Women's NSL - Season 2003/2004

Women's National Soccer League

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Home Team v Away Team

Round Five (played November 15 & 16)

Venue : Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Adelaide Sensation
Wirkus, May, Shigrov, Alagich, Day, Spagnoletti, Stocco, Walsh (Burgess 88), Wilson (Papageorgiou 58), Slater, De Vanna
Goals : Christina Papageorgiou 73, Lisa De Vanna 78 2 - 0 Canberra Eclipse
Beattie, Davies, Staniforth, Taylor, Frewin (Doyle 72), Wilson, Karp, Hepperlin, C Maciejewski, David (Brush 46), Munoz

Sunday afternoon at home, Adelaide Sensation produced a valuable 2-0 victory over Canberra Eclipse to move up two places on the ladder. Sensation held the first half advantage, assisted by the strong wind, and when conditions eased in the second half, still went on to dominate with their attacking verve. Canberra held a share of possession in midfield but continue to be unable to translate that into chances on goal.
Adelaide's Lisa De Vanna had the game's first opportunity, beating two defenders before goalkeeper Amy Beattie won the one-on-one by parrying the shot. Four minutes later for Eclipse, Gwen David beat the offside trap but sent the ball wide.
Despite a chance at each end, the game had been a fairly tight midfield tussle for the opening 20 minutes, but Sensation then set free into attack. On the half-hour, an Adelaide freekick escaped the keeper's clutches and found its way over the line but the referee disallowed the goal, the home side protesting the decision. In a lively last eight minutes leading into half-time, Adelaide peppered the opposition goal but without reward. De Vanna was again denied by the keeper and also sent another effort wide, whilst Amy Shigrov headed over the bar, and Roushan Walsh had two long range attempts.
A rare Canberra chance saw Peita-Claire Hepperlin's strike fly just wide of the target four minutes into the second half, but there was precious little else against the very sturdy Sensation defence. The home side however continued to push forward and in the 62nd minute, a Stacey Stocco strike was flicked over the crossbar by the keeper.
Finally Adelaide scored the inevitable goal in the 73rd minute. De Vanna cut the ball back for substitute Christina Papageorgiou who hit the back of the net from just inside the 18-yard box. The home side sealed the win five minutes later, De Vanna this time the scorer. Stocco flicked the ball first time to the striker who beat her marker and stuck the ball inside the far post. De Vanna and Alagich each had a further chance to add to the tally.

Venue : ANZ Stadium, Brisbane

Queensland Sting
Kitching (Catchpole 87), McShea, Reuter (Polkinghorne 85), Garven, Grant, Garriock, Duus, Ferguson (Reed 80), Harch (Williams 75), Mann, Dawney (Mitchell 70)
Goals : Alicia Ferguson 5, Bryony Duus 21, Belinda Dawney 23, 38, Jessica Mitchell 80 5 - 1 Northern NSW Pride
Herd (Logue 39), Wilson, Tristram (Khamis 60), Oxtoby (Cotts 39), Shepherd (McMinn 80), Neilson, Colthorpe, Small, Baker (O'Toole 61), Crawford, Gill
Goal : Amber Neilson 85

On Saturday night in Brisbane, Queensland Sting scored four first half goals to finish with a resounding 5-1 victory over Northern NSW Pride. Northern were forced to play two thirds of the game with ten players after the sending off of key midfielder Danielle Small, whilst Queensland also had a red card issued to substitute Veronica Williams late in the clash.
Queensland looked sharp in the opening 25 minutes after taking the lead in the first five minutes with Alicia Ferguson finishing a neat Heather Garriock cross. Bryony Duus took the home side's advantage to two with a goal in the 21^st minute, Lana Harch's dangerous cross across the face of goal missed by the dive of the keeper to land at the midfielder's feet for a simple tap home.
Only two minutes later, another inviting Garriock cross was sent into the back of the net by Belinda Dawney, further demoralising visitors Pride, already behind by three. Northern's Small lined up a freekick in the 29^th minute but sent the ball well wide and was shown a yellow card for foul language, her second card for the match and therefore a send-off.
Dawney then rubbed further salt into Northern's wound with her second goal, converting a Harch cross seven minutes before the break.
Although with a numerical advantage, Sting seemed to relax and were not nearly as incisive against their ten-player opponent, unable to score any further goals despite several very good chances, until the 80^th minute. Jessica Mitchell, ten minutes after coming in off the bench, scored a fantastic solo goal, racing at goal and eluding the diving challenge of the keeper before slotting into the open goal.
Northern scored a consolation goal after the second dramatic send-off with five minutes remaining. Captain Amber Neilson threatened Sting's goal and was bundled down although managed to get her shot away. With the ball bobbling towards goal, Williams stopped a certain goal via a handball, and was promptly dismissed. Neilson put away the resultant penalty.

