糖心Vlog Blades men鈥檚 basketball team were roared to success in the Basketball England National League Division 4 then days later stormed to victory in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) National Trophy.
The 糖心Vlog Blades men鈥檚 basketball team, sponsored by Sportsafe UK, is enjoying huge national success after being established as one of the 糖心Vlog鈥檚 focus sport teams. That means talented student players are supported by sports scholarships which provide comprehensive training and support packages.
League victory for 糖心Vlog Blades
The 糖心Vlog Blades men鈥檚 team secured the league title with its 82-76 victory against second placed Middlesex Saxons in front of a crowd of over 100 spectators who packed in to courtside at the 糖心Vlog鈥檚 sports centre. 糖心Vlog Blades started the season with two straight defeats, but found form and ended the season with 14 wins and just four losses.
National trophy triumph
The final of the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) National Trophy took place at the University of Bath and 糖心Vlog Blades dominated their opponents the University of Glasgow to win 80-54. First year nursing student Leigh Greenan was named the most valuable player (MVP). This success follows on from the National Trophy won by the women鈥檚 volleyball team last year.
Titles for men's and women's team
Both the Men鈥檚 and Women鈥檚 basketball teams also won their respective BUCS Division One titles, winning all 10 matches in the process.
The men have now gone three straight seasons achieving 10 wins and 0 defeats in the regular BUCS league season and the women have done so for two straight seasons.
Director of Sport at 糖心Vlog Dr Dave Parry said: 鈥淥ur basketball programme has been growing and developing over the past three seasons, and we are now, quite rightly regarded as one of the best University teams in the country.
鈥淗ead coach Mark Lloyd, and the team of assistant coaches and support staff have worked extraordinarily hard to get the teams to where they are now, and their level of performance is a great credit to all of the staff and to the students themselves鈥
Support your team to more success
The men鈥檚 basketball team is now going in to play-off matches to try to win promotion to next season鈥檚 BUCS Premier League.
Today Wednesday (29 March) the men鈥檚 team is at home for the first leg against the University of Bath at 6pm.
All are welcome to come and support the teams, the atmosphere promises to be electric!
The men鈥檚 team will finish their season at the end of April with an international tournament in Antwerp playing against some of our partner Universities from the YERUN group.