By LIAM TWOMEY
CITY West continued its outstanding start to the Victorian Netball League season with a victory against Monash University Storm on Wednesday night. The Falcons were in front from the get go and maintained a healthy lead over the Storm throughout the next three quarters.
But it was in the final term when City West produced some of its best netball. Marg Lind’s side scored 17 goals and restricted Monash to just six to secure the 17-goal win.
The result capped off a busy seven days for the Falcons after they also enjoyed wins against Fed Uni Ballarat Pride (61-26) and DC North East Blaze (59-35).
Lind was rapt with how her side was able to handle its busy schedule.
“We have been performing pretty well and they were certainly solid in all three games which is pleasing,” she said.
“I felt like they would be fatigued with three games in under seven days, so we actually didn’t train at all in the seven-day period.
“A lot of the girls also had state training too so we were pretty mindful of that. Essentially, those who are in the state team, they actually had another game as well with the state team.
“We said to them that if their performance against Blaze on Saturday night was solid, which meant we had three wins under our belt, we wouldn’t train them on Sunday, which we didn’t do, and I think that paid off.”
The trio of victories maintains City West’s unbeaten start to the VNL season with the Falcons on top of the table with a 4-0 record.
When round five of the season gets underway this week, the Falcons will take on third-placed Geelong.
The game will have an interesting dynamic, with Geelong now being coached by former Falcon Gerard Murphy.
“I think he (Murphy) has done some good work with them and we certainly won’t be underestimating them,” Lind said.
“Even less so because he has come from our stable and he knows how we run. That is going to be a little bit of an advantage to him, but I guess the same applies to us. We know his coaching methods. I’m hoping to get another win, so that we go into the break with a clean slate.”
