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St Mary’s continues to produce fireworks

By CS Chiwanza , in Hockey | Featured Hockey | News , at 2024-05-24 Tags: , ,

St Mary's DSG's outstanding striker Elizabeth Anderson grabbed a handful of superb goals against Curro Hillcrest.
St Mary’s DSG’s outstanding striker Elizabeth Anderson grabbed a handful of superb goals against Curro Hillcrest.

St Mary’s DSG (Kloof) was back in action, and registered a comprehensive win, barely four days after being crowned the winners of the inaugural St Anne’s Cup following a brilliant display against Durban Girls’ College in the final.

As they did against DGC, Carla Ann Mackay’s charges produced a dominant performance as they pummelled Curro Hillcrest 7-0 on Founders Field on Thursday. That was the first of their two outings this week. They go up against Ashton on Friday.

The tie against Ashton will be a bittersweet encounter for Jamie da Silva. The St Mary’s link, who also transforms into a striker when needed, began her schoolgirl career at Ashton before switching to St Mary’s. She has been in outstanding form, regularly getting her name onto the score sheet, trailing only the prolific Elizabeth Anderson in the Saints’ ranks.

Da Silva scored a brace against Curro, and her former teammates would do well to keep her on lockdown when the sides meet.

“Jamie has fit into the team as if she has been with us forever. She played in the link line predominantly and we have been lucky that she shifted well into that forward position. Her composure on the ball is really nice. It’s something you don’t often see in girls’ hockey,” coach Mackay said after her side’s win on Thursday

However, da Silva is not the only problem Ashton will have to worry about. Anderson has been in red-hot form. The striker played a pivotal role when St Mary’s annexed the St Anne’s title over the past weekend and blasted a jaw-dropping five goals against Curro.

Although they were forced onto the backfoot throughout, Curro Hillcrest did well to restrict St Mary's DSG to only one goal after half-time.
Although they were forced onto the backfoot throughout, Curro Hillcrest did well to restrict St Mary’s DSG to only one goal after half-time.

“She is a force to be reckoned with. She is playing amazingly up front and scoring some top-class goals at the moment,” Mackay enthused.

“She is playing with an exciting tenacity. It’s not often that she is muscled off the ball. Elizabeth is really dominating that nine-yard area. She has really come into her own this season.”

In the Free State, Nika Coertzen continues her rebuilding season with Eunice, who face Monument on Saturday.

Coertzen has a young team, which has not been as dominant as their predecessors, but they’ve shown immense growth since the start of the season and moments of brilliance, which have marked them as an above average outfit.

Fixtures

Friday
St Mary’s DSG vs Ashton

Saturday
Eunice vs Monument

CS Chiwanza
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