Netball Tremendous League: Loughborough Lightning e book spot in Grand Ultimate with 69-57 win over Manchester Thunder | Netball Information
Loughborough Lightning continued their hunt for a historic three-peat as they beat Manchester Thunder 69-57 within the Netball Tremendous League Preliminary Ultimate to e book their spot within the Grand Ultimate.
Defending champions Lightning, who had been overwhelmed by Pulse final week, made a comeback within the Preliminary Ultimate as they got here from behind to register their win on Sunday.
Thunder made it to 19-12 after the primary quarter, however Lightning did not let the strain get to them as they made a roaring comeback within the second.
Lightning’s defender Jodie Gibson transformed 5 two-point tremendous pictures through the second quarter as she helped her facet combat to a 37-30 lead by half-time.
Thunder then determined they wanted to regroup and known as a tactical timeout after they had been 44-33 down, however they had been unable to as Lightning continued their maintain.
The reigning champions led 52-40 heading into the ultimate quarter as they stayed clear to e book a rematch with London Pulse in subsequent Sunday’s Grand Ultimate at London’s O2 Enviornment, reside on Sky Sports activities.
Participant of the Match, Lightning’s Alice Harvey mentioned: “It means a lot. Final week’s loss damage and I feel we felt that in coaching this week.
“That was a efficiency we had been happy with, and we confirmed grit.
“We had been completely different right this moment, and I’d say by no means underestimate a Lightning bounce again, we’re excellent at that. We took particular person accountability, and we actually need to do the three-peat. Our efficiency right this moment confirmed simply that.”
Manchester head coach Karen Greig mentioned her crew weren’t adequate for lengthy sufficient through the match.
“We wished 4 constant quarters and we simply did not have that in us tonight,” she informed Sky Sports activities.
“We had a robust first quarter however there was some extent within the second quarter after we had been simply passengers on the court docket.”