City West Falcons are continuing to lift their level with one of their best performances of the Victorian Netball League season.
Undefeated heading into the final two rounds, the Falcons have already started prepping for finals having locked in top spot.
On Wednesday night, the Falcons were at home at Altona in front of a big crowd and they put on a show against the North East Blaze.
The Falcons led by 10 goals at quarter time and were able to keep the momentum going.
The Blaze ended up winning the last quarter, but the Falcons had put the cue in the rack having already secured the victory.
They ended up winning 73-55.
Falcons coach Marg Lind said it was nice to put out a performance like that at home.
“It was probably one of our better ones,” she said. “We had good ball speed and played at a good pace.
“They were physical and it’s not easy to move fast. We got a good start and kept that going.
“We played pretty fast and moved the long ball well.”
The Falcons were looking at the scoreboard in the first part of the game as Jane Cook approached the 1000 goal milestone.
Lind said it came earlier in the game than they expected after she shot 20 goals in the first quarter.
Having achieved the milestone in three less games this year, Lind said they had improved their scoring rate after setting some big targets and it had paid off.
With the game in control, the Falcons changed things around as they have done for a lot of the season.
“Maggie [Lind] had a tight calf and she only played the start,” Lind said. “We had a few sore from Sunday backing up and we were mindful of that.
“Everyone had a good run and there was no player that didn’t come off.”
Lind said it was another good strong performance from the side with everyone having some good moments.
She said Charity Nasalio had a good game after being rested a bit on Sunday.
Lind said they were wanting to make sure they were fully prepared for finals.
The Falcons 23 and under side lost 49-44 to ladder leaders North East Blaze.
Lind said the side had some opportunities to win the game and would take some learnings out of the game that they can match it with the best.
The Falcons finish their season against the Peninsula Waves.
Lind said they would treat it as they were facing a side that they would play in finals.
