SELECT Futsal Premier League 2 – Round 11 Open Women’s Review
Goals were on the menu in an action-packed Round 11 on this doubleheader weekend.
Thirty-five goals were knocked in on Sunday afternoon across the competition, as the top two remain in their positions whilst Phoenix Futsal Club and South Coast Taipans round off the top four in an important day for the makeup of the finals picture.
Match of the Round: Raiders Futsal Club 7 defeated SD Raiders FC 3
It was a successful weekend for Raiders Futsal Club, they took all six points after they defeated SD Raiders FC, 7-3 in a ten-goal contest at Thomas Hassell Anglican College on Sunday night.
Everything came in twos for Raiders FC Sunday – Cassidy Chidgey, Amanda Lauric and Nicole Ossio all scored twice across the 50 minutes – while Emma Voloder chipped in with the other, as the home side made it back-to-back victories to end a successful doubleheader weekend.
Regarding the visitors, they held their own for the first half, it was 2-2 headed into the break. Vesna Milivojevic scored in either half, taking her season total to 19 alongside Jessica Grasso’s arrowed effort to take a first half lead.
Much like the contest on Saturday, the game opened with some quickfire goals. It was the two strike weapons that supplied them – Vesna Milivojevic for SD Raiders and Cassidy Chidgey for Raiders FC, making it 1-1 within a blink of an eye.
SD Raiders remained the brighter side in the first ten minutes. Milivojevic was released down the court for a powerful shot that Raiders FC keeper, Mariella Hurtado parried out for a corner.
She wasn’t able to save the next effort from SD Raiders. Jessica Grasso found enough space, arrowed the ball low into the corner of the net, putting the visitors ahead, 2-1. Grasso almost followed up with a low free-kick that fell wide two minutes later.
Next the SD Raiders keeper, Kaitlyn Doan was called into action, she had to deny a snapshot from Cassidy Chidgey to preserve the lead. The sharpshooter made amends in the 16th minute from a turnover, rocketed home, made it 2-2.
The rest of the first half saw a few half chances, as Katelyn Hancock clipped over for SD Raiders and a swept move between Milivojevic and Victoria Guzman, saw the former shoot wide, unable to put them back in the lead.
For Raiders FC, Mia Connors couldn’t turn home a corner before the half finished with Vanessa Ciabatti sending an effort over the bar, as the two sides couldn’t be separated, headed 2-2 into the break.
Raiders FC flexed their goal-scoring muscle quickly in the second half. Nicole Ossio set them on the way with a smashing effort that made it 3-2. Emma Voloder should’ve followed up with the fourth but clattered the crossbar from a turnover.
Volodermade up for her crossbar challenge in the 32nd minute, she curled in a magnificent effort, giving Raiders FC a two-goal cushion, and it looked like their attacking had clicked into gear this weekend after a middling fortnight.
From there, it was a procession of goalscorers for Raiders FC. Ossio was released well and comfortably slot home the fifth goal of the contest. Amanda Lauric got herself into the act from a one-two with Sophia Hamilton for 6-2.
Not content with only one goal, Lauric put a neat bow on the dominant second half victory with a stunning strike that left SD Raiders FC, Doan rooted to the spot. After the even first half, Raiders FC blew open the contest with five goals in the second.
In a late rally, Milivojevic got herself a brace with a stabbed home effort to make it 7-3. Headed into the final minute, she had a pair of chances from the set piece but both were denied, as Raiders FC were two from two on the weekend.
Speaking after the contest, Bernard Voloder praised the effort from his side after an off colour few weeks to get back to their standard of play headed into the final few weeks:
“We’ve got back to basics, trusting each other and playing into spaces while not forcing passes. There is a lot of trust in this group and we’ve worked hard in the last few weeks for that,” said the Raiders FC coach.
“A game like today where both sides needed the win, we needed to remain patient. From that, we got the result and it shows the consistency in the group to get those kinds of results.” finished Voloder.
Match Stats
Sunday 2nd December 2018
Thomas Hassell Anglican College
Referee: T Brown
2nd Referee: M Renton
Raiders FC 7 (Chidgey 2, Lauric 2, Ossio 2, E. Voloder)
SD Raiders FC 3 (Milivojevic 2, Grasso)
Raiders FC: 1. HURTADO Mariella, 46. BUCHANAN Kaiya, 48. LAURIC Amanda, 55. CHIDGEY Cassidy, 58. CIABATTI Vanessa, 59. MARCO Alyssa, 62. VOLODER Hannah, 63. KRENICH Ashleigh, 64. OSSIO Nicole, 67. VOLODER Emma, 69. HAMILTON Sophia, 97. CONNORS Mia
Yellow cards: Ciabatti ‘49
Red cards: nil
SD Raiders FC: 3. HANCOCK Katelyn, 5. LAREA Paulina, 7. MUSSETT Jami-Lee, 8. PUSATERI Sabrina, 10. MILIVOJEVIC Vesna, 12. GUZMAN Victoria, 19. DOAN Kaitlyn, 25. GRASSO Jessica, 34. VELLA Justine
Yellow cards: Milivojevic ‘20
Red cards: nil
Rest of Round 11 Matches
Boomerangs FS completed a comprehensive weekend as they headed out to Michael Clarke Recreation Centre, defeated Sydney City Eagles, 6-1 as the Premiership comes right into view. Stella De Marco scored either side of the break for her brace, whilst Alex Martens also compiled twice as the Eagles were hit for six. Ashlyn Garrity and Bronte Pyke completed the scoresheet as the ‘Rangs moved past 30 points for the season. For the Eagles, Tameeka Thomson got their lone goal as Katherine Wilson saw red as well.
Shaking off their loss on Saturday night, South Coast Taipans ran riot in a 6-2 result at UOW Sports Hub on Sunday afternoon. Danielle Wise got the party started early with a brace in the first ten minutes of the contest for Taipans then Kya Stewart made it three before the break. Christine Granero pulled one back for Crusaders in the 17th minute then Erin Hill saw the scores brought them within one with her late strike. In the second half, it was one-way traffic – Stewart completed her brace in the 28th, Katelyn Leadbetter struck in the 38th and for the final icing, Wise made it a hat-trick in the final minutes. The healthy result puts the Taipans back in the top four on goal difference.
Phoenix Futsal Club stay rooted in third after they got the best of a ten-goal contest, 7-3 against Sydney Futsal Club at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence in the night cap of a weekend filled with futsal action. It was the two main strike weapons that did the damage for Phoenix Futsal Club. Hannah Mcnulty nudged the lead for the goalscoring stakes – she scored four while Isabel Gomez followed up her hat-trick on Saturday with another on Sunday! Sydney gave a good account of themselves, Kim Couzens, Hannah-Rose Davey and Amelia Rader all found the scoresheet for them.
-By Justin Davies
