MSA Alumni win Gold and Silver at U21 Champs

Current and Past Maribyrnong Sports Academy students have competed and played major roles in Victoria’s success in the Men’s and Women’s U21 State hockey teams at the National Championship wrapped up in Perth last week.

In the Women’s final, Victoria won the Gold Medal defeating Western Australia in an exciting match - scores were level at 2-2 at full time, however Victoria brought home the Gold in a thrilling shoot out, prevailing 3-1 in a nail-biting finish.  

In the Men’s, the Victorians were crowned silver medallists, with Western Australia defeating Victoria 2-1 in a captivating display of Hockey with Cooper Burns scoring the only goal for the Victorians.  Cooper enjoyed a great Championships with 7 goals and he finished equal second highest goal scorer across the tournament.

Our congratulations to MSA Alumni who represented Victoria - Juliette Sheriff (Graduated MSA 2021), Alannah Hibbard (Graduated MSA 2020), Connar Otterbach (Victorian Team Captain – Graduated MSA 2019), Cooper Burns (Graduated MSA 2020) and Nye Roberts (Graduated MSA 2020),and Sam Lowndes (Year 12)