# 2018 Team Bath netball season

The 2018 Team Bath netball season saw Team Bath finish fourth in the 2018 Netball Superleague regular season. They subsequently lost to Wasps in a play-off semi-final. During their pre-season, Team Bath also played in the inaugural Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship and finished as runners up after losing the final to Loughborough Lightning.

## Squad

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## Preseason
### Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship

On 24 September 2017, Team Bath played in the inaugural Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship. Team Bath reached the final but lost to Loughborough Lightning.

#### Double Elimination Stage

| 24 September 2017 | Team Bath | 19–18 | Team Northumbria | The O2 Arena |
| 24 September 2017 | Team Bath | 26–5 | benecosMavericks | The O2 Arena |

#### Semi-final

| 24 September 2017 | Team Bath | 34–26 | Severn Stars | The O2 Arena |

#### Final

| 24 September 2017 | Team Bath | 33–35 | Loughborough Lightning | The O2 Arena |

### Tri-Tournament

On 6 January 2018 Team Bath hosted and won a three team tournament which also featured Severn Stars and Wasps. The tournament was broadcast live on BBC Sport.
| 6 January 2018 | Team Bath | 35–27 | Severn Stars | Team Bath Arena | BBC Sport |
| 6 January 2018 | Team Bath | 29–25 | Wasps | Team Bath Arena | BBC Sport |

## Mike Greenwood Trophy

Team Bath played three games at the 2018 Mike Greenwood Trophy tournament but failed to register a win. Traditionally a pre-season tournament, the 2018 event, was switched to April this season to act as a warm-up for the restart of the 2018 Netball Superleague season, following the five-week Commonwealth Games break.
| 14 April 2018 | Team Bath | 24–27 | Team Northumbria |
| 14 April 2018 | Team Bath | 24–31 | Manchester Thunder |
| 14 April 2018 | Team Bath | 20–31 | benecosMavericks |

## Regular season
### Fixtures and results

| Date | Opponents | H/A | Result | Win/loss |
| 10 February 2018 | Team Northumbria | A | 39–52 | W |
| 19 February 2018 | Celtic Dragons | A | 35–54 | W |
| 23 February 2018 | Surrey Storm | H | 60–44 | W |
| 26 February 2018 | Severn Stars | A | 47–48 | W |
| 9 March 2018 | Manchester Thunder | H | 51–60 | L |
| 17 March 2018 | Loughborough Lightning | A | 54–59 | W |
| 22 April 2018 | Wasps | A | 61–44 | L |
| 29 April 2018 | benecosMavericks | A | 57–41 | L |
| 4 May 2018 | Celtic Dragons | H | 66–39 | W |
| 7 May 2018 | Severn Stars | H | 51–35 | W |
| 12 May 2018 | Surrey Storm | A | 56–51 | W |
| 21 May 2018 | Team Northumbria | H | 54–42 | W |
| 26 May 2018 | Sirens | A | 51–43 | L |
| 1 June 2018 | benecosMavericks | H | 54–45 | W |
| 4 June 2018 | Sirens | H | 60–34 | W |
| 8 June 2018 | Loughborough Lightning | H | 42–43 | L |
| 15 June 2018 | Wasps | H | 40–58 | L |
| 23 June 2018 | Manchester Thunder | A | 54–47 | L |
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### Final table

2018 Netball Superleague ladder :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Wasps Netball (Q) | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1123 | 821 | +302 | 48 | Qualify for the play-offs |
| 2 | Loughborough Lightning (Q) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1054 | 852 | +202 | 45 | Qualify for the play-offs |
| 3 | Manchester Thunder (Q) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1056 | 887 | +169 | 45 | Qualify for the play-offs |
| 4 | Team Bath (Q) | 18 | 11 | 7 | 922 | 849 | +73 | 33 | Qualify for the play-offs |
| 5 | benecosMavericks (Q) | 18 | 10 | 8 | 979 | 912 | +67 | 30 | |
| 6 | Severn Stars (Q) | 18 | 8 | 10 | 904 | 883 | +21 | 24 | |
| 7 | Surrey Storm (Q) | 18 | 5 | 13 | 904 | 1004 | −100 | 15 | |
| 8 | Sirens (Q) | 18 | 5 | 13 | 815 | 962 | −147 | 15 | |
| 9 | Team Northumbria | 18 | 3 | 15 | 817 | 1022 | −205 | 9 | |
| 10 | Celtic Dragons | 18 | 2 | 16 | 768 | 1150 | −382 | 6 | |
* ↑ London Pulse replaced Team Northumbria for the 2019 Netball Superleague season

## Playoffs
### Semi-final

| 30 June 2018 | Team Bath | 39–54 | Wasps | University of Worcester Arena |
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## Team Bath end-of-season awards

| Award | Winners |
| Players' Player of the Year | Mia Ritchie |
| Coaches' Player of the Year | Layla Guscoth |
| Fans' Player of the Year | Kadeen Corbin |
| Endeavour Award | Jazz Scott |
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