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Wallsend 3 (Laura Hall 2, Sass Seaborn 1) defeated South Wallsend 2 at Walker Fields on Sunday. Half-time: Wallsend led 2-0.
Wallsend was able to fight off a strong South Wallsend outfit and keep the fourth spot on the ladder, beating the Wolves 3-2 at Walker Fields on Sunday.
The Devils opened the scoring in the 21st minute when Libby Copus-Brown and Sass Seaborn teamed up out wide to cross into the box which found Laura Hall for a cracking finish.
Hall managed to grab her second goal after running onto a through ball and chipping past the keeper.
The visitors scored their second goal before half-time when a Copus-Brown free kick into the box was finished by Seaborn after keeper Jess Sanderson fumbled the ball.
South Wallsend scored twice early in the second half on penalties with Olivia Kennedy stepping up to the mark but couldn’t string anything together in the later stages of the game.
Wallsend coach Marc Hingston says his side may have been too comfortable heading into the sheds with a 2-0 lead at half-time.
“Our opening 45 minutes was excellent and Laura scored the best goal in the competition I’ve seen so far,” Hingston said.
“We were leading 2-0 at half-time but didn’t come out of the sheds firing in the second half and we gave away two penalties.
“I thought our discipline was really poor for our standard.
“We need to put teams to the sword when we are in control but we still got the three points which is a positive for us.”