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VNL: West’s best show ’em how

02/04/2012

By Star Weekly

THE western suburbs’ elite teams, City West Falcons and VU-Western Lightning, occupy two of the top three positions in the Victorian Netball League championship division.

The Falcons are atop the ladder after a thumping 73-31 win over Ballarat Pride at the State Netball and Hockey Centre on Wednesday night.

The goaler combination of Kathleen Knott (49-of-59) and Maggie Lind (22-of-29) worked a treat for the Falcons, while the Pride constantly found their progress repelled by hard-nosed defence from Casey Price.

The Falcons have won five of their opening six games. Their only blemish was against the Lightning.

Since the western derby, the Lightning has strung together four consecutive wins, including a nailbiting 33-32 win over Southern Saints in their most recent outing in Bendigo.

The VNL will return next week with the Falcons meeting Geelong on Wednesday night.

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