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Another Collegian performing well at the Commonwealth Games! She knocked down 39 shots in the second half of the 94-26 win over Northern Ireland on Thursday night and played the first half in the 79-24 victory over Barbados on Friday night when she finished with 24 goals before handing over to Bassett at halftime.
News.com.au report that Diamonds sharpshooter Caitlin Thwaites has hit a perfect 63 shots from 63 attempts in Australia’s opening pool matches at the Commonwealth Games.
But she is next to no chance of starting in netball’s gold medal match next Sunday.
And Thwaites is more than happy with her fate as the Diamonds’ approach on the Gold Coast is to hunt glory as a 12-strong pack.
Caitlin is arguably the second-best goal shooter on the planet. The world’s best goalscoring machine just happens to be her teammate and Australian captain Caitlin Bassett.
She knocked down 39 shots in the second half of the 94-26 win over Northern Ireland on Thursday night and played the first half in the 79-24 victory over Barbados on Friday night when she finished with 24 goals before handing over to Bassett at halftime.
A dual gold medallist, Caitlin made her international debut in the 2012 Quad Series against South Africa in Wellington, where she shot 23 goals at 100 per cent accuracy.
The sharp-shooter also represented Australia in volleyball before deciding to pursue a netball career.
Caitlin has always made time for the Radford students, here she is with the Radford netballers who were competing in the Oceania cup a few years ago, she positively bounded up to Lindy Braithwaite and the students and was very enthusiastically talking to the kids about her time at Radford.
We can not wait to interview her once she returns form the games!