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Kovsies remain on track and Tuks still unbeaten─── 09:00 Tue, 30 Sep 2014
Defending champions UFS-Kovsies were made to grind out a hard fought 53-38 bonus point win over NMMU-Madibaz as they look to retain their title.
The first quarter started at a furious pace with both sides exchanging goals as both sets of forwards found the bottom if the net at will.
The Madibaz managed to head into the first break holding a slender 14-12 lead. There was no let-up at the start of the second quarter as Kovsies managed to first draw level before taking the lead thanks to a dominant performance during the powerplay.
Both sides kept the scoreboard ticking as the home side went into the halftime interval with a 28-22 lead.
The Madibaz came out full of energy at the start of the third quarter as they tried to reduce the home side’s lead but Kovsies showed their temperament as they extended their lead to 40-31 as the final quarter approached.
Kovsies managed to maintain their lead and did enough to secure a bonus point in the closing stages of the match to walk away 53-38 victors.
NWU-Pukke cruised to a convincing 76-26 victory over winless VUT in their Varsity Netball clash in Potchefstroom.
The home side got on top early on and took the game to VUT who were staring down a 27-8 deficit at the end of the first quarter.
NWU-Pukke took their powerplay at the start of the second period and made the most of it to pile the pressure on the visitors.
VUT were giving it everything they had, but they could not hold back the NWU-Pukke wave and went into half-time trailing 43-13.
The visitors had to chase the game, and ran hard in an attempt to shut NWU-Pukke down, but they could not stop the rampant home side.
NWU-Pukke claimed the bonus point in the third quarter and continued their dominance until the end as VUT wilted under the relentless pressure.
