Central Ladies 1 Alloa Athletic Women 5
Alloa continued their winning start to the season with an impressive away victory at Little Kerse on Sunday, following up their emphatic 11-0 opening day triumph.
Despite a smaller squad due to holidays and injuries, the Wasps showed their quality, resilience and attacking threat to secure another three points.
The visitors took the lead through Jenna Woods, who produced a superb low, driven finish from outside the box, finding the corner beyond Central goalkeeper Kira Souttar.
And Alloa doubled their advantage from a well worked set piece. Lucy Burnett delivered a corner to the front post which was flicked on by player-manager Jill Leiper, allowing Neve McGuigan to head into an empty net.
Central responded to reduce the deficit to 2-1, with Shellie Calder producing a clipped finish, but Alloa goalkeeper Emma Allison ensured the hosts could not build on their momentum with an outstanding save from distance, reaching into the top corner to keep the score unchanged.
The Wasps women quickly restored their two goal advantage. Burnett played Amy Cully down the line, and the forward glided past the Central defenders before calmly slotting the ball beyond Souttar.
McGuigan grabbed her second of the afternoon before the interval, once again capitalising on Burnett’s delivery from a corner to produce a fine finish and give Alloa a commanding 4-1 interval lead.
The Wasps delivered a professional second half show, controlling proceedings and creating further goalscoring opportunities.
The fifth arrived in spectacular fashion as Woods collected a quick Rihanna McMinimee throw-in, turned sharply and unleashed a wonderful strike from range to complete the scoring and seal an impressive 5-1 victory.
Speaking after the match, Leiper said: “I’m really proud of the players. We had a smaller squad available with holidays and injuries, but everyone stepped up and showed what this group is capable of.
“We’re starting to see things come together from the work we’ve been putting in on the training pitch.
"The confidence is growing, the players are understanding their roles, and we’re beginning to see that translate into our performances.
“It’s pleasing to score five goals but I was equally happy with how composed and professional we were in the second half.
"We’ll enjoy the win, keep working hard and look to build on this next week.”
Alloa will look to continue their winning run when they return to home action on Sunday, welcoming Cumbernauld Colts for a 2pm kick-off.
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