NCU Navy 2 (Alice Churchill 10′, Erika Pennyfield 25′) def. CUA 17’s Green 1 (Hayley Taylor-Young 36′)
Erika Pennyfield’s second-half strike ensured that a late comeback from the Canberra United Academy was not enough in Round 4 of the Women’s Futsal Premier League. Both teams started the match at a fast pace and Alice Churchill made it count as she scored off a corner for Untouchables after ten minutes. After carrying a one-goal lead into the break it was Untouchables who extended the lead five minutes after half-time as Pennyfield slid one through the goalkeepers legs to make it 2-0. The Academy wouldn’t go away however and Hayley Taylor-Young pulled one back with four minutes to go, but the Untouchables defence held out to clinch the win.
Gungahlin United FC Pink 4 (Brittany Palombi 12′, Grace Field 13′, Ashleigh Palombi 23′, Najwa Allen 30′) def. NCU FC Red 2 (Lucy Rowland 27′, Sarah Crittenden 40′)
Two goals in either half helped Gungahlin United Pink to a two-goal win over Untouchables Red in Round four. United look to take the ascendancy from the start, and two goals in two minutes from Brittany Palombi and Grace Field helped them to a 2-0 advantage at the break. Ash Palombi added a goal only three minutes into the second stanza, but Lucy Rowland gave Untouchables a glimmer when she scored only four minutes later. Najwa Allen iced the match with ten minutes to go, and Sarah Crittenden’s strike in the final minute served only as a consolation.
CUA 17’s White 3 (Isabella Barac 10′, 22′, Mackenzie Gibb 11′) def. by Gungahlin United FC Yellow 4 (Mia Giorgi 11′, 25′, Sabrina Magro 16′, 17′)
A wild first 25 minutes saw Gungahlin United Yellow claim a narrow 4-3 win over CUA White in Round 4 of the WFPL. Isabella Barac scored to put the Academy ahead before Mackenzie Gibb for the Academy and Mia Giorgi scored in quick succession to leave the score at 2-1. But a two minute brace just before the break from Sabrina Magro ensured that Gungahlin lead into half-time, 3-2. Barac grabbed her second moments after half-time, but a second goal from Giorgi with 15 minutes remaining turned out to be the winner as Gungahlin saw out the remainder of the match.
Boomerangs FS 0 def. by Belconnen United Blue Devils 6 (Alex Martens 1′, Maja Blasch 10′, 14′, Nicole Jalocha 11′, Sian Minary-Bland 24′, 31′)
A hot start from Belconnen United lead lead them to a 6-0 win over Boomerangs in Round Four of the Women’s Futsal Premier League. Alex Martens scored within the opening minute with a well-taken finish to rock Boomerangs, and Maja Blacsh’s brace sandwiched Nicole Jalocha’s goal to put them well out of reach by four goals at the break.
Boomerangs worked hard to try and get back into the match but it was the experience of the Blue Devils that told, and a second-half brace from Sian Minary-Bland ensured an emphatic scoreboard showing at the end of the match.
