Domino’s Women’s Super League Week Three Preview

It's another huge week early in the Domino's Women's Super League campaign, as four teams enter with a perfect record, while four more currently sit winless at the start of week three.

Killester, Brunell, Killarney and Trinity are all still unbeaten as we approach the third weekend of the season. We have an early top of the table clash closing out the weekend, but before that we have a battle at the opposite end of the table to see who will get to 1-2 first. And in the midst of all that, we have three more fixtures to whet the appetite live on basketballireland.tv .

McEvoy’s Cavan Eagles v Midlands Park Portlaoise Panthers, Saturday, 3pm

New girls on the block Cavan have had a rough start to life in the Super League. Starting off with a tough loss to Trinity in week one, the Eagles didn’t favour out too much better last weekend, losing by 17 to Gurranabraher Credit Union Brunell. The starting side for Cavan hasn’t exactly been at a low standard however. Soleil Barnes, Ciara Tolan and Mazatkan Harris are all averaging over 10 points per game for the newly-promoted team. They'll see this as an even bigger opportunity to get that elusive first Super League victory this weekend.

As for Portlaoise, they have their own finely-performing trio in Jessica Fressle, who is averaging 18ppg, Christiana Ojide Boiko, who is averaging 16 and Irish 3x3 international Lynn Tunnah, who is averaging 12 points. In terms of the results, they have had a mixed bag. The Panthers opened the season with a late win over Fr. Mathews in Cork, but couldn’t keep up the form as they lost by ten to Utility Trust St. Pauls Killarney last Sunday. The concerning issue for the Panthers will be that there was not one occasion on Sunday where they took the lead in the game. 

Utility Trust St. Pauls Killarney v Catalyst Fr. Mathews, Saturday, 4pm

We have a tale of two cities here as Killarney have gotten off to a flier, going two for two to start the season. Unfortunately for Fr. Mathews, they have struggled a bit more with a two-point defeat to Portlaoise and that was followed up with a hefty 18-point defeat to Trinity last weekend.

The Fr. Mathews duo of Laila Blair and Lexie Givens has been a shining light in what has been a dull start from the Cork side. Notably, Blair is currently averaging 27 points and will be hoping she can keep up her fine shooting form and get that first W for the Cork ladies. Grainne Dwyer has been a great supporting factor recently as she got 11 of her own points against Trinity and added 12 rebounds to stuff up the box score. Fr. Mathews will be looking to get on the board with a win this weekend and start getting the season back into good shape.

As for the home side, Killarney have had two very solid performances to go full steam ahead with their season. The season was kicked off with a 12-point triumph over Waterford and was followed by a 10-point win over Portlaoise last weekend. Both Tara Cousins and Maisie Burnham are averaging over twenty points for St. Pauls and will be hoping that average only increases from this weekend and they go 3-0 to keep their status as undefeated.

Kylie Horstmeyer had a big day in Cork to lead Trinity Meteors to their second win of the season!

📊 21 PTS | 9 REB | 3 AST

They’re one of three teams sitting on 2-0! #DominosWSL | #IrishBasketball pic.twitter.com/jE5egEjX1Z

— Basketball Ireland (@BballIrl) October 11, 2025

Trinity Meteors v SETU Waterford Wildcats, Saturday, 5:30pm

Trinity have made one of the strongest starts to the season in the league averaging 70 points between both games and only conceding an average of 59 points is a solid reason as to why they are now 2-0 in the Super League. Newly-acquired talent Hazel Finn has hit 15 points in both wins and star player Kylie Horstmeyer dropped 21 in an 18-point victory over Fr. Mathews last weekend. The trip down to Cork was the game where Trinity really showed an offensive prowess, leading by as much as 22 in the 75-57 win over Fr. Mathews. They will be hoping the offensive ascent continues when the Wildcats come to Dublin on Saturday.

As for Waterford Wildcats, their resiliency was to the fore in a must-win game against FloMAX Liffey Celtics a week ago. Needing to get on the board following a 12-point loss against Utility Trust St. Pauls Killarney on opening weekend, sister act Kate and Sarah Hickey dovetailed for 30-points to claw the Wildcats to 1-1. New American signing Sanija Brikmane added 22 points to maintain her season average at 21ppg.  

Waterford will be looking to spoil the unbeaten party and drop Meteors to 2-1 while also getting to 2-1 themselves. Trinity on the other hand will be looking to make it 3 for 3 and show they mean business live on basketballireland.tv

UCC Glanmire v FloMAX Liffey Celtics, Sunday, 1:30pm

Our opening game this Sunday sees a battle at the foot of the table with both Glanmire and Liffey looking to grab that win that has proved evasive to this point in the Domino’s Super League.

UCC Glanmire, after having a tough loss late in week one against Brunell, were dealt a huge blow in week two with Killester knocking them for six and handing the Cork side a 28-point loss. Jewel Watkins has been the star of a clouded sky for UCC hitting 17 points in both of her performances for Glanmire and will be looking to finally make a statement this weekend and take down the National Cup holders.

With Liffey Celtics, they have been handed a nightmare-ish initiation to this season with an opening loss to Killester by 27. Week two wasn’t much better with a 15-point loss to Waterford where Liffey had led by as much as ten early on in the game. With the start of their defence of the National Cup not to far in the distance, FloMAX Liffey Celtics will be looking to correct things sooner rather than later and will start by visiting Glanmire looking to go 1-2 for the season.

Gurranabraher Credit Union Brunell v Killester, Sunday, 2pm

To close out the weekend, we have a clash between 1^st and 2^nd with defending champions Killester making the trip from Dublin to Cork to take on 2^nd placed Gurranabraher Credit Union Brunell to see who remains undefeated until week four at the earliest.

For Brunell, it has been a rather convincing beginning to the 2025/26 season with two wins against UCC Glanmire in week one and Cavan Eagles in week two. Maddie Cluse and Brailyn Jarrell Joseph are both averaging at least 20 points to start the season has seen Brunell be watched as potential challengers. They have put on two performances that see them averaging 80 points as a team and only letting in 65 to put the rest of the league know that they mean business.

As for the defending champions, Killester are making a title defence look like an absolute breeze winning in week one by 27 against Liffey Celtics and winning by 28 against Glanmire last weekend. Just like Brunell they are brushing teams aside and the stats show that. Killester are averaging 89 and conceding just 56. But as is the case in all of these title fighting fixtures, something has got to give.

With both teams shooting the lights out while locking down defences nationwide, 2pm in Brunell is bound to be a must-watch for every Super League fan nationwide live on basketballireland.tv