Ballarat Bolts have finished on top of the Cricket Victoria women's community north west A twenty20 ladder.
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They split a doubleheader on Sunday to edge out Greenvale Kangaroos on percentage.
Each had seven wins and one defeat.
Melbourne University dented Ballarat's record by one run.
Melbourne Uni made 7-125 and then restricted Bolts to 5-124.
Rachael Matthews took 2-5 off her two overs and Anna Habel claimed 2-14.
Habel completed an impressive double with 34 runs in combining with Tatiana Selby, 24, in a fourth-wicket stand of 59, but it was just not enough.
Ballarat, 2-90, bounced back against Altona Roosters, 4-87 - needing only 13.4 overs to run down the target.
Opener Lillee Barendsen made her third half century of the season with an unbeaten 54.
Barendsen put on an opening stand of 44 with another prolific scorer in Nicole Edwards, 19.
The grand final is scheduled for Sunday.
LADDER
Ballarat 28 3.0807
Greenvale Kangaroos 28 1.9182
Melbourne University 22 1.5814
Altona Roosters 14 0.2869
Tullamarine 12 1.2803
Craigieburn 12 0.8927
Plenty Valley 0 0.1563
ROUND 8
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY 7-125 d BALLARAT 5-124
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY
O Lopez c H Fleming b R Matthews 35
E Collard lbw b A Habel 26
B Herman c & b A Habel 0
Y Kitamura b J Fowlie 1
C Grant c J Fowlie b A Lucas 41
J Tandon b R Matthews 0
C McDermott run out 1
D Li not out 0
Extras 20
Total 7-125
Bowling
M Hayes 2-0-0-5
A Brown 2-0-0-22
A Habel 2-0-2-14
J Fowlie 2-0-1-8
N Edwards 2-1-0-5
V Johnson-Knight 2-0-0-25
L Barendsen 2-0-0-5
H Fleming 2-0-0-24
R Matthews 2-0-2-5
A Lucas 2-0-1-5
BALLARAT
L Barendsen c C McDermott b J Tandon 12
N Edwards c B Herman b E Collard 18
A Lucas b C Grant 19
A Habel b O Lopez 34
T Selby run out 24
S Dehnert not out 0
J Fowlie not out 0
Extras 17
Total 5-124
Bowling
O Lopez 4-0-1-24
E Collard 4-0-1-9
J Tandon 4-0-1-20
C Grant 4-0-1-16
C McDermott 2-0-0-26
B Herman 2-0-0-19
ROUND 9
BALLARAT 2-90 d ALTONA ROOSTERS 4-87
ALTONA ROOSTERS
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Bowling
M Hayes 2-2-0-0
A Brown 2-0-0-10
N Edwards 2-0-1-4
H Fleming 2-0-0-14
A Habel 2-0-0-12
M Milton 2-0-0-12
V Johnson-Knight 2-0-0-10
J Fowlie 2-0-0-2
R Matthews 2-0-1-5
A Lucas 2-0-0-8
BALLARAT
L Barendsen not out 54
N Edwards b C Pridham 19
A Lucas b C Pridham 12
A Habel not out 2
Extras 3
TOTAL 2-90
Bowling
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