Cracking the Cats' dam wall was a bridge too far for the Southern Saints on Sunday morning, going down by 10 points at a waterlogged Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval.
The Cats conceded just two scoring shots for the second week in a row to move to second spot on the VFLW, with Sunday's result marking the Saints' second loss of the season.
With the sides going to battle in soggy conditions, the match went without a score to either team from Lucy Burke’s goal for the Saints at 8:21 in the second quarter until Cheryl De Groot kicked the sealer for the Cats 11:36 into the last.
In fact, Burke’s goal was the Saints’ last score of the match, while the only other major went to Geelong’s Analea McKee four minutes into the contest.
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Charlotte Simpson showed herself to be a wet weather specialist as far and away the best player on the ground with 31 disposals, seven tackles, 12 clearances and five inside-50s for Geelong.
Renee Garing laid a crazy 18 tackles on her way to 19 disposals and five clearances and Chloe Scheer (20 disposals, five entries), Sachi DeGiacomi (17 disposals, five clearances), De Groot (14 disposals, nine tackles, one goal) and Sophie O’Dea (nine tackles) also important.
Jemima Wrigley was the standout for the Saints with 20 disposals, 13 tackles and eight clearances, just ahead of Winnie Laing (19 disposals, eight tackles), Deanna Jolliffe (18 disposals, eight tackles) and Gabriella De Angelis (19 disposals).
Cats Kalani Scoullar (26 hitouts) and McKee (18 hitouts, one goal) had a great battle in the ruck with Saints Margaret Kershaw (23 hitouts) and Sarah Black (19 hitouts).
The Southern Saints will head to Casey Fields next weekend in the hopes of securing their third win of the 2023 campaign.
SOUTHERN SAINTS 0.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 (7)
GEELONG 1.2 1.4 1.4 2.5 (17)
GOALS
Southern Saints: Burke
Geelong: McKee, De Groot
BEST
Southern Saints: Wrigley, Jolliffe, Laing, De Angelis
Geelong: Simpson, Scheer, Garing, De Groot, McDonald
