London Pulse closed the gap at the top of the Netball Super League table with a 75-71 win over previously unbeaten leaders Loughborough Lightning.<\/p>\n
The two teams now have identical records of nine wins and one defeat, with Pulse suffering their only loss to Lightning in round three.<\/p>\n
The East Midlands side now lead the table by a single bonus point, with four rounds of fixtures remaining before the end of season play-offs.<\/p>\n
Lightning’s Ella Clark scored 36 goals in the match, but it was Pulse’s Liv Tchine who dominated proceedings, scoring 24 goals and eight rebounds to lead her side to victory.<\/p>\n
In Saturday’s games, LexisNexis Dragons recorded a third win of the season with a tight 65-64 victory over Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n
Georgia Rowe top-scored with 35 goals for Dragons as they completed the double over their opponents, having beaten them away in round six.<\/p>\n
Rolene Streutker scored 31 goals for Forest, but was unable to prevent the fourth-placed side slipping to defeat.<\/p>\n
London Mavericks, who are fifth, closed the gap on Forest to six points with a 63-60 win at NIC Leeds Rhinos.<\/p>\n
George Inger and Emily Andrew scored 27 and 22 goals respectively for Mavericks as they bounced back from defeat by Manchester Thunder last week.<\/p>\n
Paige Reed was Rhinos’ top-scorer with 20, and her side remain seventh having won just once all season.<\/p>\n
In the bank holiday weekend’s final fixture, AO Manchester Thunder welcome bottom side Birmingham Panthers on Monday (18:00 BST).<\/p>\n