We caught up with Premier League leaders Ards last night at Strathearn School where they entertained Randalstown in a league match.
The North Down Dynamo’s produced a dominant display to beat Randalstown 6 – 0 with an impressively accurate and controlled performance.
Randalstown can count themselves unlucky to meet Ards in the middle of a fine run as the Co Antrim side enjoyed a good start to the first quarter, breaking from deep and keeping the Ards keeper on her toes with a couple of early chances.
However, Ards began to find their stride as their crisp passes began to hit their target with increasing regularity and they made their breakthrough at the end of the first quarter with Frankie Brown hitting the net from open play.
An impressive second quarter from Ards saw Zara Malseed find the net with a reverse shot before Ali Carson claimed her first of the evening, guiding in another effort at goal from Brown, taking the score to 3 – 0 at the break.
There’s not a lot the Randalstown coaches could say to their squad at half time, they were playing well and chasing hard, it was just an excellent performance from Ards who’s crisp accurate pass rang round the ground as the ball unerringly found the stick.
The ‘Town did create a couple of penalty corners in the second half but Ards continued to dominate proceedings, with Malseed pulling the strings, and Amy Benson added their fourth in the third quarter with Naomi Grundie adding a fifth in the final quarter before the hard working Carson completed her brace in the closing minutes to give Ards a 6 – 0 win.
