2014 Melbourne Vixens season

Melbourne Vixens
2014 season
Head coach	Simone McKinnis
Asst. coach	Diane Honey
Manager	Donna Monteath
Captain	Bianca Chatfield
Vice-captain	Madison Robinson
Main venue	Hisense Arena
Season results
Wins–losses	11–4
Regular season	1st
Finals placing	1st
Team colours

The 2014 Melbourne Vixens season saw Melbourne Vixens compete in the 2014 ANZ Championship. With a team coached by Simone McKinnis, captained by Bianca Chatfield and also featuring Tegan Caldwell, Geva Mentor, Madison Robinson and Catherine Cox, Melbourne Vixens won both the minor premiership and the overall championship. Vixens defeated Queensland Firebirds in both the major semi-final and the grand final as they won their second premiership. They won their first in 2009.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Players

Player movements

Gains and losses

Gains	Losses
Catherine Cox (West Coast Fever) Caitlyn Strachan (Victorian Fury) Elizabeth Watson (Victorian Flames) Joanna Weston (Australian Institute of Sport)	Johannah Curran (Victorian Fury) Shannon Eagland (Victorian Fury) Elissa Kent (pregnancy) Micaela Wilson (New South Wales Swifts) Sharelle McMahon (retirement)

Sources:^{[1][8][9][10][11][12]}

Squad

2014 Melbourne Vixens roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Karyn Bailey GS, GA (1986-07-28)28 July 1986 (aged 27) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Tegan Caldwell GA, GS (1988-09-03)3 September 1988 (aged 25) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Bianca Chatfield (c) GK, GD, WD (1982-04-02)2 April 1982 (aged 31) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Catherine Cox GS, GA (1976-05-24)24 May 1976 (aged 37) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Erin Hoare GS, GA (1989-06-17)17 June 1989 (aged 24) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Geva Mentor GK, GD (1984-09-17)17 September 1984 (aged 29) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Kate Moloney C, WD (1993-01-08)8 January 1993 (aged 21) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Madison Robinson (vc) WA, C (1988-01-05)5 January 1988 (aged 26) 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Amy Steel GD, GK, WD (1989-04-07)7 April 1989 (aged 24) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Caitlyn Strachan WA, C (1987-06-01)1 June 1987 (aged 26) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Elizabeth Watson C, WA (1994-03-30)30 March 1994 (aged 19) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Joanna Weston GD, WD, GK (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 (aged 20) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach Simone McKinnis Assistant coach Diane Honey Manager: Donna Monteath Specialist Coaches: Sharelle McMahon Stacey West Physiotherapist: Heidi Pollington Kirsty Barnes Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Notes

• ^1 Erin Hoare, Amy Steel, Caitlyn Strachan and Joanna Weston were also members of the 2014 Victorian Fury squad.

Sources:^[1]

Milestones

• Tegan Caldwell made her 50th ANZ Championship appearance in Round 6 against Queensland Firebirds.
• Geva Mentor made her 100th ANZ Championship appearance in Round 13 against Adelaide Thunderbirds. Mentor became the first import player to reach 100 games.^[13][14]
• Catherine Cox made her 250th senior club appearance in Round 10 against New South Wales Swifts. Cox subsequently announced her retirement at the end of the season.

Sources:^[1]

Gold medallists

Tegan Caldwell, Bianca Chatfield and Madison Robinson were all members of the Australia team that won the gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The squad also included four former Vixens' players – Julie Corletto, Renae Hallinan, Sharni Layton and Caitlin Thwaites.

Sources:^[1]

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Round 1

Sunday 2 March	Melbourne Vixens	58 – 34	Northern Mystics	Hisense Arena
2:18pm	Tegan Caldwell  21/28 (75%) Karyn Bailey  28/33 (85%) Catherine Cox  9/14 (64%)	Report Stats	Maria Tutaia  16/27 (59%) Cathrine Latu  15/20 (75%) Bailey Mes  3/10 (30%)

Round 2

Sunday 9 March	West Coast Fever	56 – 65	Melbourne Vixens	Challenge Stadium
9:18am	Caitlin Bassett  16/19 (84%) Natalie Medhurst  28/31 (90%) Kate Beveridge  ?	Report Stats	Tegan Caldwell  25/28 (89%) Karyn Bailey  35/42 (83%)

Round 3

Sunday 16 March	Melbourne Vixens	47 – 48	Queensland Firebirds	Hisense Arena
12:18pm	Tegan Caldwell  18/22 (82%) Karyn Bailey  29/37 (78%)	Report Stats	Romelda Aiken  38/46 (83%) Amy Wild  10/16 (63%)

Round 4

Sunday 23 March	Melbourne Vixens	44 – 49	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Hisense Arena
2:18pm	Tegan Caldwell  16/19 (84%) Karyn Bailey  18/19 (95%) Catherine Cox  10/13 (77%)	Report Stats	Joanne Harten  28/35 (80%) Ellen Halpenny  21/26 (81%)

Round 5

Monday 31 March	Mainland Tactix	43 – 67	Melbourne Vixens	CBS Canterbury Arena
7:40pm	Mwai Kumwenda  30/38 (79%) Anna Thompson  9/15 (60%) Julianna Naoupu  4/9 (44%)	Report	Tegan Caldwell  24/26 (92%) Karyn Bailey  43/48 (90%)

Round 6

Monday 7 April	Queensland Firebirds	38 – 50	Melbourne Vixens	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
7:48pm	Romelda Aiken  25/31 (81%) Amy Wild  9/12 (75%)  ?  ?	Report	Tegan Caldwell  28/32 (88%) Karyn Bailey  13/17 (76%)  ?  ?	Attendance: 3,100

