By LIAM TWOMEY
CITY West Falcons remain undefeated and on top of the Victorian Netball League ladder after another crushing win last week.
The Falcons smashed the Southern Saints by 19 goals, 53-34.
From the word go it was a dominating City West outfit that hit the court as the margin was quickly out to seven by the first break.
From there, the Falcons continued to control the game and extended the lead across the next three quarters.
Alice Teague-Neeld was incredibly accurate around goals for City West, shooting at 96 per cent throughout the night.
Teague-Neeld finished with 20 goals from her 21 attempts while fellow shooters Kathleen Knott and Julia Woolley finished with 23 and 10 goals respectively.
In total, City West had 20 more attempts on goal for the match. The result maintains the Falcons’ one game lead over Boroondara Genesis on the VNL ladder.
In other results, VU Western Lightning overcame a tough first quarter to get the better of Fed Uni Ballarat Pride by 19 goals, 61-42.
Despite being winless and on the bottom of the ladder, the Pride fought hard during the first quarter, keeping the deficit to just two at the break.
However, the longer the match went the more VU began to take control as the margin spiked.
Of the Lightning’s 61 goals, Kate Thompson shot 45.
After a slow start to the year, VU is now a game clear inside the top four, occupying fourth spot on the ladder.
When round eight gets underway this week, the two Western Suburbs clubs will clash at the State Netball and Hockey Centre.
The pair last met in round one and on that occasion it was an easy win for the Falcons.
