London Pulse maintained their unbeaten begin to the Netball Tremendous League season on Sunday with a 67-52 win over Cardiff Dragons.
It was a seventh victory out of seven for Pulse however they had been made to work arduous by the winless Dragons within the opening half and solely led 32-25 on the break earlier than pulling away after the interval.
Liv Tchine once more led the scoring for Pulse with 25 objectives however there was a powerful show by Sophie Kelly who completed with eight objectives and her all-round efforts earned her the participant of the match award.
Georgia Rowe scored 33 objectives for the Dragons.
Manchester Thunder claimed second place within the desk by defeating London Mavericks within the remaining recreation of the spherical on Monday.
Thunder loved a seven-point lead at half-time however Mavericks fought again to cut back the deficit to 2 factors earlier than the ultimate quarter.
Nonetheless, an improved exhibiting within the closing phases helped Thunder safe a 59-54 win – their fifth victory in seven video games.
Defending NSL champions Loughborough Lightning additionally claimed a tense victory over Birmingham Panthers within the seventh spherical and sit third.
One level separated the 2 at half-time, however Lightning edged a four-goal lead within the third quarter and held on for a 72-68 success.
Recent from their first win of the season final week, Panthers had been brimming with confidence at Sir David Wallace Enviornment and made it troublesome for the hosts.
However Loughborough stored their composure as skilled Lightning shooter Samantha Wallace-Joseph scored 34 objectives, whereas England objective assault Berri Neil added 16.
However Panthers had their alternatives and can contemplate themselves unfortunate to not come away with greater than the one level they’ll obtain for protecting the deficit to lower than 5 objectives.
Shooter Sigi Burger was scientific below the publish, scoring 37 objectives, whereas Betsy Creak added 10 and the defence labored tirelessly to realize possession of the ball 16 instances to 10 from their opponents.
Lightning have stuttered at instances this season however will likely be relieved to recover from the road earlier than going through an important match in opposition to fellow top-four contenders Thunder subsequent week.
In the meantime, Nottingham Forest secured a 3rd win of the season with a 76-60 win over Leeds Rhinos.
The 2 sides had been degree on factors with two wins and 4 losses thus far on this marketing campaign however, after an in depth first half, Forest dominated the second and pulled away for a snug win.
