Résidence Walferdange moved to 1st place in W-U19 Division 2: Phase 1 with a one-place gain, and the road win also extended its streak to three in a row. Etzella Ettelbruck stayed 4th and slipped to a third straight loss.
Coach Diogo Jesus Lopes saw RES take control quite early. After Ella Wilmes (RES) opened the scoring, Etzella stayed close at 4-5 behind Léa Gomes (ETZ), but Walferdange closed the first quarter 14-7. The key stretch came in the second period: RES started with 8 straight points for 22-7. ETZ answered and cut the gap to 15-22, yet Walferdange immediately produced the decisive answer with 14 unanswered points to build a 36-15 halftime lead.
The visitors kept the game in hand after the break. Jill Stoltz (RES), only 15, helped push the margin to 41-15 early in the third quarter. Etzella had a better spell through Gomes (ETZ) and Jil Ries (ETZ), trimming the deficit to 23-43, but RES finished that quarter at 49-23. The last period never became a close one, and the final margin of 30 points was also the game's highest lead.
Walferdange had strong balance with four players in double figures: Ana Margarida Resende Cerqueira (RES) scored 16, Rachel Grivet (RES) 13, Wilmes (RES) 12 and Stoltz (RES) 11. Ten RES players scored. For coach Romain Beckers' side, Gomes (ETZ) clearly led the offense with 18 points, while Lara Martins da Silva (ETZ) added 6 and Ries (ETZ) 5.
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