Women's Super League round-up: Utility Trust St Paul’s Killarney and Killester stay undefeated

UNBEATEN: Brunell's Brailyn Jarrell Joseph shoots past Killester's Maeve O Seaghdha during their Women's Super League clash at the Parochial Hall.

Utility Trust St. Paul’s Killarney and Killester remained unbeaten this weekend with respective wins over McEvoy’s Cavan Eagles and Catalyst Fr. Mathews to go 4-0 sat the top of the Domino’s Women’s Super League.

Maisie Burnham dominated for St. Paul’s in a 62-53 win as she dropped 32-points. Recently capped Irish international Lorraine Scanlon added a double-double of 11 points and 17 rebounds, as Killarney led by as much as 21 against Cavan and never surrendered the lead throughout the game. It sets up an intriguing clash with Trinity Meteors next weekend.

Killester kept pace with their rivals at the top of the standings, defeating Catalyst Fr. Mathews 83-76. They had to work to keep their record intact though. Lexie Givens had a double-double for Fr. Mathews in a game where they led at half-time. Killester’s offense found their rhythm in the third, producing a 13-point swing to take the lead and push home to stay unbeaten. Samantha Haiby and Audrey Roden combined for 52 points along with 11 rebounds each.

FloMAX Liffey Celtics struggles to start to season deepened. This time it was the returning Hazel Finn and Trinity Meteors who left Leixlip with a 69-58 win. In a game where defenses were on top, the Trinity trio of Sarah Kenny, Franciska Treiliha and Hazel Finn scored half of Trinity’s points to pick up their third win of the season and finish the weekend in the top three.

UCC Glanmire managed to even out their start to the season as they took home a 77-58 victory against Midlands Park Portlaoise Panthers on Saturday. Ireland’s 3x3 star Claire O’Sullivan continued her fine form for Glanmire with a season-high 18 points, as Glanmire moved to 2-2 in the midlands. For Portlaoise, they drop to 1-3 with a visit to defending champions Killester next on the agenda.

The free-to-air game on basketballireland.tv lived up to it’s billing, as Gurranabraher Credit Union Brunell made it three wins out of four with an 82-76 triumph over SETU Waterford Wildcats. Irish international Sarah Hickey left it all out on the court as she dropped 24, added 15 rebounds and 7 steals with an incredible efficiency of 42.

Alyssa Frescas added 22 of her own points for Waterford, but the duo of Brailyn Joseph and Maddie Cluse carried Brunell over the line. Cluse has 32 points and 12 boards while Joseph had 15 points and 16 rebounds as Brunell went 3-1. Brunell host Liffey Celtics next weekend whilst Waterford travel to Cork to face UCC Glanmire.