They stamped their mark on the game, scoring five unanswered goals in the first three minutes.
Southern captain and goal keep Tarryn Dickson wore Phys Ed goal shoot Maggie Burns like a glove, pushing her to the top of the circle and forcing the long shot.
Phys Ed wing attack Hannah Cooke threaded the needle with her outstanding feeds into Burns, but they came far and few between, due to Dickson’s dominance.
Southern went into the first quarter up 19-8 and rang the changes.
Dickson linked up with goal defence Jessica Dermody and wing defence Lauren Pickett.
The defensive trio worked in unison, picking up tips from one another and forcing wide feeds through a strong middle channel zone.
Zoey Flockton slotted across the court from wing attack into goal attack, playing a feeding roll into goal shoot Katherine Morris.
Morris had a strong hold at the back for Southern, forcing Phys Ed to change its goal keep three times during the game, to try to stop the feeds.
Phys Ed stuck the nail in the coffin for itself with basic errors of stepping, offside and breaking that meant it trailed 32-16 at halftime.
Later in the day, University Albion A beat University Albion B 63-38. Albion A goal shoot Bethany Roberston teamed up beautifully with goal attack Danya Price, creating a mobile shooting circle.
Albion A held a strong lead throughout the entire game and was comfortably ahead midway through the third quarter 42-23.
Goal defence Kaitlyn Cocker-Valu caused havoc for Albion B’s attack line ripping in intercepts from everywhere.
Inaccurate passes into space and not moving into the ball let down Albion B, which meant the club’s top side snatched the win from it. St Hilda’s Collegiate School v South Pacific A and Phys Ed A v Markham’s College A games were both rescheduled until early net month.
- Kayla Hodge
