London Pulse made it by way of to the 2025 Netball Tremendous League Grand Last with a nail-biting 50-49 main semi-final victory over Loughborough Lightning.
Pulse battled again from a six-goal deficit within the fourth quarter to seal victory in an absorbing play-off conflict.
Olivia Tchine was the hero as she held her nerve to ship the products within the ultimate 5 minutes to show the sport on its head and ship her aspect to the O2 on 6 July.
“It’s amazing,” mentioned captain Zara Everitt. “That was such an up and down game but we ground it out and that shows the maturity and the determination of the team.
“We all know [the Grand Final] is the large one. It’s nice to have the 2 different accolades, it actually celebrates the success we have now had all through the season, however we actually need that ultimate trophy. We’ll put the laborious work in over the subsequent two weeks to try to get it.”
Lightning by way of to Preliminary Last
Loughborough Lightning will face Manchester Thunder within the Preliminary Last after they defeated London Mavericks 79-49 within the minor semi-final at Belle Vue.
Thunder opened up a 20-goal lead by half-time and pulled away because of nice mixture play from Paige Reed and Lois Pearson.
“It felt really good,” mentioned Pearson. “We knew it was going to be a tough game, after last week we knew they would come back fighting but pleased we got the win.
“I’m very glad personally, I’ve solely been again two video games so it means I get one other recreation.
“I am feeling good. I have had a lot of support from both Thunder and England and we are slowly building my minutes back up but it feels good to be back out there.”
