The Capitals marked their homecoming in front of a crowd of 1319 at the National Convention Centre this past Sunday, and general manager Lucille Bailie says memberships are soaring towards 400 in what she dubs the club's biggest return to date.

Melbourne's star continues to rise, with the second-year sensation already emerging as a fan favourite in Canberra, and she took her chance post-match on Sunday to call on fans to come back for a midweek game this week.

She was a standout against Adelaide and now the Capitals will look to her again in Wednesday night's date with the Bendigo Spirit.

"The thing with her now is that it becomes, and not that I put any pressure on her, that becomes the expectation for her because she is good," coach Paul Goriss said.

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"Not that it should be that's the norm, but that's how high a ceiling she does have and part of the experiences she is starting to get now too.

"She had the [Australia] under 19s, she led that team, she had the Asia Cup experience. You're just hoping from all of those experiences she is learning something and continuing to get better.

"She's just the energiser bunny that comes on. She buzzes everyone and lifts the energy. Her speed is a problem for teams, it's great to have somebody like that.

"Whether she starts or comes off the bench, the good thing about her is she just plays the same way: it's without fear."

Goriss says a three-day turnaround is a good thing as the Capitals look to atone for their defeat.

"It's a good turnaround to have and to be still at home," Goriss said.

"The crowd were great, it was great to be back here and hopefully we acquit ourselves a bit better than we did [against Adelaide] and finish off some plays. It's great to have a short turnaround after this one."

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