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Tactix shooter Te Paea Selby-Rickit has hailed her side s defence
Tactix shooter Te Paea Selby-Rickit has hailed her side s defence 18 May 2021
They ve claimed their second win of netball s ANZ Premiership after beating the Mystics 64-63 in extra time at Christchurch.
Selby-Rickit slotted the winning goal with 10 seconds left.
Jane Watson and Karin Burger had the job of containing Mystics shooter Grace Nweke .
Selby-Rickit says the pair pounced.
The Mystics remain second on 11 points, the Tactix are fourth on seven.
Meanwhile, the bottom-placed Magic have lost 61-49 to the undefeated Stars in Tauranga.
Mid-courter Georgie Edgecombe says there was proof when her side sticks to the game plan it can pay off.
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The Magic were without wing attack Grace Kara, absent injured, and began the game with regular goal defence Erena Mikaere on the bench. But when they were trailing by five at the end of the first quarter, coach Amigene Metcalfe decided to shake things up, bringing Mikaere in and moving starting goal defence Georgia Tong forward to wing defence. That meant starting wing defence Georgie Edgecombe moved to centre and that centre Sam Sinclair moved to wing attack, where she fared better than starter Tori Kolose. But while the Magic improved in the second spell, the Stars were still able to extend their lead, and at halftime they were well on track to winning a third match in a row.
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Pushed hard, the
Robinhood Stars retained their unbeaten start to the season
after completing a hard-fought 55-51 win over Splice
Construction Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in Tauranga on
Sunday.
After being in control for three-quarters of
the match, the Stars faced a testing final 15 minutes before
making it three-from-three in the face of a resurgent Magic
who threatened to spoil the visitors perfect
record.
As the tension levels rose, composure also
boiled over with numerous cautions and warnings being dished
out as both sides put everything into claiming the points.
Let down by a slow start, the Magic came home with plenty of