From Red Sports
Building on yesterday’s opening win against Japan, a dominant Singapore team brushed aside tournament debutants Vietnam 84-8 in their second group game of the Asian Netball Championships.
Chen Huifen (GA) of Singapore shoots against Vietnam. She made 23 of 29 attempts, just behind teammate Charmaine Soh in goals and conversion rate. (Photo 1 courtesy of Netball Singapore)
Improved shooting from Singapore’s Goal Attack and Goal Shooters saw Singapore surpass their goals scored against the Japanese yesterday with more than 10 minutes still left to play in the fourth and final quarter.
Charmaine Soh led scoring once again, succeeding with 28 of her 35 attempts for a game-high 80 percent conversion rate. (She scored 26 of 37 attempts yesterday against the Japanese for a 70 percent conversion rate.)
Singapore started the first quarter with the same high tempo play as they did in the opener, scoring 27 without reply from the Vietnamese.
Vietnam finally made a breakthrough after recovering from the blitz of the opening quarter, with their first goal coming just after halfway in the second quarter. They would add a second to go into the half 46-2 down.
Natalie Long, who started as the Goal Shooter in her debut match against the Japanese, came off the bench this time for the start of the third quarter as all 12 members of the team once again got a run out. Natalie made an immediate impact, scoring from her first two attempts. She would end the quarter and the game with 11 goals from 15 attempts.
The second half saw Vietnam string together more attacking moves. A stingy Singapore defence, however, restricted the Vietnamese to only a further six goals as Singapore closed the match 84-8 winners.
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