Otago University’s premier team continued its recent good form with a 6-0 win over Mosgiel in southern premiership women’s action on Saturday.
Meg Creagh opened the scoring from a well-delivered Katie Mawdsley corner.
Hat-trick heroine Pia Davis was a constant threat on the wing while Amy Hislop added another two goals to her tally, keeping her place at the top of the Golden Boot race. She showed her versatility by starting wide, playing defensive midfield and then moving to striker before a precautionary substitution.
Much of this was made possible by Jess Marvin’s ceaseless work up front. Captain Meg O’Malley seemed determined to get on the scoresheet, making surging runs into the box to shoot on target on several occasions.
The Otago University Seconds beat Roslyn-Wakari 3-1.
The students took the lead after eight minutes through Jasmine Prince and held that advantage through the first half.
Roslyn came out firing after the break and captain Renee Bacon found an equaliser just one minute into the second half.
Holly White converted from a corner soon after before Kate Macbeth got her name on the scoresheet with Roslyn’s third goal.
Dunedin Technical continued its unbeaten season with a 6-1 win over Green Island at Sunnyvale.
Emily Morison opened the scoring on 25 minutes before Tahlia Roome doubled the lead three minutes later.
Morison scored her second just after halftime, and while Kaitlyn Michelle pulled one back for Green Island, Hannah Mackay-Wright added a fourth for Tech and goals from Rose Morton and Nieve Collin finished off the game in the latter stages.
— Northern is in wonderland, finding itself on top of the Southern Championship men’s league after two rounds, following a hard-fought 2-1 away win over Wanaka.
Wanaka took an early lead when Northern failed to clear a set piece and Levi Fletcher struck a fine volley past Zane Green.
Northern’s equaliser on 13 minutes was the result of a Wanaka defensive error and Aljulanda Al-Mawaali made no mistake. Wanaka controlled most of the first half but could not find another goal.
In the second half, Northern started to cause Wanaka concern in the wide areas and was more comfortable defending. As the game opened up, Northern got the winner on 77 minutes, when Al-Mawaali was played through and he calmly rounded keeper Josh Shackleton.
After a month off, Mosgiel won its first game in the championship, coming from behind to beat Queenstown 3-2.
A Rhys Quarrell glancing header after 13 minutes gave the Plainsmen the lead, but Queenstown restored parity when Quinn McDonald’s penalty gave Dan Robinson no chance 12 minutes later.
Keir McIlwham-Kynaston promptly gave Queenstown the lead when his superbly struck free kick from 25m out was bent round the wall.
Quarrell’s predatory instinct gave Mosgiel the equaliser on 69 minutes when he was in the right place to stab the ball home as it was deflected to him.
Mosgiel went looking for the winner, and just when it looked like Queenstown would hold on for a deserved share of the points, a corner from Kasim Ali was powerfully headed home by Rory Findlay for a dramatic win.
- Beth Lyons and Neville Watson
