WARRACK Eagles could see one of its living netball legends Penny Fisher make her 400th senior game appearance against Horsham on Saturday.
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The two sides will meet at Anzac Park in Warracknabeal.
Both teams have a strong history together and the upcoming round four match-up could see another historic outing.
Horsham are yet to lose a match at the early stages of this season whereas Warrack Eagles fell short by two points against Minyip-Murtoa in round three.
Warrack Eagles co-coach Sarah Spicer said her troops are feeling good.
“Even though we lost at the weekend we still feel really confident that we are thereabouts this year and we will give it our best shot against Horsham,” she said.
“We feel like we had our opportunities to win the match in round three so we feel good about how we are going. We’ll see what we can do against Horsham which is another benchmark side.”
Spicer said the Warrack Eagles defence in Jess Kelly, Jenna Schultz, Britenie Power and Fisher, will have their work cut out for them with in-form Horsham attacker Emma Buwalda.
“She averages more than 50 goals a week so the key is to really shut her down. Other than that we will try and play our game and hopefully play well,” she said.
Warrack Eagles had a practice match against Horsham District league A Grade team Kalkee on Tuesday night to prepare the team for the Horsham battle.
Demons coach Pauline Butler said she thinks it will be a close game.
“I think it will be a battle all across the court. Whoever gets on top early in the attacking end might be the victor,” she said.
Butler said has been very impressed with the improvement and smooth transition of new recruit Victoria Taylor.
“She’s going from strength to strength, she is really adjusting well to our game style and learning how every player in the team plays,” she said.
Penelope Manserra will be unavailable for the round four clash.
“We’ll probably go with eight and bring a junior up,” Butler said.
Butler said she is yet to see her team at full strength with players having other commitments away from netball.
“Hopefully I get to see a full side on the court next week,” she said.
Elsewhere, Southern Mallee Giants will play host to Ararat at Beulah, Nhill will host the undefeated Minyip-Murtoa and Stawell is on the road to take on Horsham Saints.