Pizza Hut’s GCC ladies beat Hikers 3-1 in Lucozade hockey

PIZZA Hut’s GCC ladies beat their Hikers counterparts 3-1 when play in the Guyana Hockey Board Lucozade indoor hockey league continued on Tuesday evening at the National Gymnasium.According to a release, the League continued with male and female matches. The ladies played first and it was mostly a one-sided affair between Pizza Hut’s GCC and the Hikers as the first half saw two penalty corners from Tricia Fiedtkou and Gabriella Xavier, both GCC players, strike the back of Hikers’ net.
The Hikers did not manage to score in this half despite valiant efforts. In the following half, Maria Munroe of the Hikers edged in a penalty corner in the 32nd minute to give that team a fighting chance at winning.
However, two minutes later, Rebecca Xavier blasted a field goal past her opponents to snatch any hope the Hikers imagined.
When the final buzzer rang the score was 3-1 in favour of Pizza Hut’s GCC.
The release stated that critics said that the female Hikers team were worthy opponents nonetheless.
The second bout saw an in-house clash between GCC Pitbulls and GCC Vintage. The latter were the favourites and goals rained for them in the first half.
Devin Hooper and Dwayne Scott led the charge for the Vintage squad with two goals apiece in the first half, as opposed to Samuel Woodroffe’s and Shaquille Leung’s two-goal contribution for the Pitbulls.
Even though the Pitbulls started the scoring in the second minute of play it was the Vintage players that closed off the half with a score of 4-2 in favour of the more seasoned side.
Five minutes into the second half Devin Hooper continued his scoring streak with an impressive penalty corner to bring his tally to three goals for the Vintage.
Meshach Sargeant responded two minutes with a field goal for the Pitbulls, but, just three minutes before close of play Damon Woodroffe of the Vintage slammed a field goal through the defences of the Pitbulls to seal their fate.
The final scorecard read Vintage – 6 and Pitbulls – 3.
No love lost though, as both teams hailed from one unit and some even described the match as a mere show of collective skill.
The next set of games will be played tomorrow at the same venue beginning at 17:00hrs.

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