Strathmore pulled off a comprehensive victory against Greenvale to claim its maiden women's premiership in Airport Toyota Women's Division One at Windy Hill on Saturday.
Having qualified for the grand final the long way around, losing to Greenvale two weeks prior in the semi final and defeating Essendon Doutta Stars in last week's preliminary final, the Mores were coming in as underdogs with the Jets claiming victory in all three encounters between the two teams this season.
In a first quarter arm wrestle, the Mores were at the top of their game restricting Greenvale to just one behind, while Robyn Randell put the first and only goal on the board in the first term to give her Mores the early ascendency.
It was in the second quarter where Strathmore really gained the momentum though, with the likes of Chiara Guarino, Clara Toperosa, Amy Gaylor and Eloise Freeman starting to dominate around the ball.
Airport Toyota Women's Division One leading goal kicker Alisa Magri was able to kick a goal for the Jets but the Mores would surge late in the term to kick back-to-back goals and open up 17-point half time lead.
Strathmore's mammoth defensive effort against one of the the division's most potent attacks continued in the second half as the Jets were kept scoreless after main break, stranded on 1.2.8 for the remainder of the game.
Sharon Mumford was terrific down back taking a number of composing intercept marks and when Georgie Richardson kicked the second of her day, the 24-point gap looked imposing at three quarter time.
When Robyn Randell smashed home her third goal, courtesy of some crafty ruck work to rip the ball out of the contest, it was party time for the Mores.
And as the fulltime siren sounded, it would be an inaugural women's flag for the Mores with the final score reading 6.4.40 to 1.2.8
Randell would finish with three goals, the most for the game, while Georgie Richardson contributed two majors of her own as the other multiple goal scorer on the day.
Eloise Freeman was named best on ground in a complete performance by the midfielder who provided plenty of forward drive for her team.
After the match, senior coach Bernadette Marantelli couldn't be prouder of her group.
"It was just fantastic, the girls just played for the four quarters which they needed to because Greenvale are a very good team," Marantelli said.
"We didn't allow them to have an easy clearance, or an easy kick or an easy get."
Having lost to the Jets just a fortnight ago, Marantelli said they learnt plenty from the encounter and took plenty of positives from the result.
"If you look at the second half [of the semi final], the girls knew they were well within Greenvale's reach," she said.
"To out score them in the second half and with the end result only 15 points the difference, if you take the positives its actually not a bad effort.
"The other thing we learnt was that we needed to look after each other around the ball, and we did that today, and that's what stood out."
And on the game's best on ground Eloise Freeman, Marantelli said the Strathmore vice captain just got better and better by the week.
"She (Freeman) has had a ripper of a year," the senior coach said.
"Eloise has just improved week by week, season by season.
"She was unlucky last season to cop a significant shoulder injury that kept her out for six or eight weeks.
"Aside from that she should would have been well and truly up there in the best and fairest at club and maybe even would have gone close to Clara (last season's league best and fairest).
"El is very athletic, she's good over head and she's just an elite athlete. She can run all day and she just loves her footy."
