| Event | 2017 Netball Superleague season | ||||||
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| Wasps make their debut grand final appearance and win their first title in their inaugural Netball Superleague season. Lightning make their second grand final appearance. | |||||||
| Date | 11 June 2017 | ||||||
| Venue | Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham | ||||||
| Player of the Match | Bongiwe Msomi (Wasps) | ||||||
The 2017 Netball Superleague Grand Final featured Wasps and Loughborough Lightning. Wasps won the Netball Superleague title in their debut season, beating Lightning 55–51 in the grand final. Wasps led by one goal at the start of the final quarter, having dominated Lightning in the mid-court. Wasps centre, Bongiwe Msomi, was subsequently named player of the match. Wasps attacking combination of Rachel Dunn and Natalie Haythornthwaite proved too strong for Lightning.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Route to the Final
Match summary
| 11 June 2017 17:00 [6] |
Wasps | 55–51 | Loughborough Lightning | Barclaycard Arena[2][3][4][5] | Sky Sports | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 27–26, 41–40, 55–51 | |||||||
Rachel Dunn  43/47 (91%)Natalie Haythornthwaite 12/13 (92%)
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Peace Proscovia 40/43 (93%) Vanessa Walker 11/16 (69%)
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Teams
| Head Coach: Tamsin Greenway
Starting 7: Substitutes: Squad:[7] |
Head Coach: Karen Atkinson
Starting 7: Squad:[8] |
References
- ^ "Netball Superleague: Loughborough Lightning and Wasps win to reach final". www.bbc.co.uk. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b "FLASHBACK: Wasps Netball's last visit to Arena Birmingham..." www.waspsnetball.co.uk. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Netball Superleague: Wasps beat Loughborough Lightning in Grand Final". www.bbc.co.uk. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Wasps Netball beat Loughborough Lightning in Netball Superleague Grand Final". www.skysports.com. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Wasps Netball topple favourites Loughborough Lightning in Superleague Grand Final". www.coventrytelegraph.net. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "2017 Superleague results". www.scoreboard.com.
- ^ "Sensational Superleague contest sees Team Bath Netball fend off Wasps to boost top-four hopes". www.teambath.com. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Team Bath Netball's Grand Final hopes dashed by Lightning strike in Birmingham". www.teambath.com. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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