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Kaieteur Sports – There were wins on the cards for Fruta Conquerors and Ann’s Grove United’s Women’s teams which ultimately bettered those team’s standings in the ongoing Women’s Division One League, powered by FIFA.
A doubleheader at the National Training Center (NTC), Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Friday last saw Ann’s Grove United cruising to their first win of the tournament. Crystel Sutton drove the ball home for the first goal in the 9th minute, while Alestacia Adrian’s shot from just outside the penalty box in the 15th made it a 2-0 affair.
Ann’s Grove’s defences would hold off Monedderlust in the second half to seal the 2-0 win.
Then, Fruta Conquerors steamrolled River’s View FC 5-0 in the following encounter. It didn’t take long for Dellana Small to break the ice, sending an unsuspecting, flat shot past the River’s View keeper in just the second minute.
As the half winded down, Rihonna DaCosta hit back- to- back, identical shots from outside the box in the 30th and 30th+1 to push Fruta’s lead to 3-0 at the half.
In the second, National U14 player Shemia Hing, in her debut for the Tucville- based outfit slipped one past the keeper in the 48th minute, while Dellanza Small returned in the 52nd to complete her brace and Fruta’s win.
On the account of the win, Fruta Conquerors have pushed themselves past Santos FC, into the third position with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses for 10 points in 6 games.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC still leads the table with 21 points from a perfect seven wins in as many games, while the Guyana Police Force (GPF) FC are second with 18 points from 6 wins in 6 outings.
Santos are in fourth with 9 points from 3 wins and 2 loses in 5 games while Western Tigers’ 8 points have them in fifth place with 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in 7 games.
Following their first win, Ann’s Grove United have moved up one place from ninth to eight, with 4 points from a win, a draw and five losses in seven games.
The Women’s Division One League will resume today with 2 more fixtures on the cards. At 18:00hrs, Monedderlust will look to rebound from a loss against Den Amstel FC while at 19:00hrs, Fruta Conquerors takes on Santos FC in what is expected to be a nail- biting clash.
The teams are competing for a $1M grand prize in the League phase of the competition; a historic first for Women’s football in Guyana.
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