Round 7

Sunday 13 April	New South Wales Swifts	50 – 56	Melbourne Vixens	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
12:18pm	Caitlin Thwaites  ? Susan Pratley  28/33 (85%)	Report	Tegan Caldwell  ? Karyn Bailey  ? Catherine Cox  18/19 (95%)

Round 8

Saturday 19 April	Melbourne Vixens	64 – 26	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Hisense Arena
2:18pm	Tegan Caldwell  12/16 (75%) Karyn Bailey  34/36 (94%) Catherine Cox  18/25 (72%)	Report Stats	Carla Borrego  ? Erin Bell  ? Cody Lange  12/22 (55%)

Round 9

Saturday 26 April	Central Pulse	40 – 52	Melbourne Vixens	TSB Bank Arena
4:20pm	Donna Wilkins  18/23 (78%) Irene van Dyk  22/29 (76%)	Report Stats	Tegan Caldwell  22/23 (96%) Karyn Bailey  30/35 (86%)

Round 10

Sunday 4 May	Melbourne Vixens	50 – 54	New South Wales Swifts	Hisense Arena
12:18pm	Tegan Caldwell  22/24 (92%) Karyn Bailey  14/18 (78%) Catherine Cox  14/18 (78%)	Report	Caitlin Thwaites  26/31 (84%) Susan Pratley  28/32 (88%)

Round 11

Melbourne Vixens received a bye.

Round 12

Sunday 18 May	Melbourne Vixens	65 – 46	West Coast Fever	Hisense Arena
12:18pm	Tegan Caldwell  37/43 (86%) Karyn Bailey  20/ 27 (74%) Catherine Cox  8/8 (100%)	Report	Caitlin Bassett  23/30 (77%) Natalie Medhurst  17/23 (74%)

Round 13

Sunday 25 May	Adelaide Thunderbirds	43 – 64	Melbourne Vixens	Netball SA Stadium
11:48am	Carla Borrego  22/28 (79%) Erin Bell  21/24 (88%)	Report	Tegan Caldwell  24/34 (71%) Karyn Bailey  26/29 (90%) Catherine Cox  14/16 (88%)

Round 14

Saturday 31 May	Southern Steel	65 – 64	Melbourne Vixens	Stadium Southland Velodrome
4:20pm	Jodi Brown  21/29 (72%) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  44/48 (92%)	Report Stats	Tegan Caldwell  34/38 (89%) Karyn Bailey  13/13 (100%) Catherine Cox  17/19 (89%)

Sources:^[15]

Final table

2014 ANZ Championship ladder v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	Pts
1	Melbourne Vixens	13	9	4	746	592	+154	126.0	18
2	Queensland Firebirds	13	9	4	694	623	+71	111.4	18
3	New South Wales Swifts	13	9	4	707	652	+55	108.4	18
4	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	13	8	5	727	672	+55	108.2	16
5	Southern Steel	13	7	6	792	809	−17	97.9	14
6	Central Pulse	13	7	6	658	675	−17	97.5	14
7	Northern Mystics	13	6	7	706	752	−46	93.9	12
8	Adelaide Thunderbirds	13	5	8	663	706	−43	93.9	10
9	West Coast Fever	13	4	9	689	724	−35	95.2	8
10	Mainland Tactix	13	1	12	694	871	−177	79.7	2
Updated 2 May 2021

  Qualified for Major semi-final
  Qualified for Minor semi-final

• Pld = Games played
• W = Win (2 points)
• L = Loss (0 points)
• GF = Goals For
• GA = Goals Against
• GD = Goals Difference (= GF−GA)
• G% = Goal percentage (= 100 × GF/GA)

Pts = Points

Sources:^[16]

Finals

Semifinals

Preliminary final

Grand final

9 June – Hisense Arena

22 June – Hisense Arena

Melbourne Vixens

52

Melbourne Vixens

53

Queensland Firebirds

47

16 June – Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

Queensland Firebirds

42

Queensland Firebirds

54

8 June – Allphones Arena

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

50

New South Wales Swifts

49

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

50

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Major semi-final

Monday 9 June 5:48pm	Stats	Melbourne Vixens	52–47	Queensland Firebirds		Hisense Arena	Fox Sports Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 11-13, 14–13, 11–12
		Tegan Caldwell  27/36 (75%) Karyn Bailey  25/29 (86%)		Romelda Aiken  35/41 (85%) Amy Wild  12/15 (80%)

Sources:^[17]

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Grand final

Sunday 22 June 2:28pm	Stats	Melbourne Vixens	53–42	Queensland Firebirds		Hisense Arena Attendance: 9,345[1]	Fox Sports Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 11–11, 13–12, 16–8
		Tegan Caldwell  30/33 (91%) Karyn Bailey  17/22 (77%) Catherine Cox  6/7 (86%)		Romelda Aiken  25/30 (83%) Amy Wild  17/21 (81%)

Sources:^{[2][3][4][18][19][20]}

Award winners

Vixens awards

Award	Winner
Sharelle McMahon Medal	Geva Mentor
Player of the Finals	Geva Mentor
Coaches Award	Kate Moloney
Rookie of the Year	Elizabeth Watson
Outstanding Service Award	Nicholas Sanders
Excellence in Sport and Life Award	Amy Steel

Sources:^[1][14][21]

ANZ Championship awards

Award	Winner
ANZ Championship Grand Final MVP	Tegan Caldwell[1][2][22]

All Stars

Position	Player
WA	Madison Robinson
GK	Geva Mentor

Sources:^[23][24]

Australian Netball Awards

Award	Winner
Liz Ellis Diamond	Madison Robinson[25][26]
Australian ANZ Championship Coach of the Year	Simone McKinnis

Sources:^[27]

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