# 2017 Team Bath netball season

The 2017 Team Bath netball season saw Team Bath finish fourth overall in the 2017 Netball Superleague. Team Bath won seven games in a row to finish fourth in the regular season. Their qualification for the play-offs was only secured on the last day. In the semifinal they were beaten by Loughborough Lightning. They went on to finish fourth overall after defeat to Manchester Thunder in the 3rd/4th place play-off.

## Squad

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## Preseason
### Mike Greenwood Trophy

Team Bath reached the final of the Mike Greenwood Trophy but lost to Netball Superleague newcomers Wasps.
| 10 December 2016 | Team Bath | 25–14 | Celtic Dragons |
| 10 December 2016 | Team Bath | 24–13 | Hertfordshire Mavericks |
| 10 December 2016 | Team Bath | 26–18 | Manchester Thunder |
| 10 December 2016 | Team Bath | 15–19 | Wasps |
| 10 December 2016 | Team Bath | 15–22 | Wasps |

### Tri-Tournament

On 7 January 2017 Team Bath hosted and won a three team tournament which also featured Loughborough Lightning and Wasps.
| 7 January 2017 | Team Bath | 39–26 | Loughborough Lightning | University of Bath |
| 7 January 2017 | Team Bath | 36–27 | Wasps | University of Bath |

## Regular season
### Fixtures and results

| Date | Opponents | H/A | Result | Win/Loss |
| 18 February 2017 | Celtic Dragons | A | 41–51 | W |
| 25 February 2017 | Hertfordshire Mavericks | A | 42–49 | W |
| 6 March 2017 | Loughborough Lightning | H | 41–47 | L |
| 11 March 2017 | Severn Stars | A | 39–48 | W |
| 20 March 2017 | Surrey Storm | H | 46–52 | L |
| 24 March 2017 | Team Northumbria | H | 47–38 | W |
| 31 March 2017 | Scottish Sirens | A | 51–45 | L |
| 7 April 2017 | Manchester Thunder | H | 41–48 | L |
| 14 April 2017 | Hertfordshire Mavericks | H | 45–46 | L |
| 17 April 2017 | Loughborough Lightning | A | 40–49 | L |
| 22 April 2017 | Celtic Dragons | H | 58–48 | W |
| 28 April 2017 | Severn Stars | H | 59–33 | W |
| 1 May 2017 | Surrey Storm | A | 49–56 | W |
| 8 May 2017 | Wasps | H | 55–53 | W |
| 15 May 2017 | Team Northumbria | A | 44–56 | W |
| 19 May 2017 | Scottish Sirens | H | 63–47 | W |
| 29 May 2017 | Manchester Thunder | A | 45–57 | W |
| 3 June 2017 | Wasps | A | 49–35 | L |
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### Final table

2017 Netball Superleague ladder :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Loughborough Lightning (I) | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1104 | 882 | +222 | 51 | Qualified for the Final Four |
| 2 | Wasps (I) | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1068 | 863 | +205 | 42 | Qualified for the Final Four |
| 3 | Manchester Thunder (I) | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1016 | 941 | +75 | 39 | Qualified for the Final Four |
| 4 | Team Bath (I) | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 892 | 821 | +71 | 33 | Qualified for the Final Four |
| 5 | Surrey Storm (I) | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1077 | 996 | +81 | 30 | |
| 6 | Scottish Sirens | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 988 | 963 | +25 | 27 | |
| 7 | Hertfordshire Mavericks (I) | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 897 | 1002 | −105 | 18 | |
| 8 | Severn Stars (I) | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 847 | 993 | −146 | 15 | |
| 9 | Team Northumbria (I) | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 884 | 1068 | −184 | 9 | |
| 10 | Celtic Dragons | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 852 | 1096 | −244 | 6 | |

## Playoffs
### Semi-final

| 10 June 2017 | Loughborough Lightning | 66–45 | Team Bath | Barclaycard Arena |
| Barclaycard Arena |||

### 3rd/4th place play-off

| 11 June 2017 14:30 | Manchester Thunder | 56–48 | Team Bath | Barclaycard Arena |
| Barclaycard Arena |||
| 11 June 2017 14:30 | ? | | Chelsea Lewis | Barclaycard Arena |

## Team Bath end-of-season awards

| Award | Winners |
| Players' Player of the Year | Rachel Shaw |
| Coaches' Player of the Year | Layla Guscoth |
| Fans' Player of the Year | Samantha Cook |
| Endeavour Award | Imogen Allison |
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