{"id":60117,"date":"2024-10-26T08:49:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T06:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=60117"},"modified":"2024-10-26T08:49:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T06:49:42","slug":"saint-stithians-and-durban-girls-college-still-unbeaten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=60117","title":{"rendered":"Saint Stithians and Durban Girls’ College still unbeaten"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: St Stithians College on Facebook<\/a><\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Friday, day two of the Saints Invitational Water Polo Tournament, <\/strong>a combination of entertaining action was tempered by a tough day for some. It ended with two teams unbeaten, while four sides were still searching for a win.<\/p>\n

Roedean School<\/strong> and DSG Makhanda<\/strong> halted each other’s winning ways when they played a 4-4 draw in their second encounter of the day in a Group A clash.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Roedean thrashed Rand Park 22-0 and DSG kept a clean sheet in a 5-0 defeat of Kingsmead College<\/strong>. Following the completion of their group assignments, Roedean claimed first place on goal difference from DSG.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Group B’s Durban Girls’ College<\/strong> (DGC)<\/strong> and Pool D’s St Stithians Girls’ College<\/strong>, who are playing in familiar home waters, grabbed the limelight. Both extended their unbeaten streaks to finish their group games with perfect records.<\/p>\n

DGC was made to work hard by St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls (Boksburg)<\/strong>\u00a0but came away with an 8-5 win. They, then, rolled to a 12-3 victory over Collegiate<\/strong>. On Thursday, they had beaten Reddam House Constantia<\/strong> 8-4 and St Peter’s College<\/strong> 15-4.<\/p>\n

Cape Town’s Reddam Constantia<\/strong> secured second place in the group, after upping their performances following their opening day loss. On Friday, they outplayed St Peter’s College<\/strong> 16-3 and were comfortable 8-2 winners over St Dominic’s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fresh off of winning St Anne’s Water Polo Tournament<\/strong> and Mackenzie Cup,<\/strong> coach Connor Whiting’s side – and it should be remembered that this is a stayers’ tournament, so the lineups will be different – is still on the right track and they remain a threat.<\/p>\n

St Dominic’s finished with two wins and two losses and third spot in Group B. In fourth, Collegiate<\/strong> registered a 7-2 win over St Peter’s on Friday morning. In the afternoon, though, DGC<\/strong> had too much firepower for the Gqeberha school.<\/p>\n

Group C table-toppers Reddam House Bedfordview<\/strong> was enjoying a good run but stumbled slightly against Clarendon<\/strong>,\u00a0 who held them to a 7-7 draw. St Anne’s, the runners-up in their home tournament, claimed second place in the group after three wins and a single defeat.<\/p>\n

St Stithians, meanwhile, continued rolling in Group D, adding two more wins on Friday. In the first, they handed Crawford Lonehill<\/strong> a 12-1 loss, and they followed that up by holding off last year’s Saints Invitational winners<\/a><\/strong>, Herschel Girls School<\/strong>, 6-3 in the group’s key clash. It was a first defeat for the Capetonians.<\/p>\n

Rand Park <\/strong>is one of the four teams that remains winless. It’s been an uphill battle for the local side, made worse by the fact that they’re still chasing their first goal of the tournament. They’ve conceded 72 times.<\/p>\n

In Pool B, St Peter’s was also kept out of the win column, while Beaulieu College<\/strong> was competitive in Pool C, scoring 16 goals while conceding 33, but they finished without a victory. It was tough sledding for Crawford Lonehill, too. They netted 12 and conceded 43 and joined the list of sides still in pursuit of a first win.<\/p>\n

RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girls | Day 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Group A<\/p>\n

St Mary’s Waverley 16-0 Rand Park
\nDSG Makhanda 5-0 Kingsmead
\nRoedean 22-0\u00a0Rand Park
\nSt Mary’s Waverley 6-4 Kingsmead
\nRoedean 4-4 DSG Makhanda<\/p>\n

Group B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Collegiate 7-2 St Peter’s
\nSt Dominic’s 5-8\u00a0DGC
\nReddam Constantia 16-3 St Peter’s
\nDGC 12-3 Collegiate
\nReddam Constantia 8-2 St Dominic\u2019s<\/p>\n

Group C<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Anne’s 10-6 Pearson
\nReddam Bedfordview 14-5 Beaulieu
\nClarendon 9-5 Pearson
\nSt Anne’s 11-4 Beaulieu<\/p>\n

Group D<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kingswood 9-9 Chisipite
\nSt Stithians 12-1\u00a0Crawford Lonehill
\nHerschel 18-3 Chisipite School
\nKingswood 9-7 Crawford Lonehill
\nSt Stithians 6-3 Herschel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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