Heading to the Finley Recreation Reserve courts off the back of a confidence-boosting win against powerhouse side Deniliquin, the Magpies were challenged early by the Cats, who stayed level at 15-apiece following the first term.
Moama sneaked out to an eight-goal lead at the half, up 33-26, but Finley refused to go away, bringing the game back to a two-goal margin with one term to play.
But it was Moama that outlasted the home side, storming home in the final term to record a nine-goal win.
Magpies coach Liv Taverna was thrilled with the win, which came despite a number of changes having to be made to her side.
“We had three out this week, so it was a completely new team that we had in, and we had some juniors step up and play, which was good,” she said.
“So, yeah, (the match was) a bit tight, and then we sort of started to find our groove and then crept away from them a little bit, which was good.”
With three wins from their first four rounds, the Magpies sit third ahead of the second week of the split round, with Taverna extremely proud of the start to the year her side has made.
“I've been really happy with the season. Obviously we had that loss against Rumba, but I was still really happy with how the girls played,” she said.
“Again, we’ve got quite a new side this year. We’ve had a couple in and out, a few injuries and stuff like that, so I think to just be able to get on the court each week and find our groove and adjust to the new combinations on the court has been really good.
“I couldn’t be prouder of the girls, they’ve had a really good start.”
With the bye next week, Moama will take the opportunity to conduct a whole club training session, in which the senior girls will pair up with a junior girl during a buddy training, before setting their sights on a formidable opponent after the bye in Tongala.
Taverna isn’t phased by the challenge of facing the reigning premier, opting to focus on her side’s game rather than becoming too preoccupied with Tongala’s line-up.
“I think we know how they play,” she said.
“There’s obviously Milly Brock, who is going to be hard to stop, but I think we just work out our combinations and how we’re best going to sort of slow the ball getting into her and, yeah, just do what we do and focus on our game.”
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