Despite a strong super shot fight back and in front of 10,004 passionate Green Army fans, it wasn’t enough to put the home side over the line.
Q1 Fever 10 | Vix 12
The Vixens took early control of the first term with an intercept from Kiera Austin on Fever’s first centre pass.
The play was physical across the court, Captain Jess Anstiss stood up in the mid-court against Hannah Mundy.
Kadie-Ann Dehaney and Fran Williams were glued to Vixens Austin and Sophie Garbin with a deflection each and a rebound for Dehaney.
Strong defensive pressure from the visitors saw them edge ahead at the first break.
Q2 Fever 20 | Vix 27
Ruth Aryang made her return to the Suncorp Super Netball court for the first time in a year and was in spectacular form, grabbing an intercept in her first minutes.
Williams continued to apply the pressure with two deflections, while teammate Sasha Glasgow scored two super shots.
Q3 Fever 29 | Vix 42
The third quarter belonged to the Vixens who stretched their lead.
Wilkson scored her first super shot of the game , while in defence, Dehaney grabbed a deflection and Zoe Cransberg an intercept.
Q4 Fever 44 | Vix 50
Fever fought with everything until the final whistle of the last quarter.
Despite three super shots from Wilkinson and another from Glasgow, it wasn’t enough to get them over the line, falling by six goals.
Fever now turn their attention to the longest trip on the SSN calendar, facing the Sunshine Coast Lightning away.
