Werribee Giants women’s side has shown it will be one of the teams to beat early in the Baseball Victoria summer league state competition.
The Giants won four of their first five matches along with some big scores on the board.
On Saturday, they beat Blackburn, 18-3.
Giants female coordinator Desiree Sulufaiga said things had been really good early in the season.
“We’ve put in a really strong team, a competitive team,” she said. “We’ve got a bunch of players that have come over to play for Werribee.
“They wanted to play for new coach Meg Fahy and we want to put the best team forward.
Sulufaiga said Fahy, who is well known in baseball circles in Geelong, played for the Giants in the winter season.
After having fun during that season and Fahy decided to stick around for the summer season.
“I’ve just taken on the women’s coordinator this season and I said I hear you’re playing the summer season,do you want to coach,” Sulufaiga said.
“She has coached before and was happy to do it. When people heard Meg was coaching, they wanted to play for us.”
Sulufaiga said initially they had 20 players signal they wanted to play for them, but some have had to step away due to other commitments and other players are only part time players.
She said they had a really experienced outfit.
“There’s just a few players that want to play casually and are new to the team,” she said. “We just want to be competitive and the main priority is to have fun and everyone gives their best.”
Sulufaiga said it was nice to get some good wins early in the season as it opens up opportunities for players.
She highlighted Tiffany Mollica, who is their relief pitcher, who wouldn’t get much of a chance otherwise.
“She’s getting her chance at the moment, we’re relying on her and she’s getting the things done.”
Sulufaiga said they were always keen on try and make finals and make it to the final game of the season.
“We want to try and make the grand final and try and have fun,” she said.
“We want to keep pushing and being competitive.
“We want players to know that Werribee is a go to team.”
Meanwhile in the men’s premier 1 first nine competition on Saturday, the Giants lost to the Williamstown Wolves, 6-4.
The Giants have one win so far.
