Fever come off the back of their three-goal victory over the Giants. The girls in green trailed by eight goals at half time before they produced a stunning third quarter, prevailing in the final moments to get the win.
In front of her family visiting from home, Fran Williams had an absolute day out in defence, taking home the Round 12 player of the week.
Alice Teague-Neeld managed a massive 47 feeds for the match, alongside some first-class defence by Kadie-Ann Dehaney.
Meanwhile, Vixens suffered their second loss of the season to the Adelaide Thunderbirds in Round 12, going down by 15 goals. Keira Austin sunk seven super shots whilst Zara Walters had three pickups in defence.
Head-To-Head
Sophie Garbin and Kiera Austin will need to work their way around the wall of defence that is Sunday Aryang, Dehaney and Williams.
Captain Jess Anstiss will be looking to control Hannah Mundy in the mid-court, whilst Kelsey Browne and Kate Moloney go face-to-face in centre.
World number one Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard will step onto the court with another high scoring game in mind, focusing on her shooting accuracy against Vixen Emily Mannix in Goal Keeper.
In Goal Attack, Shanice Beckford and Olivia Wilkinson will be looking to assist Fowler-Nembhard and support her with their own goal conversion against Goal Defence Rudi Ellis.
From the Court
Head Coach Dan Ryan said he expects a finals like face off this weekend.
“It’s going to be hard and tough from both teams, I think the intensity, physicality and skill level is going to be right up there,” he said.
“They’re going to be hurting after their performance against their opposition in the previous round, so we expect them to come out firing.”
You can catch Fever take on the Vixens in Melbourne this Sunday on Kayo Sports and Foxtel, from 12pm AWST.
