2015 Netball Superleague | |
League: | Netball Superleague |
No Of Teams: | 8 |
Season: | 2015 Netball Superleague |
Second Place: | Hertfordshire Mavericks |
Mvp: | Natalie Haythornthwaite (Yorkshire Jets) [1] |
Top Scorer: | Lottysha Cato (Yorkshire Jets) |
Prevseason Link: | 2014 Netball Superleague season |
Prevseason Year: | 2014 |
Nextseason Link: | 2016 Netball Superleague season |
Nextseason Year: | 2016 |
The 2015 Netball Superleague season (known for sponsorship reasons as the Zeo Netball Superleague) was the tenth season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Surrey Storm after defeating Hertfordshire Mavericks in the grand final. Manchester Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season but they subsequently lost to Mavericks in the semi-finals. Thunder eventually finished third overall. Yorkshire Jets were the surprise team of the season, finishing third during the regular season and fourth overall. This was the first season in Superleague history that Team Bath did not qualify for the semi-finals.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
2015 Superleague teams | Home venue/base | Country/Region |
---|---|---|
Celtic Dragons | Sport Wales National Centre | Wales |
Hertfordshire Mavericks | University of Hertfordshire | East of England |
Loughborough Lightning | Loughborough University | East Midlands |
Manchester Thunder | Wright Robinson College | North West England |
Team Bath | University of Bath | South West England/West of England |
Team Northumbria | Sport Central | North East England |
Surrey Storm | University of Surrey | Greater London/South East England |
Yorkshire Jets | Hull / Leeds / Sheffield | Yorkshire |
This season saw extra time introduced for drawn matches. If the scores were even after sixty minutes of play, matches were to continue into extra-time, consisting of two seven minute halves. If the sides are still tied following extra-time, the game will continue until a team has moved ahead of the other, by two clear goals.[9] [10]
Manchester Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season.[11] Surrey Storm finished second.[12] Yorkshire Jets finished third after winning ten games, six points ahead of fourth placed Hertfordshire Mavericks. This was the first season in Superleague history that Team Bath did not qualify for the semi-finals.[13] [14]
See also: 2015 Netball Superleague Grand Final.
Player | Team | Attempts | Goals | % |
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Lottysha Cato | Yorkshire Jets | 741 | 670 | 90% |
Surrey Storm | 646 | 552 | 85% | |
Peace Proscovia | Loughborough Lightning | 599 | 548 | 91% |
Chelsea Lewis | Celtic Dragons | 534 | 420 | 79% |
Helen Housby | Manchester Thunder | 418 | 380 | 91% |
Rosie Allison | Team Bath | 363 | 300 | 83% |
Pamela Cookey | Surrey Storm | 338 | 304 | 90% |
Team Northumbria | 382 | 282 | 74% | |
Hertfordshire Mavericks | 323 | 276 | 85% | |
Sarah East | Hertfordshire Mavericks | 217 | 186 | 86% |