{"id":269169,"date":"2025-09-18T14:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T12:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnuus\/?p=269169"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T12:01:11","slug":"kovsies-in-semifinal-pressure-cooker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/kovsies-in-semifinal-pressure-cooker\/","title":{"rendered":"Kovsies in semifinal pressure cooker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The reigning Varsity Netball champions, the University of the Free State&#8217;s (UFS) Kovsies, showed their pedigree by progressing to the semifinals. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They did so after overcoming a six-goal deficit and scoring an important victory over the gutsy Stellenbosch girls, the Maties, in a match played on Monday, 15 September, in the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Multi-purpose Sports Hall in Johannesburg. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final 15 minutes produced a physical and high-intensity battle, with both sides pushing hard for a win.Maties tried to fight back into the game, but Kovsies did not slow down their attacking dominance and secured a vital 47 \u2212 55 victory.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-attachment-id=\"269271\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/kovsies-in-semifinal-pressure-cooker\/kovsiesmanagement_28990-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kovsiesmanagement_28990.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kovsiesmanagement_28990\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kovsiesmanagement_28990-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kovsiesmanagement_28990.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kovsiesmanagement_28990.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kovsiesmanagement_28990-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kovsiesmanagement_28990-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kovsiesmanagement_28990-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Kovsie Netball technical team are from the left Karla Pretorius (defence coach), Sikholiwe Moletse, (offensive coach), Burta de Kock (head coach), An\u00e9 Retief (team manager) and Marlise Wilson (physiotherapist).  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