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Our MSA Alumni have had a couple of busy weeks while we have been away on Holiday.  Let’s catch up on what they have been doing.

Football

Polly Doran and Naomi Chinnama have been spending time with the U23 Australian Women’s football team in Europe for the past couple of weeks.  During that time Australia beat Scotland 1-0 with Polly Doran scoring the match winner in the second half.  Meanwhile we say congratulations to Naomi who has resigned with Melbourne City for this years A-League Women’s competition.

Connor Metcalfe has scored one of the goals of the season for FC St Pauli in the Bundesliga 2 competition.  FC St Pauli defeated Holstein Kiel 5-1, that match played 2 weeks ago.  FC St Pauli are currently on top of the table after 8 matches.

Basketball

As the NBL season gets underway, great news for MSA Alumni Zac Triplett who has been elevated to the main roster for Melbourne United having been on the list as a development player.

Badminton

Gronya Somerville and her women’s doubles partner lost to an American pairing in the semi-finals at the Peru challenge in Lima.  Gronya heads home now for her next event, which is in Bendigo, Victoria.

Cricket

Tom Rogers and Fergus O’Neil are a part of the Victorian one-day team playing in the Marsh Cup.  The Bushrangers have started well beating Tasmania in the first match.  Tom Rogers made 45 off 49, while Fergus made 5 no and took 1 for 36 with the ball.

In game 2 Victoria beat New South Wales with Tom making 38 off 31 while Fergus took 2/40.

AFL Grand Final

Collingwood v Brisbane – Pies by 4 points

Cam Rayner had 11 disposals, 2 marks and a tackle.

AFLW

Geelong v Melbourne – Demons by 49

Georgie Prespakis – 18 disposals, 7 tackles and 5 clearances for Geelong.

Libby Birch – 8 disposals and 1 tackle for Melbourne.

Richmond v Fremantle – Dockers by 7

Monique Conti – 30 Disposals, 9 tackles and 9 clearances for the Tigers.

Carlton v Sydney - Blues by 5 points

Aliesha Newman – 2 disposals and 2 Tackles for the Swans.

Western Bulldogs v St Kilda – St Kilda by 18

Georgia Patrikios – 24 disposals, 4 tackles and 436m gained for the Saints.

Jess Fitzgerald – 16 disposals and 2 tackles for the Bulldogs

Collingwood v Essendon – Pies by 20 points

Georgia Nanscawen – 16 disposals, 7 tackles and 3 clearances for the Bombers.

North Melbourne v Giants – North by 30 points

Amy Smith – 8 disposals and 2 tackles for the Kangaroos.

Hawthorn v Brisbane – Lions by 27 points

Charlotte Baskaran – 7 disposals, 2 marks, 2 tackles and 2 clearances for the Hawks.

VFL Grand Final

Werribee v Gold Coast – Suns by 19 points

Sam Paea had 6 possessions and kicked a goal in Werribee’s 19-point loss to the Gold Coast.

The Score 120923

Once again there have been medals won and fantastic performances by our MSA Alumni in their chosen sports.  Check out how they went this week in ‘The Score’.

Badminton

Gronya Somerville made it through to the round of 16 in the Guatemalan Open in the Women’s Doubles with her teammate Caitlyn EA.  In the Mixed doubles Gronya and her partner Kenneth Choo won the bronze medal. 

Jacob Schueler lost his round 32 singles match at the Indonesian Masters.

Football

Congratulations to Polly Doran and Naomi Thomas-Chinnama for being selected in the Football Australia U23 National Women’s Team squad which will play 2 games in the upcoming weeks against Scotland and AC Milan’s women’s team.

Hockey

The Altona Hockey club has been knocked out of the Victorian Hockey Premier league, losing its semi-final to Doncaster 6-5.  MSA Alumni Cooper Burns scored 3 goals for Altona while National Development Squad player Connor Otterbach didn’t play for Altona due to a torn Hamstring he sustained at an Australian camp.  The injury has kept him out of the game for nearly 2 months.

Judo

Ryley Rametta competed at the Pan American Oceania Championships in Calgary, Canada this week.  Ryley defeated Nauana Silva from Brazil to take out the Silver Medal in the U63kg category – this performance places Ryley 8th in the world – an outstanding performance!

We congratulate Ryley and Danny Vojnikovich who have both been selected along with 26 other Athletes to represent Australia in the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands in November.

AFLW

Richmond v Adelaide

Monique Conti had 29 disposals, 5 tackles and kicked a goal in Richmond’s disappointing loss to the Adelaide Crows by 29 points. Monique was also named in the AFLW round 2 team of the week in the midfield.

Sydney v Geelong

Aliesha Newman kicked 3 goals 1, had 6 disposals and 4 tackles in Sydney’s 27-point loss at home to the Cats.  Georgie Prespakis had 15 disposals and an amazing 12 tackles for the victors.

Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn

Charlotte Baskaran has continued her good form to the start of the season having 16 disposals, 2 marks and 3 tackles in the Hawks 7-point win over the Dogs.  Jess Fitzgerald tried hard to help get the Bulldogs over the line with 20 possessions, 4 marks and 5 tackles.

Nth Melbourne v Carlton

Amy Smith had 8 disposals and 7 tackles in North Melbourne’s 60-point victory over the Blues.

Essendon v St Kilda

Essendon held on for a 12-point victory at Windy Hill over the Saints in its first senior club game at its spiritual home for 32 years.  For the Bombers Georgia Nanscawen had 13 disposals and 6 tackles while Georgia Patrikios finished off with 15 touches and 2 tackles

GWS v Melbourne

Melbourne claimed their 2nd win of the season by defeating GWS by 77 points on the road.  For the Demons Libby Birch had 6 disposals and a tackle, with the Giants only taking the ball inside 50, 29 times for the game.

AFL Finals

Collingwood v Melbourne

Joel Smith lined up for the Demons in their 7-point loss to the Pies.  Joel had 11 disposals, 1 goal and 5 marks.

Brisbane v Port Adelaide

Zak Butters had a solid game in a losing team with 29 disposals, 7 tackles and gained 599m for the Power in their 48-point loss to the Lions.  Cam Rainer kicked 3 goals 1 behind and had 16 possessions for Brisbane who now go straight into the Preliminary final.

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It’s been a big week for our Alumni with the start of the AFLW season and plenty more.  Here’s how they went.

Football

Connor Metcalfe is once again playing with FC St Pauli this season in the Bundesliga 2 competition in Germany.  So far FC St Pauli have drawn their first four matches of the season with Connor receiving a yellow card in the first two games of the season meaning he missed game 3 and started on the bench in game 4.

Barclays Women’s Championship

Polly Doran and her Crystal Palace teammates have started off the season with a 2nd round victory against Birmingham City 2-1.  Polly was on the field for the full 90 minutes.  In the first round of the Championship Crystal Palace had a 1 all draw with Reading. 

Bill Turner Cup

The Bill Turner Cup is a national schools Football Competition played annually.  Congratulations to our U15 Girls team who won the silver medal this year losing the final to Westfields Sports School 5-1, while our boys won the Bronze medal beating St Joesph’s 3-1.

American Football

2023 NCAA Punter of the year Adam Korsak is currently playing Gridiron in the Canadian Football League with professional team the Saskatchewan Roughriders.  Adam wasn’t selected in the NFL draft but did complete rookie minicamps with the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The roughriders are currently sitting 3rd in their division with 8 games in the season to go.

NRLW

The West Tigers NRLW team has suffered its 5th loss in a row with Najvada George making 36 tackles in the game against the Titans.  On top of the tackles Najvada ran the ball 118 meters, had 6 missed tackles with 27 receipts of the ball in the 16-4 loss.

Para Table Tennis

Paralympian Nathan Pellissier has claimed more medals, this time at the Japan Para Open.  A silver in the mixed doubles and a Bronze in the Men’s doubles.  Nathan also made the quarter finals of the singles.

Australian Volleyball Super League

MSA Alumni Mikayla Adam and Caitlyn Waterfall are a part of the Victorian Vipers in the Australian Volleyball Super League.

The Vipers are sitting 3rd after 4 rounds with 2 wins and 2 losses with only a couple of games to go in the season.

AFLW

Melbourne v Collingwood

Libby Birch had 5 tackles in a solid defensive effort for the Demons who beat Collingwood by 7 goals.

Geelong v Bulldogs

Georgie Prespakis has started season 2023 the way she finished 2022, in great form.  34 disposals, 11 tackles, 10 clearances and 641 metres gained in the Cats 48- point victory over the Bulldogs who had Jess Fitzgerald with 18 possessions, 5 tackles and 3 clearances.

Hawthorn v Essendon

The Bombers won their match by 19 points with former MSA Hockey Coach Georgia Nanscawen with 21 possessions, 4 tackles and 6 clearances in her debut performance.  Charlotte Baskaran started the season with 14 disposals and 4 tackles.

North. Melbourne v St Kilda

The Kangaroos had a convincing 40-point victory against St Kilda with tackling machine Amy Smith having 8 tackles and 12 disposals in a tagging role against Georgia Petrikios who had 11 possessions.

Brisbane Lions v Richmond

An Injury concern to Monique Conti has soured the Tigers victory.  Monique had 26 disposals, 4 tackles and 8 clearances while Elle McKenzie had 15 possessions, 5 tackles and 325 meters gained.

Sydney v GWS

The Swans hung onto win by 5 points with Aliesha Newman having 8 disposals and kicking 1 goal 1.