Brunell dig deep to book final date with Mercy

Singleton’s Supervalu Brunell produced a magnificent closing quarter to book their place into the final of the U20 Women’s National Cup by virtue of a hard-earned 73-65 win over Killester.

Despite a good start, that presented them with a 23-12 lead, Brunell struggled in the second period as poor defending and sloppy shooting and passing options gave the advantage back to their Dublin opponents as they trailed 36-34 at the interval, a period that worried coach Danielle O’Leary.

“We did fine in the opening quarter, but Amy Murphy picked up her second foul and I had to rest her for the second period. In the second quarter we simply didn’t defend and with some of the players rushing their shots it put us in a precarious situation at the interval.”