Cara Koenen (born 27 February 1996) is an Australian

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player in the

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league, playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning. Koenan was a foundation player at the Lightning ahead of the club's inaugural season in 2017. She has remained at the club since that time and was most recently re-signed for the 2020 season. She is the only netballer in the league to have originated from

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, which is off the coast of

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in northern Queensland. On 10 July 2021, Koenen played her 50th national league game, all for the Lightning. Koenen came off the bench to play goal shooter in the

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at the

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, scoring 15 goals from 15 shots to help Australia win against

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55–51.

References

External links

Sunshine Coast Lightning profile

Suncorp Super Netball profile

Netball Draft Central profile
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