"We need to set ourselves targets to give us something to reach for and not let complacency set in. We managed toi introduce a new player into our midcourt game with Hollei Gabrielsen at wing attack. She had a great game. She used to play for Utiku the last time they competed in the premier grade a few years back.
"We have one more game of round one to play next week and then face round two," Edmonds said.
Meanwhile, Phillips Electrical Whanganui High School and Marist A1 have both found their mojo with wins over Kaiwhaiki and Mere Te Aroha respectively.
WHS beat last season's runners-up Kaiwhaiki 55-46, while Marist A1 had a close tussle with MTA to emerge 51-48 victors.
WHS raced out to an 18-7 lead after the first quarter extending to 31-18 in the second, before taking their foot of the throttle in the third quarter to allow Kaiwhaiki a glimpse at 41-35.
"It was a good game, but it did come off the back of three hard days in a row in Palmerston North for most of my girls," coach Lisa Murphy said.
"All but three of my girls play rep netball and played four games in three days leading up to last night. We raced away to a solid lead in te first two quarters, but then lapsed in the third before picking up our game to draw away again. I think the third quarter lapse was down to a bit of tiredness."
While Murphy was thrilled with her entire team, she did single goal shoot Montel Vaiao Aki out for special mention.
"Montel put in a really solid performance with her shooting and her positioning."
Marist A1 spent the entire game trying to shake a determined MTA to end the match with just a three point win.
"We were two up after the first quarter, four up after the second, two up in the third and then just three at the end, so it was a really close game," coach Donna Jeffery said.
"Obviously we are two very evenly matched teams and we struggled to shake them, although they did play a very good game. I was really pleased with our goal shoot Candice Clark who shot 86 per cent and was named our Player of the Match."
Points from round one are carried through to round two with all six sides hunting down a top four spot.