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After the end of the Superleague season, we asked our experts to pick the best seven players from the eight teams in the table. Surrey Storm retained the title after defeating Manchester Thunder in the Grand Final of the Vitality Netball Superleague on May 7, but who were the top performers over the 16 rounds of games during the campaign?Our Sky Sports pundits have picked out a player who impressed them in each position. Goal Keeper: Ama Agbeze, Loughborough Lightning Anita Navin: Ama has played with an incredible determination and a winning mentality.She has a renewed energy and her ability to read her opponents and disrupt their flow of play in and around the shooting circle has been incredible.She has limited shooting opportunities against the top-profile shooting opponents and uses a wide range of strategies to defend the shot and shooter in open play. Goal Defence: Layla Guscoth, Hertfordshire Mavericks Katharine Merry: Layla has done two things well this Superleague season - defending and studying. Doctor Layla Guscoth, now fully qualified, led the Mavs to a Superleague semi-final.It was an impressive year and for me she is one of the most dynamic and athletic defenders in the game. She has a high work-rate with the ability to intercept consistently. Any game that gets Pam Cookey and Guscoth head-to-head is a winner! Wing Defence: Amy Flanagan, Surrey Storm Camilla Buchanan: Amys Sniper-like ways have earned her a position in the Sky Sports Team of the Season!The silent assassin, with her slight frame, goes quietly through the game, picking off interceptions like paid hits!Her versatility in defence has been most impressive with the ability to limit her opponents movements whilst cleverly and cleanly winning ball. She has also proved just as dangerous with her attacking prowess, bringing the ball out of her defensive end. Centre: Sara Bayman, Manchester Thunder Tamsin Greenway - This is a tough call. Im torn between Sophia Candappa and Sara Bayman. Both have been superb, but Im going to go for the old and experienced player over the young, budding superstar.Sara is a winner - she has flair, passion and that old-fashioned grit that can drag a team back from the brink. Her leadership across the court, her feisty attitude and her confidence to attack the game is something all young Cs should aspire to be. Tamsin Greenway It is rare centres are both attacking and defensive in equal measure, but you can rely on her in both.Her leadership across the court, her feisty attitude and her confidence to attack the game is something all young Cs should aspire to.Wing Attack: Natalie Haythornthwaite, Manchester Thunder Jess Thirlby: A former England U21 athlete and rising star within the national squad, Natalie has had a very consistent season for her new team Manchester Thunder.Having offered both the GA and WA positions earlier in the season it is the latter where she has enjoyed more court time and looked most comfortable. Its been great to see Natalie build on her performances of last year. Jess Thirlby Her work rate and tenacity are second to none, her commitment to take on defenders at the Centre pass and get free is a real strength. She transitions well into second phase and her speed of movement and change of direction are a handful for the quickest of defenders.Her ability to release the ball quickly, distribute the ball around the circle edge and feed her shooters with accuracy have been impressive. Its been great to see Natalie build on her performances of last year.Goal Attack: Pam Cookey, Surrey Storm Caroline Barker: There have been some standout performances at GA throughout the season, including Mavericks Ella Clark making a return to netball from basketball and Helen Housby again making the most of her speed and movement at Thunder.But for me the consistency of Pam Cookey just tips the rest as she helped Surrey Storm retain their title.Its not just the relationship with Rachel Dunn in the circle, but the confidence she gives the whole team that was ultimately the difference this season.Goal Shooter: Rachel Dunn, Surrey Storm Karen Atkinson: There have been some standout performances in the GS position this season, with Samantha Wallace making an impact on the league and rising star Ellie Cardwell showing her potential, but you cannot look beyond Rachel Dunn for someone that has delivered when it mattered.Rachel has the highest shooting volume in the league with 474 goals at 85 per cent shooting accuracy. She also has one of the most well-rounded games. She was instrumental in the success of Surrey Storm this season. Karen Atkinson on Rachel Dunn When she sticks to the task she has a phenomenal hold but she can also move, take ball outside the circle, offload and rotate with her GA.One of her strongest assets is her well-timed step-change of direction, either forward, to drop back or to pop along the baseline. She was instrumental in the success of Surrey Storm this season. Also See: Vitality Superleague fixtures Table Live on Sky Sportswomen . Pospisil, whose season-ending goal is to improve his ATP Tour ranking enough to qualify for one of the 32 seedings at Januarys Australian Open, dominated Karlovic in 59 minutes. The world No. 40 never faced a break point and limited the big mans threatening ace count to a mere eight, while striking five key aces of his own. .com Tours season-opening Colombia Championship on Sunday, breaking the course record with an 8-under 63 in the completion of the third round before rain washed out play. http://www.mavericksteamofficial.info/l ... ks-jersey/. With the union re-formed, negotiations with owners will resume Friday on the remaining issues that would be in the collective bargaining agreement, according to a person familiar with the plans. .C. -- Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith has been ruled out for Sundays game against the Atlanta Falcons. . -- Patrick Kueng of Switzerland was nearly flawless as he captured his first World Cup and halted Aksel Lund Svindals streak of four straight super-G victories on Saturday.Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) - Kyle Lowry scored seven of his 23 points in overtime and the Toronto Raptors escaped with a 120-116 win over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night. The Wizards rallied from 21 points down with 14 minutes left in the game, tying the score on Paul Pierces 3-pointer with 25 seconds remaining in regulation. Washingtons only lead came 56 seconds into overtime on a free throw by Pierce. But Lowry scored four points during a quick 6-0 run that put the Atlantic Division-leading Raptors ahead for good on the way to a sixth consecutive win -- their third winning streak of that length this season. It came a day after Toronto led Brooklyn by 17 points in the third quarter but needed overtime to knock off the Nets 127-122. Lou Williams added 19 points in this one for Toronto, Amir Johnson scored 17, Patrick Patterson had 16 and DeMar DeRozan netted 15 with 10 rebounds. Greivis Vasquez added 12 points to finish off six Raptors players in double figures. Weve got the utmost confidence were going to win every single game until that clock runs out, DeRozan said. John Wall flirted with a triple-double, scoring 28 points with 12 assists and eight rebounds for the Wizards, who have dropped two in a row and four of the last six. We just couldnt get the stop we needed in the fourth quarter and overtime to get over the hump, said Wall. Bradley Beal added 26 points in the loss, Pierce scored 19 and Nene had 16 points.ddddddddddddKris Humphries added 10 points and 14 rebounds off the bench. The Raptors led by 19 points in the second quarter, 21 in the third and were up 16 going into the fourth. But the Wizards got back into it with a 17-2 run that trimmed an 18-point deficit to three with under seven minutes remaining. Later, Wall made a pair of free throws to get them within one. After Pierce tied the score with his 3, Williams tried a running bank shot for the Raptors at the other end, but missed off the rim and Pierce grabbed the rebounds. Officials put 0.3 seconds on the clock and the Wizards failed in an attempt to throw an alley-oop to Humphries at the buzzer. Earlier, the Raptors stretched a one-point lead to 17 with a 16-0 run that started late in the first quarter and lasted almost four minutes into the second. Vasquez, Williams and Patterson each made a 3-pointer in a span of a little over two minutes near the end of the run, which gave the Raptors a 47-30 lead. Game Notes Toronto is 6-1 in the last seven meetings with the Wizards, the only loss coming in a 134-129 three-overtime thriller on Feb. 27 last year ... The Raptors beat the Wizards 103-84 at home on Nov. 7. The teams will meet again in Toronto on Feb. 11 ... Toronto starts a five-game homestand on Monday against Milwaukee ... Washington hosts Charlotte on Monday. ' ' '