Venue : Serbian Sports Centre, Melbourne

Victoria Vision
Barbieri, Digiammarco (Balta 70), Lamb, Smith, McEvoy, Jackson (Totsidis 46), Groenewald (Ruyter-Hooley 66), Bisby, Angelucci (Thornton 66), Terek, Pannella
Goal : Leigh Terek 38 1 - 4 NSW Sapphires
Kell, Blayney, Ristevski, Gilbert, Todd, Shipard, Carney (Bazi 64), Rockall, Ledbrook (Hilder 68), Burgess, Cannuli (Holcombe 84)
Goals : Sally Shipard 8, 79, Kylie Ledbrook 21, Catherine Cannuli 60

On Saturday afternoon, NSW Sapphires comfortably accounted for Victoria Vision 4-1 in Melbourne. In scorching heat, NSW Sapphires dominated the match with fantastic composure on the ball, fluent passing combinations, and scoring chances aplenty. Victoria created their share of danger on goal in the first half, relying more on the long ball and the counterattack, but tired markedly in the second stanza.
Underdogs Vision almost scored inside the opening four minutes, striker Belinda Pannella beating the offside trap only for NSW goalkeeper Cassandra Kell to block the chance on the edge of her area. Just four minutes later, Sapphires gained the ascendancy with a goal. A corner from the right was struck first time but cleared off the line by a defender on the post, with the rebound stuck away by Sally Shipard.
Shipard almost scored again midway through the half but her shot was stopped by a great save at full stretch by Vision keeper Melissa Barbieri. But the following minute, NSW did double their lead when midfielder Kylie Ledbrook was allowed to march in on goal unchallenged and shoot past Barbieri after her defence seemed to stop in appeal for offside.
Then, against the run of play, the home side pulled themselves back into the contest with a goal to take the score to 2-1. Pannella threaded a beautiful through-ball to release Leigh Terek in a one-on-one with the goalkeeper and from the edge of the 18-yard box found the target.
In the second half, Sapphires ran away with the game, their fitness holding up to the final whistle in the oppressive conditions as Victoria faded. On the hour mark, NSW scored their third with a brilliant team effort. A searching long ball from the defence picked out Shipard on the left flank who surged forward and crossed the ball in. Ledbrook made a neat dummy over the ball leaving it for the unmarked Catherine Cannuli to finish.
Shipard capped a fine performance with her second goal, a great solo effort in the 79^th minute, forging up the left from the halfway line, shrugging off a defender and hitting the back of the net from 10 metres.

