Storm expecting Broncos to bring the heat with import back

THE top-of-the-table Bellarine Storm women’s team is expecting a big test as it looks to continue its flying start to the Big V championship season.

The unbeaten Storm will play Hume City for the second time in a month after comfortably winning 101-46 last time.

But coach Tim Sanderson anticipates the match-up in Broadmeadows this Sunday, May 4 at 1pm will be tougher, with the Broncos’ American import Maddy Holland to play after missing the Round 2 clash.

He said the forward, who hails from St Mary’s College in California, was a “very good all-round player”.

“We’ve just got to be smart in how we’re playing her because she’s got multiple ways she can hurt us.”

Sanderson said the Storm was sweating on the fitness of Alivia Osborne who sustained a foot/ankle injury last weekend, while Charlotte Armstrong may miss again with an ankle complaint.

The Storm has started its campaign with five straight victories after making the preliminary final last year.

Meanwhile, the men’s team is hitting the road for an away double-header in the championship division this weekend.

It first takes on Shepparton Gators at 7pm tomorrow (Saturday, May 3) and then Hume City this Sunday at 3pm.

The seventh-placed Storm lost 80-64 to Keysborough at home in Round 4.