Majura FC pulled themselves off the bottom of the table and consigned Tuggeranong United to that ignominious position as the home side recoded a 5-2 win over the visitors at Ainslie Oval.
Margaux Sieb scored twice, including the game opening goal in two minutes, with Chelse Rolls doubling the lead just past the quarter of an hour mark. An own goal from Abrianna Albert reduced the arrears and Isla Alleway, nominally a goalkeeper, levelled for the visitors before the break.
Elianne Lum restored the Majura lead before goals from Sofia Bissell, and Sieb again, gave Majura a big win.
Canberra Olympic secured a vital 1-0 away win over Canberra Croatia at Deakin Stadium as they closed the gap on the team above them to four points in the process.
Olympic took the lead in the match a quarter of an hour in as some tidy approach work, and a superb forward run, allowed Sienna Ness the time and space to pick her spot past the advancing goalkeeper.
Croatia came in search of the equalising goal in the second forty-five minutes, but Olympic held firm and had chances of their own at the other end, ultimately managing a narrow, but important success.
Belconnen United cruised to a tenth league win of the season as they defeated West Canberra Wanderers 6-0 at Melrose Synthetic.
A sixth goal of the season from Leila Billington finally broke the deadlock, the midfielder following up to sweep home nine minutes before half-time, but it wasn’t until the second half that the Blue Devils swept into gear.
Eden Rodda struck twice in quick succession, later to complete a hat-trick, with Pascale La Hei adding to the tally. Billington ended what she had started by adding the sixth with fourteen minutes remaining.
In midweek, Gungahlin United moved into fourth place in the league table as they took the points in the proverbial ‘six-pointer’ against fellow top four hopefuls West Canberra Wanderers with a 2-0 win at Gungahlin Enclosed.
The damage was done inside the opening forty-five minutes for the hosts, as the Gunners scored twice in a dominant nine minute spell that was to ultimately secure the destination of the points.
Hannah Ferguson opened the scoring twenty minutes before the interval with her first goal of the season, a feat replicated by Sophie McGlynn who added the second, and clinching goal, in the 34th minute.
RESULTS
ROUND 14
Wednesday 16 July
Gungahlin United 2 (Ferguson 25’, McGlynn 34’) West Canberra Wanderers 0
ROUND 15
Sunday 20 July
Canberra Croatia 0 Canberra Olympic 1 (Ness 15’)
Majura FC 5 (Sieb 2’, 88’, Rolls 16’, Lum 57’, Bissell 61’) Tuggeranong United 2 (Albert 20’ (og), Alleway 28’)
West Canberra Wanderers 0 Belconnen United 6 (Billington 36’ 76’, Rodda 49’, 52’, 63’, La Hei 60’)
TABLE
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | ||
| 1 | Belconnen United | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 9 | +56 | 30 |
| 2 | Canberra Croatia | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 12 | +32 | 27 |
| 3 | Canberra Olympic | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 23 |
| 4 | Gungahlin United | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 29 | -4 | 17 |
| 5 | West Canberra | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 40 | -24 | 17 |
| 6 | Majura FC | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 37 | -30 | 3 |
| 7 | Tuggeranong United | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 48 | -43 | 0 |
TOP SCORERS
12: Eden RODDA (Belconnen United), Scarlett WELLS (Belconnen United)
9: Ella HALL (Gungahlin United),
8: Rhiannon FENSOM (Canberra Croatia), Emily HAZILIAS (Canberra Croatia)
7: Leila BILLINGTON (Belconnen United)
6: Liliana ALTAMORE (Belconnen United), Pia MCGHIE (Canberra Croatia), Own GOALS
5: Sienna NESS (Canberra Olympic), Emily TOZER (Belconnen United)
4: Brittany FIORESE (Canberra Olympic), Samantha SHEA (Belconnen United), Sonja TOMANOVITS (West Canberra Wanderers)
3: Elizabeth BARTONE (Canberra Croatia), Alexia CERNE (Canberra Olympic), Sophie COULDRICK (West Canberra Wanderers), Siena D’AMBROSIO (Belconnen United), Arijana MAJETIC (Canberra Croatia), Evdoxia MANTINAOS (West Canberra Wanderers), Matylda WELLS-SHEATHER (Gungahlin United), Nicole ZHAO (Canberra Croatia)
2: Amy BONGIORNO (Canberra Croatia), Hannah BOURKE (Canberra Croatia), Lily D’ADDARIO (Canberra Olympic), Sienna DY-MORTIMER (Canberra Olympic), Danielja ESKINJA (Belconnen United), Samantha HOST (West Canberra Wanderers), Abbey HURMAN (Canberra Olympic), Pascale LA HEI (Belconnen United), Josephine MCKENZIE (Gungahlin United), Tahli MILIN (Canberra Croatia), Jessica PEARSON (Gungahlin United), Marija RATHOUSKI (Belconnen United), Jasmine RICHARDS (Gungahlin United), Tayah SANDERS (Canberra Croatia), Margaux SIEB (Majura FC), Caitlyn SKILLICORN (West Canberra Wanderers)
1: Isla ALLEWAY (Tuggeranong United), Chloe BARKER (Canberra Croatia), Anna BENNETT (Canberra Olympic), Sofia BISSELL (Majura FC), Tia BURRIDGE (Canberra Olympic), Lisa CARY (Belconnen United), Natalia CERNE (Canberra Olympic), Georgia CHOUNDARY (Canberra Olympic), Rhiannon DAVIS (Canberra Olympic), Sophia DOUMOS (Belconnen United), Charlotte EVANS (Tuggeranong United), Hannah FERGUSON (Gungahlin United), Alexandra GIDIS (West Canberra Wanderers), Tayla HAMPSON (Canberra Olympic), Caitlin KOCH (Belconnen United), Brianna LAZZARI (Tuggeranong United), Elianne LUM (Majura FC), Sophie MCGLYNN (Gungahlin United), Olivia MEDINA (Wet Canberra Wanderers), Elfin MOKANY (Belconnen United), Josie MONTANARI (Gungahlin United), Elizabeth MOSS (Gungahlin United), Brittany PALOMBI (Canberra Croatia), Sofia PIROTTA (Canberra Olympic), Isabella POLE (Majura FC), Ariana RATHOUSKI (Belconnen United), Ellie RAYMOND (Canberra Croatia), Chelsea ROLLS (Majura FC), Madison SAWKINS (Belconnen United), Vanessa SOPHCOLI (Majura FC), Lauren WATT (Tuggeranong United), Ava WILLIAMS (Canberra Croatia)
