The Raewyn Poumako-coached side pulled off a defensive masterclass to snatch a one-goal thriller from North Warrnambool Eagles on Saturday.

Blues goaler Amy Wormald, who was playing her second game of the season, said the result was vital as the side looked to stay within reach of the Hampden league top five.

"We've lost the first two games so we were really keen to get the win," she told The Standard.

"Whether it's one point or 10 goals, we're happy to get a win. Four points is four points at the end of the day."

Wormald said she felt "less rickety" than her first hit-out in round one.

She said Warrnambool had focused on its defensive outlay and wanted to bring pressure each week.

"We try to have a focus on defence and hands over it all the way down the court, not just when it gets down to their attacking end and the rain helped a lot with us," Wormald said.

"It caused a few skill errors that we could capitalise on and I just felt like we did jump on it." Poumako felt Warrnambool had "more play" than North Warrnambool Eagles but didn't capitalise as well as it should.

"We probably should've won by a lot more," she said.

"However, there were some really pleasing things that we've worked on at training come out which we were really pleased with.

"We were really happy with our defensive pressure, from everyone. It was one thing we wanted to improve on and we were pleased that it did." Poumako said Warrnambool's composure when under duress was also a factor in the triumph, which lift the Blues' record to one win and two defeats.

"They kept possession and just kept up back and forth passes until someone was open," she said.

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