 Triscari was appointed the coach of the Perth Western Stars in the Women 's National Wheelchair Basketball League ( WNWBL ) in 2007 . " Basically , " he told the media , " my goal is to develop the women 's team to get them winning finals . " This goal proved to be elusive . Fronted by young talents Cobi Crispin and Amber Merritt , the Western Stars made the WNWBL grand final in 2008 , only to be beaten by the dominant Sydney @-@ based Hills Hornets . The Hornets delivered a second grand final loss to the Stars in 2009 . The Western Stars went into the grand final as favourites in 2010 , but suffered yet another defeat at the hands of the Sydney team , now renamed the <unk> Uni Flames . In 2012 , the Western Stars made in the grand final again , only to be defeated this time by the Victoria @-@ based Dandenong Rangers . Finally , in the 2013 grand final , the Western Stars came from being nine points down at three quarter time to claim their first ever WNWBL championship . 
