Sunday November 16, 2008 8:39 pm

Goss hits four as the Vipers sting the Magic (NSW)

Four goals by Elyce Goss was the highlight in a dominating team performance by the Mascot Vipers to assert themselves at the top of the Womens Premier League.

Mascot took the lead very early in the game when Elyce Goss crashed her freekick straight into the top right hand corner.

Natasha LoGuidice then had a similar chance but her freekick shot deflected off the wall and away to safety.

The Vipers then doubled their lead when in a swift counter attack Hayley Buckingham slipped the ball to Elyce Goss looming in support who slotted the ball home.

Mascot then took a firm hold on the game as Goss got her third goal when she nicked the ball over the advancing keeper to make it 3-0. Mascot scored again shortly after when Georgina Stylianu slipped the ball to Alana Macey who slotted the ball coolly past the keeper.

Just before half time Amanda Cergovski fed the ball to an unmarked Catherine Cannuli who shielded the ball from the keeper then slipped ball back to Cergovski to score to make it 5-0 at the break.

Mascot asserted their dominance at the start of the second half when the tenacious Hayley Buckingham found Catherine Cannuli who slotted the ball past the keeper to take an unassailable 6-0 lead.

The Magics opening goal finally came when Jenna Kingsley dispossessed a defender ran forward and slotted the ball home. Buoyed by their goal Sydney Magic came close twice without luck with efforts by Kingsley and Spirovski.

Mascot then put the game beyond doubt when Elyce Goss received the ball in an innocuous position out on the left touchline but she suddenly stepped inside and slammed a superb shot across the keeper into the top right hand corner.

Natalie Spirovski pulled a goal back for PCYC when she cracked the ball home straight from a freekick on the right side.

PCYC then salvaged some further pride when Natasha LoGuidice struck a fierce shot from the right to reduce the deficit to 7-3. Kingsley then crashed a shot against the bar and Vipers Bronwyn Jarvis went very close but her shot was just wide of the advancing keeper.

In the end the Vipers ran out convincing winners. They out enthused and out fought their opponents in a superb all round team performance to sit clear leaders at the top of the league.