Rangers put fourteen past Queen’s Park in free scoring weekend and more in SWPL 1 Round-up

Rangers put fourteen past Queen’s Park in free scoring weekend and more in SWPL 1 Round-up

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New Queen’s Park manager Iain Robinson could do little as his side endured a 14-0 slaughter at the hands of second place Rangers.

Goals from Lizzie Arnot, Mia McAuley, Oliva McLoughlin and Rio Hardy made sure the game was won by half time but Jo Potter’s side did not take their foot off the gas.

In fact, they pushed just about as far as it could go with McAulay and McLoughlin each adding another goal before pressure forced Ciara Bonner to turn the ball into her own net.

Three goals in four minutes from Brogan Hay before a Katie Wilkinson double made it ten but the visitors did not stop there.

Camille Lafaix was the third player to get a double with a Dionne Brown own goal in between.

Adding insult in injury time was Jane Ross to complete the rout for the side that has racked up an astonishing 91 goals in 18 league games but still trail leaders Glasgow City by five points.

Strugglers Queen’s Park meanwhile sit just three points off the bottom.

 

 

Competition leaders Glasgow City made light work of a visiting Aberdeen side, coming out of Petershill Park comfortable 6-1 winners.

In a frenetic opening fifteen minutes, Nicole Kozlova’s double was swiftly followed by goals from Brenna Lovera and Natalia Wrobel to make it four.

Aberdeen held out for over half an hour but substitute Lisa Forrest added her name to the scoresheet for Lovera made it a brace.

It was little more than a consolation but Aberdeen’s Nicola Jameison got the last word to deny to the home side a clean sheet with the game’s final goal.

Defeat leaves the Dons in 10th, four points off of Queen’s Park albeit with two games in hand on the Glasgow side.

 

Celtic meanwhile overcame a resilient Partick Thistle with a 4-2 win to keep their hopes of a title challenge alive.

What looked set to be a relatively comfortable afternoon following Saoirse Noonan’s early opener proved to be very much the opposite as Carla Boyce continued her goalscoring form to level the game just before the hour mark.

However the visitors’ resistance was well and truly broken by a three goal flurry that saw Noonan, Kelly Clark and Maria McAneny put the tie to bed.

Captain Demi Falconer brought the score back to two with a bullet header but it proved too late as the Elena Sadiku’s side took all three points at Neww Douglas Park.

Having played two games fewer than Glasgow City, they will hope to cut the nine point gap down with games against Aberdeen and Hearts approaching.

Thistle now find themselves five points off the top six, with Motherwell having played a game more.

 

Continuing their impressive season, Hibernian were 6-0 winners against Spartans at Meadowbank.

Eilidh Adams’ opener just four minutes in set the tone for a difficult afternoon for the visitors.

Midfielder Michaela McAlonie added her name to a quickly growing list and was soon followed by two former Rangers players in Chiara Grant and Kirsten Reilly before Adams rounded off the scoring before the break.

There would only be one goal in the second half with Kirsty Morrison adding the gloss to an excellent performance from the Edinburgh side who could find themselves level on points with Rangers should they win away to Dundee United on Wednesday.

Spartans’ hopes of making the top half look slightly more complicated after defeat as face a nine point deficit.

 

A Laura Berry hat-trick ensured Motherwell strengthened their ambitions of a top half finish, downing bottom side Dundee United in a straightforward 6-1 win away at Foundation Park.

Following two Berry goals including a well taken penalty, Chelsie Watson added two of her own before Freya Brien responded brilliantly for the home side with a goal from kick-off.

Ultimately the resistance proved futile as Berry added her third before Sophie Black made it six.

It has been a difficult season for United who sit bottom with just four points, having conceded 93 goals.

 

 

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