National Trophy Finalists: BUCS Big Wednesday
Competing at one of the highest levels of University knockout sport is what lies ahead for 4 of our sports teams. Impressively, our Netball 1's, Men's Volleyball, Women's Volleyball and Women's Table Tennis teams will travel to Nottingham on Wednesday 23 March to contest for National Trophy Glory! Read on to find out how they managed it and how you can watch!
How to Watch?
BUCS Big Wednesday will see the culmination of 57 National Finals in Nottingham on Wednesday 23 March. Tickets for each Final as well as day passes can be purchased online for exclusive access to each event taking place. BUCS will also be streaming American Football, Badminton, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Lacrosse, Netball, Squash, Table Tennis, Tennis and Wheelchair Basketball via their website and YouTube channel.
Road to the Final
- Netball 1st Team
UCL Netball began their National Trophy journey by overcoming a tricky test away to Cardiff, which granted them a stand-out quarter final at home to super league Seven Stars partner Worcester. In what has proved to be the tie of the competition, UCL were the victors winning 45-42. The team were once again impressive away from home in the semi-final, brushing aside Oxford by 53-43. Nottingham Trent now awaits in the final with it all to play for!
- Men's Volleyball
UCL Men’s Volleyball have been dominant on their road to the National Trophy Final. Kickstarting their campaign with a 3-1 victory against noisy neighbours King’s, they went on the road to Bristol twice, beating their second team 3-0 and their first team 3-1. With all eyes on their home tie against Bath, UCL kept their cool to breeze into the Final by wining 3-0. Their opponents in the Final, Aberdeen, are coming off the back of a 3-0 victory against Loughborough, however, they have dropped 2 more sets than UCL in their campaign. An enthralling tie awaits in Nottingham!
- Women's Volleyball
UCL Women’s Volleyball overcame a tricky semi-final vs Anglia Ruskin on Friday 11 March to become the last of 4 teams to book themselves a National Trophy Final spot. That win made it a clean sweep for National Trophy Final representation for UCL Volleyball Club! We will go into the match full of confidence having won every one of their BUCS fixtures this year and finishing 3rd in the National Volleyball England Student Cup.
- Women's Table Tennis
UCL Women’s Table Tennis are another one of our teams holding a 100% record in BUCS competitions and have been ‘ones to watch’ in this year’s National Trophy. Having stormed into the last 16 with a 5-0 win over Queen Mary, they met one of the competition’s top ranked sides, Southampton, where onlookers’ eyebrows may have been raised with a 3-2 victory to UCL. Subsequent emphatic victories followed against Southampton 2nd team and Nottingham 3rd team. Nottingham 2nd team will be the final step of the journey of our Women’s quest for glory on 23 March!
