ACTAS roared back to the top of the JOMA Women’s Premier League but only goal difference separates the leading three clubs with Tuggeranong United Vogue only a point further adrift as the battle for where clubs will finish on the ladder intensifies.

Hayley Armstrong did most of the damage for ACTAS in their 8-0 victory over Belconnen United getting a hat-trick and being joined amongst the goals by Ashleigh Palombi, whose brace takes her to fourteen goals for the season, only one behind the leading scorers, Catherine Brown, Julia De Angelis and Natalie De Marco. Brown’s goal was her tenth of the season and the win certainly did ACTAs goal difference no harm as they currently have eighteen more goals in the bank than second placed WVFC Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves, who led the table last week, fought out a 2-2 draw with third placed Boomerangs FS as both teams flexed their muscles before the finals. Erin Clout and Emma Thornton were the goal getters for the Timberwolves with their eighth and ninth of the season respectively whilst Becky Roche was at the double for the Boomerangs to earn them a valuable two points.

Tuggeranong United Vogue remains in fourth place but have cut the gap on the leading trio to a solitary point after their 9-0 blitz of Belconnen United Sparks. Sabrina Spinapolice moved level at the top of the Golden Boot standings with a hat-trick to take her to fifteen goals for the campaign whilst Nicole Somi added a brace. Natalie Lacey also bagged two and there was one apiece for Michelle Thompson, a regular scorer, and Vanh Manthongsy.

Hayley Buckingham was in sparkling form for Players FC in the final match of the round as they defeated Tuggeranong United 7-2. Buckingham was relentless in front of goal, scoring four times, as Players FC romped to victory. Aurelia Bullot added two to the score with the seventh goal netted by Gemma Matheson. In reply Aleisha Tupper pulled one back for Tuggeranong while an own goal completed the scoring.

With only three rounds remaining it’s all to play for in the top four as teams jostle for position and look towards the semi-finals.

MATCH STATISTICS

Friday 3rd December 2010

ACTAS 8 (Hayley Armstrong (3), Ashleigh Palombi (2), Catherine Brown, Julia De Angelis, Natalie De Marco) Belconnen United 0

ACTAS: 113. Maja Blasch, 3. Hayley Armstrong, 5. Sophie Kochinos, 11. Natalie De Marco, 13. Catherine Brown, 14. Julia De Angelis, 15. Emma Bestek, 16. Siena Senatore, 19. Lauren Keir, 20. Ashleigh Palombi

Belconnen United: 8. Ilahna Aitchison (gk), 2. Ellie Weston, 5. Rhianna Goldstein, 10. Thea Wilkinson-Shore, 14. Rachael Goldstein, 16. Emma Heaney

Discipline: YELLOW CARDS: None

WVFC Timberwolves 2 (Erin Clout, Emma Thornton) Boomerangs FS 2 (Becky Roche (2))

WVFC Timberwolves: 18. Gill Raymond (gk), 5. Hope Wilkins, 7. Erin Clout, 9. Kelsey Perry, 12. Krista Hagen, 13. Emma Thornton, 14. Emily Forner, 15. Erin Frewin

Boomerangs FS: 16. Klare Manenica (gk), 3. Eliza Borucinski, 4. Laura Jones, 5. Dianne Wilson, 6. Becky Roche, 8. Sarah Crittenden, 9. Amanda Aurousseau

Discipline: YELLOW CARDS: None

Tuggeranong United Vogue 9 (Sabrina Spinapolice (3), Nicole Somi (2), Natalie Lacey (2), Vanh Manthongsy, Michelle Thompson) Belconnen United Sparks 0

Tuggeranong United Vogue: 4. Luisa Marzotto (gk), 2. Kim Crocker, 7. Michelle Thompson, 8. Vanh Manthongsy, 10. Aniko Berguno, 11. Nicole Somi, 13. Natalie Lacey, 14. Sabrina Spinapolice

Belconnen United Sparks: 9. Tahlia Gash (gk), 2. Sarah Murcutt, 3. Kiley Green, 7. Jessica Goyne, 9. Shiann Moore, 10. Brittany Tully, 13. Laura Sofoulis, 16. Chloe Gash

