Share Wasps Netball fell just short of a historic third successive league title in a 57-52 loss against Manchester Thunder at the Copper Box Arena. It marked the first season the Black and Golds have missed out on the title since joining the Vitality Netball Superleague. Mel Mansfield’s side led going into the fourth-quarter but Thunder produced a perfect final 15 minutes to secure their third title and first since 2014. Mansfield said: “It didn’t quite happen for us. We played well in quarters one and three but we needed to play better for longer. “There were huge momentum shifts in the game, we started strongly but Thunder made very few errors and we found it really difficult to win ball. “I was really pleased after half-time with the response but we made a couple of crucial errors in the final quarter which ended up being really important. “It’s been a hugely enjoyable season and today didn’t change that, this group is fantastic and they kept battling right to the end. “We’ve still got an incredible team and set-up at Wasps and we’ll certainly come back fighting next season.” Related news post 8th Aug 2022 The five biggest transfers from the 2022 Signing Window Reading: 5 mins Tags: Grand Final Mel Mansfield Wasps Netball Previous Story VNSL 2019 All Star VII Next Story Greig and Cardwell hail Thunder heroics More News 8th Aug 2022 News The five biggest transfers from the 2022 Signing Window Reading: 5 mins 7th Aug 2022 News Commonwealth Games: Legacy Netball Reading: 4 mins 7th Aug 2022 News Eboni Usoro-Brown retires from netball Reading: 3 mins 6th Aug 2022 News Commonwealth Games: Final day set with England battling for bronze Reading: 3 mins 5th Aug 2022 News Commonwealth Games: Classification closes with some top performances Reading: 4 mins More Google Ad – MPU – Right Column