\n Match Report\n <\/p>\n
\n Carlton has surged into a preliminary final win with an incredible performance against Hawthorn.\n <\/p>\n
\n By Cristian Filippo, Carlton Media\n <\/p>\n
A COMPLETE performance.<\/p>\n
Carlton has produced its best performance of the season – and maybe the best in its AFLW history – in the semi final against Hawthorn, producing a 46-point victory at IKON Park.<\/p>\n
On the back of a blistering first quarter, the Blues led from start to finish against the Hawks, prevailing 11.13 (79) to 4.9 (33).<\/p>\n
It was a perfect night for the Blues on Abbie McKay\u2019s 25th birthday, sister Sophie McKay kicked three outstanding goals while the Blues\u2019 midfield fired on all cylinders in the comprehensive win.<\/p>\n
Mimi Hill set the scene in the first quarter, producing 11 first-quarter disposals as the Blues rode an incredible wave of momentum for the entirety of the opening term.<\/p>\n
Mia Austin kicked things off with a goal from the pocket before Hill herself rounded things out with a right-footed snap on the quarter-time siren, with Carlton defensive unit restricting Hawthorn from registering a score.<\/p>\n
If not for inaccuracy, the Blues\u2019 Club record quarter-time score of 4.7 (31) would\u2019ve been even higher.<\/p>\n
It was a much more even second term as the Hawks started to get their offensive game going, but the Blues were able to hold up well in a term where the Hawks missed opportunities of their own.<\/p>\n
The game was played much more in Carlton\u2019s defensive half, with Harriet Cordner typically holding up brilliantly while Maddy Hendrie fought her battles.<\/p>\n
Scoreboard relief came off the boot of Austin and McKay, ensuring the Blues still held a commanding 27-point lead at the main break.<\/p>\n
The contest could\u2019ve gone one of two ways at the commencement of the second half – and fortunately for the Blues, it was emphatically in their favour.<\/p>\n
Leaders stood up everywhere you looked, with Abbie McKay kicking a captain\u2019s goal to start the term while Hill produced another 11 disposals in the third term.<\/p>\n
They weren\u2019t alone, with All-Australian nominee Dayna Finn kicking back-to-back goals and Maddy Guerin surging the ball out of the middle at will as Carlton kicked out to a game-high lead at the final change.<\/p>\n
There was another goal for Sophie McKay – with another celebration to match – in the final term, and while the Hawks kicked the final two goals of the term, the damage was done from a Navy Blue perspective on a night where the Blues dominated disposals (+31), clearances (+16), contested possessions (+18) and tackles (+12).<\/p>\n
The Blues will now head to Brisbane next Saturday night with a Grand Final spot on the line.<\/p>\n
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HAWTHORN\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 0.0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2.4 \u00a0 \u00a0 4.6\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 4.9 (33)<\/p>\n
CARLTON \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 4.7 \u00a0 \u00a0 6.7 \u00a0 \u00a0 10.10 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 11.13 (79)<\/p>\n
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GOALS<\/p>\n
Carlton: S.McKay 3, Austin 2, Finn 2, Goss, Hill, A.McKay, Scholz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Match Report Carlton has surged into a preliminary final win with an incredible performance against Hawthorn. By Cristian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-286364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}