After lifting the women’s Super Cup, Caffe Moak Luxol stretched their unbeaten run by beating PAVI Depiro in the Shield final. It is the eighth time that Luxol have won the Shield.
Caffe Moak Luxol 62
PAVI Depiro 38
(18-10, 14-6, 14-14, 16-8)
Luxol needed only a few minutes to settle down and impose their superiority over their opponents who were never a threat.
With Depiro’s Maria Bonnett under close scrutiny, Luxol dictated matters easily and changed ends enjoying a handsome 32-16 lead.
The break allowed Depiro to freshen up their ideas and thanks to Sam Brincat’s fine showing, in particular, they shared the ex-changes in the third quarter to stem the tide momentarily.
Luxol started the last ten minutes 46-30 in front and two successful shots from Steffi De-Martino allowed them to pull further pull away, in the process dashing PAVI Depiro’s faint hopes of a recovery.
Luxol: S. Pace 10, M. Mercieca 9, N. Agius, J. Borg Cardona 8, C. Sollami, S. DeMartino 17, L. Serge, P. Ellul 2, S. Abela 2, G. Costa, M. Darmanin, C. Curmi 14.
Depiro: A. Mifsud, G. Mifsud 5, S. Brincat 15, M. Bonett 4, C. Camilleri, T. Mifsud 5, P. Montanaro, J. Xuereb, S. Micallef 7, C. Ciantar 2.
Refs: B. Sly, J. Mangani, T. Helenius.