Team Montenotte Hotel power into cup final

Team Montenotte and Killester will contest the Senior Women’s National Cup final following their respective semi-final wins over DCU Mercy and UL Huskies.

Before the Christmas break, DCU Mercy defeated Glanmire in Cork, setting the alarms began ringing at the Cork club. Previous to that Montenotte had also went to Brunell in a second leg national cup clash and lost by a staggering 15 points on their home court. The old adage that some people create their own storms and get mad when it rains springs to mind, as coach Mark Scannell sought a way to stop the losing sequence.

A team meeting followed where some soul-searching was done and almost for the entire Christmas period the champions prepared with this game solely in their minds.