Q1 Fever 23 | Swifts 15
The match up started as an absolute nail biter, both squads trading goals for the first 10 minutes in a tense battle.
Fever’s mid court had an outstanding start to the game, Kelsey Browne’s 10 feeds, Alice Teague-Neeld’s nine and captain Jess Anstiss’s incredible intercept made their teammates jobs on either end that bit easier.
The combination of Sunday Aryang’s pressure in the goal circle and Kadie-Ann Dehaney’s quick hands resulted in four deflections and a rebound from the pair.
Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard’s long reach was critical in goals, a super shot and a 94% accuracy mixed with Shanice Beckford’s two super shot’s saw Fever run away with the lead by quarter time.
Q2 Fever 34 | Swifts 33
The Swifts came out swinging in the second quarter, making the girls in green work that bit harder after their strong start.
Fran Williams entered the court with a bang, taking a huge deflection and turning the ball over, consistently putting pressure on Sam Wallace-Joseph and fellow England Rose Helen Housby in goals.
Aryang’s awareness of the ball was incredibly impressive, taking a deflection from a distance to round out her three from the quarter.
Beckford’s second super shot for the quarter put Fever in front by one at half-time.
Q3 Fever 57 | Swifts 48
Browne was on fire in the third quarter, reading her teammates movements and ushering her 11 feeds into the goals.
Aryang seemed to be flying throughout the match, constantly aware of the ball and its movements, both in the goal circle and throughout the court.
Fever slowed down the chaotic nature of the second quarter, listening to Head Coach Dan Ryan’s call to once again control their movements, taking back the game.
Q4 Fever 75 | Swifts 59
Fever started their last quarter with the intent to win, with quick and solid movements and no room for mistakes.
Browne’s game just kept getting better and better with two deflections, four goal assists and seven feeds. Matched by none other than Anstiss with a deflection, and 5 goal assists by Teague-Neeld.
Aryang ended her game with a huge 11 deflections, four of those in the last quarter. She played a massive role in shutting down the shooting capabilities of Housby who only managed an unheard of three goals against Fever's defensive unit.
Fowler-Nembhard came out for a fourth week and demonstrated just how good she really is with a 98% shooting accuracy.
Fever now turn their attention toward their second home game of the season, facing the Firebirds at RAC Arena on Friday, May 10.
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