Discipline: YELLOW CARDS: None

Players FC 7 (Hayley Buckingham (4), Aurelia Bullot (2), Gemma Matheson) Tuggeranong United 2 (Aleisha Tupper, own goal)

Players FC: 1. Tahlia Davidson (gk), 4. Georgina Bailey, 5. Hayley Buckingham, 6. Emily Carnevale, 8. Gemma Matheson, 9. Aurelia Bullot, 12. Kendell Smith

Tuggeranong United: 15. Kelly Barnes (gk), 3. Katherine McFadyen, 4. Sigourney Dunk, 5. Aleisha Tupper, 7. Mikaela Dal Cortivo, 9. Emilie Adams, 10. Nikki Harvey, 11. Phoebe Sutherland, 12. Laura Jennings

Discipline: YELLOW CARDS: None

TABLE

	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	ACTAS	11	7	3	1	63	18	+45	27
2	WVFC Timberwolves	11	7	3	1	49	22	+27	27
3	Boomerangs FS	11	7	3	1	35	15	+20	27
4	Tuggeranong United Vogue	11	8	1	2	56	20	+36	26
5	Players FC	11	4	0	7	32	41	-9	12
6	Belconnen United	11	2	1	8	13	57	-44	8
7	Belconnen United Sarks	10	1	1	8	21	51	-30	5
8	Tuggeranong United	10	0	2	8	12	57	-45	4

3 points per win, 2 points per score draw, 1 point per no score draw

LEADING SCORERS

15 Sabrina Spinapolice (Tuggeranong United Vogue), Hope Wilkins (WVFC Timberwolves)

14 Ashleigh Palombi (ACTAS)

13 Kim Crocker (Tuggeranong United Vogue)

10 Catherine Brown (ACTAS), Becky Roche (Boomerangs FS)

9 Emma Thornton (WVFC Timberwolves)

8 Sally Rojahn (ACTAS), Sarah Crittenden (Boomerangs FS), Hayley Buckingham (Players FC), Erin Clout (WVFC Timberwolves)

7 Natalie De Marco (ACTAS), Brittany Tully (Belconnen United Sparks), Aurelia Bullot (Players FC), Luisa Marzotto, Michelle Thompson (both Tuggeranong United Vogue)

6 Hayley Armstrong (ACTAS), Laura Sofoulis (Belconnen United Sparks)

5 Eleanor Raymond (ACTAS), Jess McEwan (Belconnen United), Nicole Somi (Tuggeranong United Vogues)

4 Rebecca Collins (Boomerangs FS), Katherine McFadyen (Tuggeranong United), Natalie Lacey (Tuggeranong United Vogue), Emily Forner (WVFC Timberwolves)

3 Julia De Angelis, Lauren Keir, Sophie Kochinos, Meg McLaughlin (all ACTAS), Courtney Atwood (Belconnen United), Kiley Green (Belconnen United Sparks), Eliza Borucinski, Laura Jones (both Boomerangs FS), Gemma Matheson (Players FC), Aleisha Tupper (Tuggeranong United), Snez Veljanovska (Tuggeranong United Vogue), Isabella Boag-Taylor, Krista Hagen (both WVFC Timberwolves)

2 Ilahna Aitchison, Rhianna Goldstein (both Belconnen United), Jessica Goyne (Belconnen United Sparks), Phoebe Sutherland (Tuggeranong United)

1 Siena Senatore (ACTAS), Emma Heaney, Thea Wilkinson-Shore (both Belconnen United), Chloe Gash, Shiann Moore, Sarah Murcutt (all Belconnen United Sparks), Amanda Aurousseau, Dianne Wilson (both Boomerangs FS), Georgina Bailey, Emily Carnevale, Joanne Lee (Players FC), Sarah Cox, Sigourney Dunk (both Tuggeranong United), Aniko Berguno, Vanh Manthongsy (both Tuggeranong United Vogue), Kelsey Perry, Gill Raymond (both WVFC Timberwolves), own goals