It’s been another big week for our Alumni and Current Students in different sports around the world. Check out some of the results:
Modern Pentathlon
The 2023 Modern Pentathlon Australian Championships saw 37 athletes from right around Australia battle it out for medals and MSA Alumni Tully Watt claimed Gold in the Women’s division. Tully has just returned to Australia from International Competition and a training block which saw her contest the first two events of the UIPM World Cup in Cairo and Ankara.
Baseball
Former MSA Baseball Athlete Keenan Spence has received a great wrap in the Baseball Australia “Aussies Abroad” newsletter. Here is what they had to say:
“The Victorian native has had a huge spring for the Howard College Hawks. After this weekend, he is now hitting .348 with 11 2B, 23 HR & 63 RBI in only 50 games. To put that into perspective, if you averaged that out for an MLB season he would hit almost 75 home runs. A ridiculous show of power from the outfielder who has also committed to Purdue University for the next two years if he is not taken in the MLB Draft in July.”
International Football
Naomi Chinnama has been selected in the squad for the young Matilda’s round 2 qualifiers, as the team looks to move to the next stage of the 2024 AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup. The team will play Lebanon, Iran and Vietnam on the 3rd, 5th and 7th of June respectively in Vietnam.
Connor Metcalfe and his Bundesliga 2 team St Pauli FC have extended their unbeaten run to 4 games defeating Holstein Kiel 4-3 over the weekend. Connor continues his return from injury coming onto the ground in the 79th minute.
AFL
Port Adelaide v Melbourne
Zak Butters was the player of the week not just for our MSA Alumni team but for the entire AFL gathering 41 possessions including 22 kicks and 19 handballs, took 6 marks, had 3 tackles and kicked 2.1 in a best on ground performance in Port Adelaide’s win over Melbourne by 4 points at Adelaide Oval.
Nth Melbourne v Sydney
Paul Curtis had a quiet day with only 5 disposals and 1 goal 1 on Nth Melbourne’s loss to Sydney by 3 points.
Fremantle v Geelong
Luke Ryan racked up 22 disposals in the Dockers win over the Cats by 29 points at Optus Stadium.
Brisbane v Gold Coast
Rory Atkins couldn’t help the Suns get over the line against Brisbane, with the Lions winning by 41 points. Atkins had 20 possessions and 7 marks in the loss.
Essendon v Richmond
Massimo D’Ambrosio was named the sub for Essendon in their Dreamtime at the G match against Richmond. Massimo replaced Andrew Phillips at 3 quarter time in font of 78,300 people. The Bombers were trailing the Tigers by 2 goals at 3 quarter time and came home to win by a point. Massimo had 5 disposals, 2 marks and a tackle in the final quarter of the game.
Carlton v Collingwood
Jordan Boyd made his long awaited return to the Carlton team after missing the start of the season with a foot injury. Jordan had 11 disposals in his return with the Blues going down by 28 points to ladder leader Collingwood.