The Vibrant Superleague Webcast broadcast continues Sunday with Round Three; four return matches will be broadcast on Sky Sports’ YouTube channel, starting at 12pm with Surrey Storm v Leeds Rhinos Netball
With Emma Thurston
Last Updated: 15/02/21 9:15 pm
Loughborough Lightning and Wasps Netball renewed the intense conflict in their first meeting of the 2021 season
Loughborough Lightning went out on a squad against Netps Wasps, and Saracens Mavericks beat the injured Leeds Rhinos on Monday night at Studio 001 in Wakefield.
The opening weekend of Vitality Netball Superleague saw fans see two tight and controversial games.
All 11 teams in the tournament will now have the opportunity to process their first tournament of the season, before returning to action on Sunday and Monday with Round Three of the tournament.
The four games back Sunday will be shown live on Sky Sports YouTube channel and then the Monday events will be live on it Sky Sports as well as being flushed.
Wasps electronic fringe in another classic
Over the years, the rivalry between Loughborough Lightning and Wasps Netball has grown into a great team and the other two teams delivered a thrush on Monday night.
Wasps entered the game off the back of a fly against Severn Stars, while Lightning narrowed on the wrong side of the result against Team Bath Netball.
Both head coaches had decided to stick to the same seven starters, and they both knew this tournament had the potential to go down to the wire.
1:26 Sara Bayman reflects on the impact of Loughborough Lightning’s single goal as she considers it an important result for them.
Despite conceding an early midfield pass and going 3-1 down, Lightning stayed cool and brought their rivals back in at the early exchanges.
Eight minutes in, Iona Christian twice encouraged the champions to go out in front again. As the ball went out of court in the third goal, Christian’s incredible save kept him in play and then followed up with a beautiful straight ball into Katie Harris a few minutes later. .
However, Lightning remained focused and determined in their work. They held it tight to a 13-11 path at the first stop, then won the second quarter 11-10, backed by Jas Odeogberin’s firepower as a defense and Mary Cholhok’s ability to find well.
With the game balanced at 23-22 in favor of Wasps Netball at half-time, the message from captain Sophia Candappa was for Wasps to stick to their play plan, while Nat Panagarry wanted on her electronic side learned from their mistakes on Sunday and handled “the weight cooker” properly.
Even the third quarter, often referred to as the ‘fourth quarter of the competition’, was still unable to separate the two teams.
Instead, superb sitcoms continued with Sam May doing his best to annoy Rachel Dunn, with Beth Cobden and Candappa going hammer and tongs against each other.
Mel Mansfield decided to bring in Gezelle Allison at GA just before the final stop, and as the last quarter played, both clothes got out and gave up a conversion ball.
With a minute to go the scores were locked at 42-42 and again at 43-43 with 39 seconds left on the clock. Behind the final pass at the Wasps center, Lucy Parize stepped in for Lightning and stopped what would become the game-winning version.
With Cholhok’s presence in the ring, she scored the goal and with the advantage being their middle pass, Lightning worked around it and got a memorable 44-43 victory.
Mavericks defeated Rhinos who suffered injuries
Saracens Mavericks made two wins from two on the opening weekend with a 43-39 result against a secure and injured Leeds Rhinos Netball.
After the high levels of maiden victory on Friday night, Dan Ryan at Rhinos described this tournament as a “big challenge” and Rhinos attacked their more experienced opponents from word to word, with Vicki Oyesola leading the way. out major versions.
As was the case in the opening game of the night, both teams played at high speed and neither of them let go of the other.
Jade Clarke and Sasha Corbin set the tone of their teams in the middle, and the much-anticipated match between Donnell Wallam and Razia Quashie was going well.
After finding their current, Rhinos were hit with injuries in the first and second seasons. Tuaine Keenan had to leave court and make way for Paige Kindred, while Wallam was left with the seemingly badly injured in the second.
Leaving Wallam resulted in Sienna Rushton coming into the mix at shooter and Wallam looking awkward looking.
Vitality Netball Superleague – Round two
| Sunday | Loughborough Electric 48-44 Bath Team |
|---|---|
| Storm Surrey 41-53 Saracens Mavericks | |
| Severn 34-53 Wasps Netball Stars | |
| Monday | Loughborough Lightning 44-43 Wasps netball |
| Saracens Mavericks 43-39 Leeds Rhinos |
Meanwhile, Mavs had also decided to change their firing options and moved Kadeen Corbin out to GA, with Britney Clarke taking on the role of shooter so Corbin can create sparks around the court.
It remained tight, however, with the Mavericks maintaining a 22-20 half-time lead and a 33-31 gain at three quarters of the time.
In the final quarter, Kat Ratnapala’s side looked to take advantage of the turmoil that Rhinos felt (which included Fi Toner leaving injuries in the third quarter) and as a co-op. collection, they used the presence of Britney Clarke in their circle well.
However, the Rhinos did not push under pressure and instead continued to ask questions of their opponents. In the end, though, Mavs kept the slim buffer they created and finished the evening high.
Netball is fun for your home. The Vitality Netball Superleague continues Sunday with Round Three and four back games available to watch on the Sky Sports YouTube channel from 12pm.