South Hobart celebrate a much needed opening goal. Photo credit: Tanner Coad

This weekend we saw another intriguing round of Tasmanian Women’s Super League with more shock results, screamer goals and goalkeeping heroics!

 

Match of the Round: South Hobart V Kingborough Lions

South Hobart’s GK Georgia McMullen instructs the defence before a corner. Photo credit: Tanner Coad

South Hobart 3 (Pishon Choi, Niki Moutsatsos x2) Kingborough Lions 1 (Bronte Gadon)

South Hobart have bounced back from last week’s defeat and cruised home to an impressive 3-1 win over Kingborough Lions at D’Arcy St.
 
Lucy Roberts was gifted an early penalty in the opening minutes after a defensive infringement in the box, however Roberts was denied by Lions keeper Erika Mackintosh who returned to the starting XI after her run in the Summer Cup preliminary stages. 
 
Lion’s keeper Erika Mackintosh dives the right way, making the penalty save. Photo credit: Tanner Coad
Pishon Choi was delivered a picture perfect set-piece which ricocheted off the cross bar, rebounded off Mackintosh and helped Choi picked up the pieces inside the box for the opening scalp.
 
Choi was involved in the lead up for the second goal and was able to weave around the defence to send in Niki Moutsatsos, who tapped into the bottom right. Choi’s pass came with a price after getting crunched by Mackintosh in the process, but thankfully she was okay to continue.
 
South’s Pishon Choi (17) is clipped by Lion’s Airlee Lawson and Erika Mackintosh. Photo credit: Tanner Coad
Lions had their chances in the first half but were stopped in their tracks by South keeper Georgia McMullen, who made some great saves including three in quick succession early in the second half, earning a huge round of applause.
 
Moutsatsos put the game to bed in outstanding fashion, darting past the Lions defence and spotting Mackintosh off her line, lobbing over the keeper’s head for an emphatic goal.
 
Danielle Kannegiesser and Bronte Gadon combined beautifully with 15 minutes left to bring proceedings back to 1-3, but it proved to only be good enough for consolation with South running out winners.
 
Bronte Gadon pictured next to no 9 Eloise Paine, celebrates her goal. Photo credit: Tanner Coad

South will now have a week’s break as the teams prepare for the Statewide Cup campaign, where South have the bye through to the Quarter Finals. Lions have an away day up at Olinda Grove vs University next Saturday.

 

Clarence Zebras 7 (Zoe Nichols x3, Caitlin Stalker x2, Taylor Rand, Sophie Fone) Taroona FC 0

Zebras captain Mady O’ Brien. Photo credit: Tanner Coad

Clarence Zebras found their winning form for the first time this season, dismantling Taroona away at Kelvedon Park.

Zoe Nichols continued her scoring heroics with her first hat-trick of the season while Caitlin Stalker picked up a tidy brace. 

Zebras will now return to Wentworth Park for a Round of 16 Cup clash with Riverside Olympic, while Taroona travel away to the Showgrounds to play Ulverstone.

 

Launceston United 3 (Madison Gilpin, Danielle Gulton x 2) Devonport Strikers 2 (Tiela Weida, Jazmin White)

Launceston United action shot. Photo credit: Launceston United Facebook

Launceston continued their unbeaten run in the WSL, upsetting Devonport 3-2 away at Valley Rd. 

Madison Gilpin and Danielle Gulton sealed victory for the visitors while Devonport’s Jazmin White and Tiela Weida were able to bring the game back to a 2-3 scoreline.

United will now welcome Glenorchy Knights to Birch Ave next weekend in the Cup, while Devonport will have the bye in the league before playing Taroona on Sat 17th April. 

 

WSL Round Three

Saturday 10th April

Launceston United v South Hobart, 2:00pm, Birch Ave

Sunday 11th April

Kingborough Lions v Taroona FC, 2:15pm, Lightwood Park

Olympia Warriors v Clarence Zebras, 2:15pm, Warrior Park

Devonport Strikers bye

 

Statewide Cup Round of 16

Saturday 3rd April

University v Kingborough, 12:00pm, Olinda Grove

Launceston Utd v Glenorchy Knights, 1:00pm, Birch Ave

Ulverstone v Taroona, 2:30pm, Ulverstone Showgrounds

Clarence Zebras v Riverside Olympic, 2:30pm, Wentworth Park

South Hobart bye to quarter-finals

Tanner Coad
Tanner Coad
Tanner is a writer for Beyond 90, covering the W-League & WSLTAS. Outside of B90, he has previously written for Football Tasmania & Football Nation Radio, covering NPL Tasmania and A-League. He strives for creativity & aspires to tell the story behind the captured image.
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