Women's Team
Box Hill also fields a team in the Victorian Women's Premier League competition. Box Hill's women have enjoyed enormous success since the turn of the 19th to 20th century, winning the first of their six WPL titles in 2001. Fourth in 2002, Box Hill then reclaimed its title in 2003, beginning a run of four straight championship wins. Heidelberg United defeated Box Hill in the 2007 Grand Final to break the winning sequence but Box Hill avenged that loss in 2008 to win back its crown under the careful guidance of coach Ariel Perez Reigosa.
During the same period, Box Hill players have also claimed the WPL's Gold Medal for player of the season on four occasions; Louisa Bisby in 2003, Anthea Vardakas in 2005, Georgia Koutrouvelis in 2006, and in 2008 there was a tie between Vardakas and teammate Daniela Digiammarco. Bisby has represented Australia, and with Digiammarco, has played with Melbourne Victory.
WPL Champions: 2001 (First-past-the-post), 2003 (First-past-the-post), 2004 (Defeated Cranbourne Comets 1-0 in Grand Final), 2005 (Defeated Cranbourne Comets 1-1 in Grand Final), 2006 (Defeated Heidelberg United 1-0 in Grand Final), 2008 (Defeated Heidelberg United 1-0 in Grand Final), 2009 (Defeated Heidelberg United 2-0 in Grand Final), 2010 (Defeated Heidelberg United 2-1 in Grand Final), 2012 (Defeated Bundoora United 3-3 in Grand Final)
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