Utility Trust St. Paul's and Killester remain deadlocked at the top of the Domino's Women's Super League, but there is no let up from the chasing pack as Trinity Meteors' seventh win of the season kept them within at least two games of the top spot of the Domino's Women's Super League.
The Dublin side recovered from last week’s WSL National Cup semi-final loss to FloMAX Liffey Celtics with a convincing 78-59 victory over the winless Fr. Mathews. Aisling Moran and Kylie Horstmeyer combined for 35 in a game where Meteors biggest lead of the game was at 25 points late in the game. The win sees Trinity go to 7-4 for the season and sit in third just behind Utility Trust St. Pauls Killarney and Killester, who play tomorrow. For Fr. Mathews, the loss is their 11thstraight in the league and they sit firmly at the foot of the table with the closest team being Midlands Park Portlaoise Panthers, who are two wins ahead of Fr. Mathews.
FloMAX Liffey Celtics continued their resurgence as they entered the top half of the table with a 90-85 win over SETU Waterford Wildcats. Liffey had three players scoring at least 20 points, Destinee Burch led the way with 22 points, five rebounds and seven assists along with 20-point games for both Brooke Kane and Katie Williamson. Aine O’Connor flanked the trio with a strong 16-point game to push Liffey through to their sixth victory of the season. Irish international Sarah Hickey was the standout for Waterford with 25 points and six rebounds in a game where the Wildcats led the game with just one minute left on the clock. But scores from Aine O’Connor and Sorcha Tiernan managed to turn the game around and send Liffey to sixth spot in the table. The loss for Waterford sees them fall to 5-6 and sitting in seventh in the table.
Utility Trust St. Pauls Killarney cruised to a 25-point triumph over Midlands Park Portlaoise Panthers as they stay at least level with Killester depending on results on Sunday. Maisie Burnham scored 20 points for Killarney along with adding nine rebounds and six assists as St. Pauls managed to build a 27-point lead with the final score being 69-44 for Killarney. The loss for the Panthers sees them fall to 2-9 whilst Killarney go to 8-3 and sit in second, level with Killester.
The league-leading sides slipped up on Sunday as Killester suffered an 86-71 loss to UCC Glanmire, who join the chasing pack at just one win off of the leaders. Samantha Haiby was back for Killester after featuring in the cup last weekend, but her 26 points wasn't enough as the lead changed hands three times in the first quarter, but after that, there wasn't a single lead change with Glanmire racing into a 21-point lead in the second half. The duo for Glanmire of Jewel Watkins and Viane Cumber combined with 52 of Glanmire's 86 points, with Cumber also grabbing 14 boards. Killester remain top of the table, joint with Killarney, but the win for Glanmire means there is three teams now that are just one win off of Killester.
Gurranabraher Credit Union Brunell also slipped up on Sunday as they suffered their fourth defeat of the season with a 67-75 loss to McEvoy's Cavan Eagles. The promoted side had two double-double performances with Mazatkan Harris scoring 21 points and grabbing 15 boards and Soleil Barnes scoring 12 points and getting 10 rebounds. In one of the tighter games of the weekend, there was 12 changes of the lead throughout the game, wiht neither side taking a double digit lead. Brunell took a six-point lead into the final quarter of the game, but a 21-7 fourth for Cavan gave them their fifth win of the season, as they occupy the final playoff spot currently. the loss for Brunell sees them fall to 7-4, but they remain in third in the table.
Results
Domino's Women's Super League
Saturday 10th January
Utility Trust St. Pauls Killarney 69-44 Midlands Park Portlaoise Panthers
Trinity Meteors 78-59 Catalyst Fr.Mathews
FloMAX Liffey Celtics 90-85 SETU Waterford Wildcats
Sunday 11th January
UCC Glanmire 86-71 Killester
Gurranabraher Credit Union Brunell 67-75 McEvoy's Cavan Eagles
Domino's Women's Division One
Saturday 10th December
Abbey Seals Dublin Lions 58-95 Swords Thunder
Limerick Celtics 99-61 Cleveland Rockets
Dublin Raiders 59-64 University of Galway Mystics
Clunetech Kilkenny Stars 34-70 Limerick Sport Huskies
Moy Tolka Rovers 80-94 Templeogue