Home Team		v		Away Team
Round Five (played November 15 & 16)
Venue : Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Adelaide Sensation Wirkus, May, Shigrov, Alagich, Day, Spagnoletti, Stocco, Walsh (Burgess 88), Wilson (Papageorgiou 58), Slater, De Vanna Goals : Christina Papageorgiou 73, Lisa De Vanna 78	2	-	0	Canberra Eclipse Beattie, Davies, Staniforth, Taylor, Frewin (Doyle 72), Wilson, Karp, Hepperlin, C Maciejewski, David (Brush 46), Munoz
Sunday afternoon at home, Adelaide Sensation produced a valuable 2-0 victory over Canberra Eclipse to move up two places on the ladder. Sensation held the first half advantage, assisted by the strong wind, and when conditions eased in the second half, still went on to dominate with their attacking verve. Canberra held a share of possession in midfield but continue to be unable to translate that into chances on goal. Adelaide's Lisa De Vanna had the game's first opportunity, beating two defenders before goalkeeper Amy Beattie won the one-on-one by parrying the shot. Four minutes later for Eclipse, Gwen David beat the offside trap but sent the ball wide. Despite a chance at each end, the game had been a fairly tight midfield tussle for the opening 20 minutes, but Sensation then set free into attack. On the half-hour, an Adelaide freekick escaped the keeper's clutches and found its way over the line but the referee disallowed the goal, the home side protesting the decision. In a lively last eight minutes leading into half-time, Adelaide peppered the opposition goal but without reward. De Vanna was again denied by the keeper and also sent another effort wide, whilst Amy Shigrov headed over the bar, and Roushan Walsh had two long range attempts. A rare Canberra chance saw Peita-Claire Hepperlin's strike fly just wide of the target four minutes into the second half, but there was precious little else against the very sturdy Sensation defence. The home side however continued to push forward and in the 62nd minute, a Stacey Stocco strike was flicked over the crossbar by the keeper. Finally Adelaide scored the inevitable goal in the 73rd minute. De Vanna cut the ball back for substitute Christina Papageorgiou who hit the back of the net from just inside the 18-yard box. The home side sealed the win five minutes later, De Vanna this time the scorer. Stocco flicked the ball first time to the striker who beat her marker and stuck the ball inside the far post. De Vanna and Alagich each had a further chance to add to the tally.
Venue : ANZ Stadium, Brisbane
Queensland Sting Kitching (Catchpole 87), McShea, Reuter (Polkinghorne 85), Garven, Grant, Garriock, Duus, Ferguson (Reed 80), Harch (Williams 75), Mann, Dawney (Mitchell 70) Goals : Alicia Ferguson 5, Bryony Duus 21, Belinda Dawney 23, 38, Jessica Mitchell 80	5	-	1	Northern NSW Pride Herd (Logue 39), Wilson, Tristram (Khamis 60), Oxtoby (Cotts 39), Shepherd (McMinn 80), Neilson, Colthorpe, Small, Baker (O'Toole 61), Crawford, Gill Goal : Amber Neilson 85
On Saturday night in Brisbane, Queensland Sting scored four first half goals to finish with a resounding 5-1 victory over Northern NSW Pride. Northern were forced to play two thirds of the game with ten players after the sending off of key midfielder Danielle Small, whilst Queensland also had a red card issued to substitute Veronica Williams late in the clash. Queensland looked sharp in the opening 25 minutes after taking the lead in the first five minutes with Alicia Ferguson finishing a neat Heather Garriock cross. Bryony Duus took the home side's advantage to two with a goal in the 21^st minute, Lana Harch's dangerous cross across the face of goal missed by the dive of the keeper to land at the midfielder's feet for a simple tap home. Only two minutes later, another inviting Garriock cross was sent into the back of the net by Belinda Dawney, further demoralising visitors Pride, already behind by three. Northern's Small lined up a freekick in the 29^th minute but sent the ball well wide and was shown a yellow card for foul language, her second card for the match and therefore a send-off. Dawney then rubbed further salt into Northern's wound with her second goal, converting a Harch cross seven minutes before the break. Although with a numerical advantage, Sting seemed to relax and were not nearly as incisive against their ten-player opponent, unable to score any further goals despite several very good chances, until the 80^th minute. Jessica Mitchell, ten minutes after coming in off the bench, scored a fantastic solo goal, racing at goal and eluding the diving challenge of the keeper before slotting into the open goal. Northern scored a consolation goal after the second dramatic send-off with five minutes remaining. Captain Amber Neilson threatened Sting's goal and was bundled down although managed to get her shot away. With the ball bobbling towards goal, Williams stopped a certain goal via a handball, and was promptly dismissed. Neilson put away the resultant penalty.
Venue : Serbian Sports Centre, Melbourne
Victoria Vision Barbieri, Digiammarco (Balta 70), Lamb, Smith, McEvoy, Jackson (Totsidis 46), Groenewald (Ruyter-Hooley 66), Bisby, Angelucci (Thornton 66), Terek, Pannella Goal : Leigh Terek 38	1	-	4	NSW Sapphires Kell, Blayney, Ristevski, Gilbert, Todd, Shipard, Carney (Bazi 64), Rockall, Ledbrook (Hilder 68), Burgess, Cannuli (Holcombe 84) Goals : Sally Shipard 8, 79, Kylie Ledbrook 21, Catherine Cannuli 60
On Saturday afternoon, NSW Sapphires comfortably accounted for Victoria Vision 4-1 in Melbourne. In scorching heat, NSW Sapphires dominated the match with fantastic composure on the ball, fluent passing combinations, and scoring chances aplenty. Victoria created their share of danger on goal in the first half, relying more on the long ball and the counterattack, but tired markedly in the second stanza. Underdogs Vision almost scored inside the opening four minutes, striker Belinda Pannella beating the offside trap only for NSW goalkeeper Cassandra Kell to block the chance on the edge of her area. Just four minutes later, Sapphires gained the ascendancy with a goal. A corner from the right was struck first time but cleared off the line by a defender on the post, with the rebound stuck away by Sally Shipard. Shipard almost scored again midway through the half but her shot was stopped by a great save at full stretch by Vision keeper Melissa Barbieri. But the following minute, NSW did double their lead when midfielder Kylie Ledbrook was allowed to march in on goal unchallenged and shoot past Barbieri after her defence seemed to stop in appeal for offside. Then, against the run of play, the home side pulled themselves back into the contest with a goal to take the score to 2-1. Pannella threaded a beautiful through-ball to release Leigh Terek in a one-on-one with the goalkeeper and from the edge of the 18-yard box found the target. In the second half, Sapphires ran away with the game, their fitness holding up to the final whistle in the oppressive conditions as Victoria faded. On the hour mark, NSW scored their third with a brilliant team effort. A searching long ball from the defence picked out Shipard on the left flank who surged forward and crossed the ball in. Ledbrook made a neat dummy over the ball leaving it for the unmarked Catherine Cannuli to finish. Shipard capped a fine performance with her second goal, a great solo effort in the 79^th minute, forging up the left from the halfway line, shrugging off a defender and hitting the back of the net from 10 metres.