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The Marist Magic outshone the Waitakere Blue Devils to win their encounter tonight at the Sacred Heart Aquatic Centre by 19 to 7. After a tight opening quarter where the Magic held a 3-1 advantage the floodgates opened seeing Marist net 7-1 in the 2nd quarter to take a 10-2 half time lead. Waitakere kept them under control for much of the second half scoring 4 goals and conceding 9. Marist's Cameron Lowther - returning to the side after an injury forced him out for the 2007 year - netted 7 of the Magic's goals with Phil Howat and Andrew Illman slamming home 4 each. Dan Jackson (2) , Josh Campbell (1) and Simon Cleghorn (1) netted the remaining Marist goals. Rowan Presland on debut for Waitakere proved a crowd highlighter when he blocked the first penalty shot of the game and also kept his side on the better side of the ledger with some other good saves. Jamie Cameron (2) Paul Jones (1)Michael Brooks (1) Paul Weeks(1) , Ben Rees (1) and Chris White (1)scored the Waitakere goals. |