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Tough pre-season has Fever ready
West Coast Fever have endured a tough but successful pre-season campaign which has the squad ready to attack the 2023 Suncorp Super Netball season.
Fever has played nine matches in a comprehensive schedule which saw them play men’s and Super Netball opposition.
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The highlight for Fever was the Team Girls Cup victory on the Gold Coast.
The Fever lost their first game of the Team Girls Cup to the NSW Swifts. The Swifts controlled the second quarter with 10 consecutive goals on their way to a 41-37 win.
Trailing by 10 goals at three quarter time, the Fever looked a different team in the final quarter. Fever drew within a point of the Swifts before three consecutive goals to Romelda Aiken-George put an end to the Fever’s charge.
On the Saturday, Fever played back-to-back matches and secured two vital victories.
In the morning session, Fever put together another strong last quarter to secure their first victory of the Team Girls Cup, overcoming the Sunshine Coast Lightning 46-43.
Fever found themselves down at three quarter time for the second game of the tournament and needed another strong finish.
They started strong feeding Jhaniele Fowler and she responded with five of the first six goals to get the lead back.
In the second match, West Coast Fever kept their Team Girls Cup grand final hopes alive with a 5343 win over the Collingwood Magpies.
Fever set up their victory with a dominant Power Time in the third quarter with three supershots in a row, two to Sasha Glasgow and one to Nat Butler, to extend their lead to 10 goals at the last break.
Fever then needed results to go their way and luckily Sunshine Coast Lightning defeated the NSW Swifts to see Fever progress to the grand final.
The grand final against the Adelaide Thunderbirds was a tight encounter for the first three quarters with scores locked at the first two breaks.
Leading by a single goal going into the last quarter, Fever came out firing as they scored seven of the first nine goals of the quarter to opening up a lead.
The Fever outscored the Thunderbirds 14-7 to win the match 49-41 with Sasha Glasgow was named grand final Player of the Match.
It their other pre-season clashes, Fever played the WA Men’s Team as well as two clashes against the Victorian Men’s and then wrapped up the campaign with two against the Thunderbirds.
While the result against the Victorian Men’s didn’t go the Fever’s way, the side produced a much better performance in Game Two narrowly going down 57-61.
The Fever split their series with the Thunderbirds one-all.
In Game One, the Thunderbirds lead from start to finish in a tough, physical encounter and held off a fast finishing Fever to secure a four-goal win 56-52.
Fever rebounded in Game Two, rounding out their pre-season campaign with a resounding 64-49 victory, outscoring the visitors by 11 goals in the final quarter.
