Bullets Women’s Mary Chavinda claimed her hat-trick against rookies Rumphi Sisters
* Three hat-tricks and three braces scored from galore of 23 goals in five matches
* As reigning champions Silver Strikers Ladies maintained their dominance at the top after beating Mighty Wanderers 7-0
* With runners-up Ascent Soccer beating debutants FACT Ladies 6-0 and 3rd-placed Nyasa Big Bullets Women triumphed 6-1 over another rookies Rumphi Sisters
By Duncan Mlanjira
There was a goals galore in five matches of this weekend’s Matchweek 7 of the NBM Women’s Premiership that recorded 23 goals, which included three hat-tricks and three braces.
Leticia Chinyamula in 6-0 win debutants FACT Ladies
The hat-tricks were from internationals Leticia Chinyamula when Ascent Soccer beat debutants FACT Ladies 6-0; Mary Chavinda as Nyasa Big Bullets Women triumphed 6-1 over another rookies Rumphi Sisters; and Asimenye Simwaka when MDF Lionesses thrashed another debutants Chitoliro Heroines 5-0.
The braces were was from the Bullets Women’s Vanessa Issa and Silver Strikers’ Yamikani Mhango and Jennifer Nyirenda when the reigning champions maintained their dominance at the top with 18 points after beating Mighty Wanderers 7-0 on Sunday.
Asimenye scored four goals successively in the 37th, 45+1’ and 45+3’ to complete her hat-trick and in the 75th before Chinsinsi Scott in the 85th when beating Blantyre-based Chitoliro at Civo Stadium.
MDF Lionesses maintained their 5th place on the log table with 13 points while Ascent Soccer displaced Civil Service Women from the runners-up spot.
The Civil Women lost 0-1 to Ntopwa Women at Mpira Stadium on Sunday through the goal from Fanny Magombo, for Ntopwa to accumulate 10 points and move from 7th to 6th place.
On Saturday, both teams Ascent Soccer and Nyasa Big Bullets accumulated 15 points and separated by goal difference.
Against FACT Ladies at Nankhaka, Ascent Soccer took the lead in the 12th minute through Alephar Chimbeta after intercepting a ball from goalkeeper, Takondwa Kazitche.
Chinyamula doubled the lead a minute later after receiving a well placed pass from opening goal scorer Chimbeta before claiming her brace in the 63rd.
She scored it in style assisted by Mayamiko Mkandawire who went on to beat her marker before rounding the goalkeeper.
Mayamiko Mkandawire then made it 4-0 in the 65th following a good pass from Victoria Mkwala.
In the 71st minute, Chinyamula claimed her hat-trick through a penalty awarded following a handball in the box by FACT Ladies’ Esnart Layisani.
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Ascent Soccer’s coach Thom Mkorongo could then afford to rest Chinyamula in the 81st minute by bringing in Ethel Tambala, who turned a super sub four minutes later to score the 6th goal — finishing well from a move started by Jean Fyson.
At Mpira Stadium, Bullets Women went ahead in the 16th when Chavinda beat the offside trap and made it 2-1 in the 21st through Vanessa Issa.
Chavinda claimed her brace in the 33rd from a rebound after goalkeeper Jane Nyirenda had brilliantly saved a shot from Effa Msukwa.
But a minute later, Rumphi Sisters pulled one back through Elikanah Munthali with a brilliant finish in the box assisted by Chance Mwenda to go for half time breaking at 3-1.
In the 62nd Vanessa Issa scored her brace to make it 4-1 while Lyna James increased the lead in the 73rd assisted by Chavinda.
Chavinda completed her hat-trick in the 90+3′ following as assist from Sphiwe Mkwalula.
Silver Strikers Ladies opened the floodgates against Mighty Wanderers in the 4th minute through Yamikani Mhango and claimed her brace in the 90+3.
Jennipher Nyirenda’s brace was completed in the 49th and 85th and the other scorers were Grace Kakangula in the 32nd and from internationals Ireen Khumalo in the 35th and Madyina Nguluwe in the 65th.
