LMS Vrs Brilliance
Brilliance were a Russian ladies team who were in a similar boat to ourselves having found it difiicult to beat the tough opposition. LMS went into this game fighting from the very beginning, it was a game we deserved to win and I think everyone felt that as we played. Not for one second did the team seem to doubt that we would win the game. The game began well for LMS with 2 points straight away, a trend we were getting good at! We tried a few things on defense knowing that the team had not trained together much before the tournament. This however seemed to work in their favour as they were disorganised so a front force meant they could get free wherever they were cutting. We traded points before Brilliance took the half at 9-8. This time it was different though. Previously we had been less successfull in the second half of games, but this time we were not. It was this attitude and defiance that won the game for us. We converted 9 points in the second half to Brilliances 6 points winning the game 17-15. This was a huge victory for LMS, an Irish womens teams first win at a world club level!!! We got a taste for winning and liked it :)
MVP went to Heather for playing a huge part against a tough zone defence
LMS Vrs QUB
QUB were a canadian team with a sideline full of coaches and managment. They were a loud team and communicated well with eachother. Starting the game like usual we took the first 2 points with Mernagh and Sinead taking the scores. This was followed by a canadian retaliation who also took 2 points. The 1st half conitnued in this manner with QUB taking the half 9-8.
We reminded ourselves that the same had happened the previous game and it did not reflect the final result. With this in mind we stepped it up a gear and played some clever defence using our passive zone against the canadians. This did a huge amount of damage and forced the turnovers we were looking for. LMS dominated the second half scoring 9 points to QUBs 4, final score 17-13 to LMS!!!!!!!
MVP went to Sinead who scored 4 of our 17 goals while also assisting with a pass to Cliodhna who got an amazing layout grab for a score!!
After a hugely successfull day LMS retrested to the comfy couches at the five tent to reflect on their amazingness as a newly formed club and at having beaten their seed to finish 29th!!!!
The following were voted for the week:
MVP: Laura
MSP: Liz, our 8th person, couldnt have done it without her
A-Game: Claire, first year playing, huge potential, already showing great throws and clever defense, runs alot :)
This was quickly followed by Mojitos....
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