It was a matter of just getting the job done for the City West Falcons on Wednesday night in the Victorian Netball League.
While it was a battle between top and bottom against the Peninsula Waves, the Falcons had their challenges.
Illness had gone through the side with Sussu Liai missing the game and Maggie Lind again played limited minutes for a third straight week.
It mattered little as the Falcons won, 75-51.
Falcons coach Marg Lind was pretty happy with the result.
“We had a youngster from our 19s program make her debut, we rested a few, rolled a few,” she said.
“We had a few sick and a bit of a bug going through the club, hopefully we’re at the end of that.”
The Falcons led by eight goals early on with the Waves pushing them in the second quarter.
Lind said they got a bit sloppy in the second quarter.
“We didn’t have any run in attack,” she said. “We made a few changes and got it back out again.
“Their tall shooter Emmalia Blake made it really hard. When you’ve got people of that size, they are going to score.
“We didn’t have Sussu tonight [Wednesday] either. We were low on defence changes.”
The Falcons were able to run away with it and continue on their unbeaten run.
Lind again used the match as an opportunity to work through some different combinations.
“We got through it and tried a few things and flipped a couple of changes,” she said.
“We had a look at people who haven’t been in positions for a while, see what they can do.”
Jane Cook finished with 47 goals for the Falcons and was again rested at times during the match.
Lind said it was exciting to get Manon Muir on the court for her VNL debut. She is part of the club’s under-19 program.
“That is three now, Ella Leith, Imogen Sexton and Manon Muir,” Lind said. “We have big hopes for the three of them.
“We’ve been able to introduce them without having to overload them. It’s been really good, I thought she did really well.”
Lind said they were conscious of not overloading the younger players and felt all three would be in consideration for the Victorian under-17 team.
The Falcons 23 and under side also got the win, beating the Waves 59-48.
Lind said they were starting to make some inroads and they had looked to change the plan up to better suit the players they had.
The Falcons 23s not sit sixth on the ladder.
The Falcons face the Hawks on Wednesday.
In other results, the Western Warriors championship side beat Geelong, 60-57.
The win moves the Warriors to eighth on the ladder.
