MSA Alumni WE 16/10/22
It has been a busy few weeks for our Alumni who continue to make waves in the World of sport. Here are some of their achievements:
It has been a busy few weeks for our Alumni who continue to make waves in the World of sport. Here are some of their achievements:
Cricket
Congratulations to Fergus O’Neil who made his Debut for Victoria in shield cricket in the season opening game against South Australia at Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide. Fergus took 4 wickets on Debut in a game that Victoria drew.
Soccer
Connor Metcalfe come on in the 86th minute to help FC St Pauli to a 3-nil win over Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga 2
AFL
Congratulations to MSA Alumni Peter Wright on winning the Crichton medal for the 2022 Best and Fairest at Essendon. Also congratulations go to Touk Miller for winning the Best and Fairest at the Gold Coast Suns and finishing 3rd in the Brownlow Medal
AFLW – Round 8
The rampaging Tigers have come from behind to beat Carlton on the weekend. Monique Conti was strong again with 30 possessions and Elle McKenzie had 18 touches to help Richmond achieve 6 wins in a row.
North Melbourne pumped Port Adelaide by 25 points. Amy Smith had 11 possessions and 4 tackles for the victors against a Power team including Erin Phillips.
Geelong defeated the West Coast Eagles by 9 points with the tackling machine Georgie Prespakis racking up 12 tackles and 21 possessions for the Cats.
Melbourne was too strong for the hapless Suns with Libby Birch accumulating 16 possessions and 3 marks in defence for the Dees.
The Western Bulldogs were 15-point winners over the Saints at Mars Stadium in Ballarat. Jess Fitzgerald had 14 touches and 3 marks while Saints midfielder Georgia Patrikios had 11 possessions and 4 tackles
Hawthorn lost by 1 point to the GWS Giants with Charlotte Baskaran having 6 tackles and 11 disposals as she gets herself ready for her year 12 exams.
And the Sydney Swans went down by 4 points to the Bombers with Alicia Newman having 8 possessions for Sydney.
NBL
Zac Triplett had 4 minutes on the boards for Melbourne United on the weekend with United going down by 10 points to the Tasmanian Jack Jumpers.
Badminton
In the Yonex Bendigo International, Gronya Somerville and her doubles partner Wendy Chen lost in the quarter finals, while in the Mixed Doubles with partner Ken Choo, she was knocked out in the round of 32. This week Gronya heads across the ditch to New Zealand for the North Harbour international.
Meanwhile also in Bendigo, Jacob Schuller lost in the round of 32 in both the Men’s doubles and Men’s Singles.
Big Year for State Championships
This Term 4 there is plenty of action for the year 7 and 8 students with multiple events being played on the SSV Calendar including Tennis, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, Volleyball and Cricket.
As we head into Term 4 action for the year 7 and 8 students with multiple events being played on the SSV Calendar including Tennis, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, Volleyball and Cricket, It’s time to reflect on the great efforts by our students so far in the SSV competition in 2022.
As at the start of term 4, Maribyrnong College had already won 19 State Championship as outlined below:
State Champions 2022 -
1. Premier League Girls Soccer
2. SSV Senior Girls Tennis
3. SSV Senior Boys Tennis
4. SSV Inter Girls Tennis
5. SSV Inter Boys Tennis
6. SSV Senior Girls Volleyball
7. SSV Senior Boys Volleyball
8. SSV Inter Boys Baseball
9. SSV Inter Boys Badminton
10. SSV Senior Boys Badminton
11. SSV Senior Boys Hockey
12. SSV Year 7 Boys AFL
13. SSV Year 8 Boys Soccer
14. SSV Year 7 Boys Soccer
15. Football Vic Premer Schools Cup
16. SSV year 7 Girls Soccer
17. SSV Year 8 Girls Soccer
18. Herald Sun Shield Intermediate Girls
19. SSV Year 8 Boys Badminton
Our intermediate AFL girls won their first Herald Sun Shield Div. 2 trophy, and our Girl’s Soccer team won the Football Victoria Premier Schools Cup.
We also congratulate our individual medal winners and Relay Teams in the SSV State Swimming Championships held at MSAC and our SSV Cross Country Winners for 2022.
SSV State Swimming Championships Winners -
Men 12/13 Butterfly – Tomas Rutowski
Women 18-20 50 Meter Backstroke – Charlize Buna
Men 12-14 200 Meter Medley Relay – Maribyrnong College
Women 17-20 200 Meter Medley Relay – Maribyrnong College
Men 12-13 200 Meter Freestyle Relay – Maribyrnong College
Men 14 Year Olds 200 Meter Freestyle Relay- Maribyrnong College
Women 16 Year Olds 200 Meter Freestyle Relay – Maribyrnong College
*All Swimming victories were in the Long Course competition
SSV State Cross Country Winners –
12-13 year old Boys – Finn Kane
16 year girls – Lara Sacaner
It’s been a big year so far and we have a few more weeks to top it off. Good luck to all our teams and individuals in their respective sports in Term 4.
MSA Alumni WE 11/09/22
Basketball Champs, World Cups, Grand Tours and heaps of Football. Thats another week done for our Current Students and Alumni.
Basketball
MSA Alumni Stacey Barr (Grad. 2010) who plays for the Warrick Senators in West Australia has claimed the NBL1 Championship defeating the Ringwood Hawks 83-75 in the final match. Stacey had a game total of 17 points which included five 3 point bombs and 9 rebounds.
Cycling
Lucas Plapp has finished a very creditable 28th and 4 mins off the winner in the young riders division of the Tour of Spain. This was Lucas’ first grand tour for his team Ineos Grenadiers.
Baseball
Current Maribyrnong students Jayden Kim and Declan Spiers are both competing for Australia in the U18 World Cup in Florida, USA. Australia lost their first match of the preliminary stage to Mexico 9-5.
Football/Soccer
Conner Metcalfe came on to help St Pauli take a 1 all draw with SV Sandhousen in the Bundesliga 2. Fellow Aussie Jackson Irvine scored the first goal of the match for St Pauli
AFLW
The Western Bulldogs had a 3 point victory against the Fremantle Dockers with Jess Fitzgerald named in the best for the Doggies gathering 21 touches.
North Melbourne went down to the Crows by 14 points at Unley Oval South Australia. Amy Smith had 5 possessions and 2 tackles before leaving the game with concussion.
The Sydney Swans had a big loss to the GWS Giants. Aleisha Newman had 8 kicks and 3 tackles in the 47 points loss for the Swans at the SCG.
Geelong went down to the Pies at GMHBA Stadium. Georgie Prespakis continuing her solid form with 18 possessions and 9 tackles but couldn’t help Geelong get over the line, losing by 4 points.
At RSEA Park, Libby Birch had 13 disposals and 3 tackles for the Demons who went on to win by 26 points over the Saints, who had Georgia Patrikios with a game tally of 14 possessions and 7 tackles.
Richmond had their first win of the year with Monique Conti dominating again gathering 23 touches and 3 goals whilst Ellie McKenzie had 17 possessions, 5 marks and 1 goals. The Tigers beat new Franchise Hawthorn by 35 points who had Charlotte Baskaran kicking Hawthorns only goal for the game while collecting 13 possessions and 5 tackles. All three were in their teams best players .
MSA Hockey Coach Georgia Nanscawen has won her second VFLW Best and fairest Lambert-Pearce medal in consecutive years. Georgia also claimed the VFLW coaches Player of the year award
We also congratulate Harry Birch who has been selected in the umpiring team for this weekends VFL Grand Final played between Casey Demons and Southport Sharks at IKON Park.