Tasmania has registered its first win of the under-15 School Sport Australia national netball championships in Queensland.
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Following up-trending performances in the opening three days of competition, Tasmania opened its account with a 34-14 result over Northern Territory on Wednesday morning.
Co-captain Ashlea Turner led from the front, sinking 17 goals from three quarters of play, while Kings Meadows High student Hannah Crawford contributed eight after coming on as goal attack after half-time.
Crawford was then joined by Gee Tees teammate Olive Morris for an all-Northern goal third in the last quarter, with the St Pats 15-year-old sinking four goals of her own.
Tasmania played its final roster game on Wednesday afternoon, falling in a 37-17 loss to second-placed New South Wales despite holding level with the Blues in the third quarter.
Earlier in the week, Tasmania had pushed ACT all the way before a late surge saw the country's capital emerge 22-17 victors.
The two sides will meet again in the first round of bottom-four finals on Thursday morning, with the winner likely to meet Western Australia in the fifth-place playoff match on Friday morning.
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