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Eleni Valos and Anna Burrows combined for 34 points and 21 rebounds in Mildura on Saturday night as your Dragons Division 1 Women handled the Heat to advance in the Big V Finals.

Burrows (14 points, 15 rebounds, five assists, three steals) logged her third straight double-double and Valos closed with a team-high 20 points, six boards and four steals as Camberwell opened the elimination final with a 22-12 first quarter and held off its host the rest of the way for a 70-56 win.

Tilly Grech added 14 points in 20 minutes and captain Lauren Moran pulled in 11 rebounds to go with four points for the Dragons, who set up a date with Melbourne University in next weekend's semi-finals. More details to come.

In other Dragons Big V action over the weekend:

– Your Youth League Men claimed the Youth League 1 championship with a 68-50 win against Bendigo in front of a sold-out crowd at Boroondara Sports Complex (BSC) on Saturday night. For more words and photos from a Grand Final night to remember, click HERE.

– And your Dragons Championship Men's team held back Gippsland United at BSC on Saturday night to clinch a Finals berth. Brennen Burns had a 28-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist triple-double in the 101-96 win. Jackson Meshanic added 22 points and 14 boards and Ben Crowe had 14 points (4-of-7 from the three-point line) as Shawn King's group became the team in the club's history to qualify for the Big V Championship Men Finals. More details to come about its Finals opener.

PHOTO: Craig Dingle, Melbourne Sports Photography.