As the AFLW season starts to wind down the A-League Women’s season kicks off and we have Alumni in both.  See how they are going.

AFLW

Melbourne has defeated North Melbourne to make it through to the AFLW Grand Final.  The Demons beat the Kangaroos by 17 points.  For Melbourne Libby Birch was solid in defence with 13 Disposals and AMY had a quiet day with 7 possessions but remains a tackling machine with 7 tackles on the day

Melbourne now heads to Springfield in Ipswich for the Grand Final of the AFLW against Brisbane.

Congratulations to Monique Conti who has been named the AFLW Player of the season judged by the AFLW Media with 23 votes.  Georgie Prespakis was the next best MSA Alumni finishing with 14 votes.

In the AFLW Best and Fairest award Mon Conti finished second with 19 votes, 2 behind Brisbane’s Ally Anderson in a thrilling count on Tuesday night.  Monique and Georgie were also both named in the midfield for the AFLW All Australian team. 

Football…

Naomi Chinnama started at Centre back for the Melbourne City in their 4-1 away win against Wellington.

MelindaJ Barbieri came on in the 79th minute in Adelaide United’s 1-0 win over Sydney FC.

Congratulations to Annabel Martin who has resigned with Wellington Phoenix Women’s team and MelindaJ Barbieri for signing with Adelaide United for this seasons A-Leagues Women’s competition

Polly Doran came on the field at the 90th minute to be a part of Crystal Palace’s loss to Charlton 2-1.

Volleyball

 Lorenzo Pope’s Modena Volleyball in the Italian Supa League has had another win, this time over Prisma Volley 3-1.  Modena are now equal 4th on the standings.

Badminton

In the Australian Open for Badminton, Gronya Somerville was knocked out in the round of 32 in the Women’s and Mixed Doubles. 

Gridiron

MSA Alumni Adam Korsak has just set a record for the most punting yards in College Football History in Div 1 of the NCAA.  On top of that record Adam also has the following distinctions for this year,  NCAA record for NET punt, -10 punt return yards this season, 3 times captain for Rutgers football and a streak of 150 punts without a touchback. 

Taekwondo

Reba Stewart lost in the round of 32 in the 73+kgs division to Matea Kolovrat of Croatia in the Taekwondo World Championships in Mexico..