WHEN: Friday 5 December, 2025
TIME: 5.30pm AEDT
WHERE: Selkirk Stadium, Ballarat
TICKETS: Available via Ticketek
Bendigo Spirit is preparing to take on Geelong Venom at Selkirk Stadium for their first match of Round 8, continuing their regional campaign.
After adding two wins to their tally in a mightily successful Round 7 performance the Spirit are on the road again, with a strong four-game winning streak filling the team with confidence as they head across to Ballarat.
The Spirit fought hard on Sunday against the Adelaide Lightning, regaining their lead after falling behind on the scoreboard with Lightning’s Sania Feagan’s 26 points and six rebounds posing a major threat to the Spirit’s game plan. After snatching control from the Lightning’s hands, Spirit landed in front at the final buzzer (71-65) with the ever-consistent Izzy Borlase adding 27 points and three rebounds to the board.
Proving their strength even without fearless leader Marianna Tolo, now only court-occupying co-captain Kelsey Griffin filled the void seamlessly, offering a massive eight rebounds in Sunday’s match.
Geelong - after facing an almost identical lineup to the Spirit in their last two matches against the Sydney Flames and Lightning - fell to both teams, rounding their season thus far to three wins and a glaring six losses.
Despite falling to their opposition in the last two matches, high game scores (99-93 and 97-94) and consistent on-court dominance from Mackenzie Holmes (28 points, 10 rebounds, two assists) and Elissa Brett (22 points, three rebounds) will pose a threat to our Spirit line-up.
With both teams away from their home courts but ready to present a WNBL masterclass for a regional crowd in Ballarat, the match between the second-ranked Spirit and fifth positioned Geelong remains anyone’s game as the two Victorian teams face off for the second time in WNBL26.
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