second quarter onwards as Woodlands made an aggressive comeback as they sped up their pace of play and defense. As such they managed to get some easy shots to outscore Fuchun 7-2 to trail by one point at half time.
In the third quarter, Fuchun hit back hard but were unable to overcome Woodlands’ solid defense. They were outscored 5-2 as Woodlands took a two-point 14-12 lead into the final quarter.
In the last quarter, Woodlands outscored Fuchun 7-3 to wrap up the 21-15 win.
Woodlands vice-captain, Intan, said, “We believe that we tried really hard even though we did not really put in a lot of effort in the beginning. However in the last quarter we gave our all and managed to clinch the victory.”
Woodlands captain, Izzati, added on, “Since this is our last match, I think we really did a good job. I could say this was one of the best matches so far.”
Scoring By Quarter
Woodlands vs Fuchun
1st Q: 2-8
2nd Q: 7-2 (9-10)
3rd Q: 5-2 (14-12)
4th Q: 7-3 (21-15)
Woodlands Roster
Atiqah (GS), Soo Min (GA), Yi Zui (WA), Yvonne (C), Kowsalna (WD), Izzati (GD), Intan (GK), Nadzinah (Reserve), Syafinah (Reserve), Shayiqah (Reserve), Jannah (Reserve), Nabilla (Reserve)
Fuchun Roster
Iriyana (GS), Althea (GA), Hummaya (WA), Amirah (C), Farzannah (WD), Rashvin (GD), April (GK), Irdina (Reserve), Gu Yu Ting (Reserve), Suriyanti (Reserve), Nabilah (Reserve), Nazirah (Reserve)
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