Women's Super League: Byrd to the fore for UCC Glanmire

In a repeat of last year's final, The Address UCC Glanmire hosted Singleton SuperValu Brunell in the MissQuote.ie Women's Super League and emerged victorious 95-81.

The home side went in behind after the first, but turned things around thanks to the excellence of Brittany Byrd, scoring 52 to win with 14 points to spare.

Ireland captain Edel Thornton topped the scoring for her team with 33 of her own.

i3PT Fr. Mathews got the better of University of Galway Mystics on a 65-50 scoreline, to leave the Galway side still looking for their first victory five games into the season. In a low-scoring game, Gráinne Dwyer led the way with 17 points for the winners.

Killester narrowly lost out to a youthful Waterford Wildcats outfit who are in fine form.

Beating the hosts 80-78, Wildcats counted on an important score from Kate Hickey down the stretch to secure the win.

Top scorer on the night was Karli Seay of Waterford wildcats, finishing up on 29.

Elsewhere, Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics couldn’t manage to find a way to win against a strong Trinity Meteors side who picked up their fourth win of the season.

Winning on an 89-80 scoreline perhaps doesn’t tell the whole story, but the visitors were in command from the start. Top of the scoring charts was Áine O’Connor of Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics on a tally of 27.