The Netball Blues beat Oxford in their second match of the season. It was a tight game in which momentum swung from one team to the other.

Cambridge began the match with a string of goals from Goal Shoot Clodagh Bottomley. The goals were backed up by good defending from Jade Popoola at Goal Defence, and excellent movement and agility by Centre Izzy Howse.

Oxford came back though, through a burst in the middle of the first quarter and at the start of the second, gaining a three-point lead, the score at 15–18.

The streak was broken by the prolific Bottomley, who inspired a Cambridge lead of 29–27 by half-time.

The third quarter again saw a Cambridge scoring spree from substitutes Lucy Dodd and Lucy Walker, before an Oxford resurgence, fueled by aggressive play from their Goal Shooter, cut the Cambridge lead to just 42–38 going into the last quarter.

Oxford dominated the middle of the fourth quarter, coming back to within a goal of Cambridge, the score at 48–47. The Light Blues gradually increased their lead at the end however, maintaining discipline to secure a 56–50 victory for Cambridge over Oxford, successfully avenging their 15-point defeat in last year’s Varsity match.