Wanderers still in promotion hunt despite mixed fortunes

 

Dundee Wanderers suffered mixed fortunes on the second day of the EuroHockey Indoor Club Trophy in Vienna, beating Irish outfit Ards Ladies in the first match, but succumbing to a last gasp 4-3 defeat at the hands of promotion rivals HC Ritm Azot Grodno this evening.
With hosts SV Arminen also winning their two matches today, it means that Wanderers will need to win their match against the Austrians and Belgian side Royal Antwerp tomorrow if they harbour hopes of getting into the top two positions. They will also hope that they gain ground with a favourable result from the SV Arminen versus HC Ritm Azot Grodno contest too.
Wanderers had found themselves on the back foot against Ard Ladies in their first match today after goals from Chloe Brown and Zara Malseed put the Irish champions 2-0 up after twelve minutes.
However, the Dundonians dragged themselves back into the match in the 13th minute; Heather Elder on hand to fire home her second goal of the tournament after Ard’s goalkeeper Naomi McKnight had repelled attempts from Vikki Bunce and Jennifer Smith.
Charlotte Watson restored parity to the contest right on half-time, firing an equalising penalty corner goal into the left of the net to make it 2-2.
It was very different story in the second half, with Wanderers scoring five goals without reply.
Bunce fired a penalty corner high into the left hand top corner in the 26th minute to give her side the lead for the first time, before Watson took advantage of some dubious Irish defending to secure her second goal of the match and Wanderers’ fourth in the 31st minute.
The Scotland U18 international completed her hat-trick sixty seconds later, slotting a low shot from a penalty corner into the bottom left hand of the goal to make it 5-2.
There was still time left for Bunce to complete her second tournament hat-trick, showing neat stick-work in front of goal to seal a sixth goal for her side in the 33rd minute, before beating two defenders during a run from inside Wanderers’ own half that culminated in the Scotland star sliding the ball past the on-coming McKnight to round off the scoring at 7-2.
Having marched into a 2-0 half-time lead courtesy of a third minute Vikki Bunce strike, and a goal from Heather Elder shortly before the break, the National League Division 1 champions were in full control in the second match of the day against HC Ritm Azot Grodno.
However, a goal by HC Ritm Azot Grodno captain Volha Shyntar in the 28th minute and Darya Belavusava field goal in 32nd minute pegged back Wanderers at 2-2.
With Belavusava having had the easy task of tapping into an open goal to leave the Taysiders trailing at 2-3 in the 32nd minute, captain Rachel Osborne looked to have salvaged an important share of the points after firing the ball home from a well-worked Wanderers penalty corner set-piece in the 40th minute.
However, disaster occurred only moments later, as Shyntar was able to beat the on-rushing defence at a penalty corner and find the bottom left corner of the goal to leave Wanderers’ players reeling from a 4-3 defeat.

Dundee Wanderers experienced mixed fortunes on the second day of the EuroHockey Indoor Club Trophy in Vienna, beating Irish outfit Ards Ladies in the first match, but succumbing to a last gasp 4-3 defeat at the hands of promotion rivals HC Ritm Azot Grodno this evening.

With hosts SV Arminen also winning their two matches today, it means that Wanderers will need to win their match against the Austrians and Belgian side Royal Antwerp tomorrow if they harbour hopes of getting into the top two positions. They will also hope that they gain ground with a favourable result from the SV Arminen versus HC Ritm Azot Grodno contest too.

Wanderers had found themselves on the back foot against Ard Ladies in their first match today after goals from Chloe Brown and Zara Malseed put the Irish champions 2-0 up after twelve minutes.

However, the Dundonians dragged themselves back into the match in the 13th minute; Heather Elder on hand to fire home her second goal of the tournament after Ard’s goalkeeper Naomi McKnight had repelled attempts from Vikki Bunce and Jennifer Smith.

Charlotte Watson restored parity to the contest right on half-time, firing an equalising penalty corner goal into the left of the net to make it 2-2.

It was very different story in the second half, with Wanderers scoring five goals without reply.

Bunce fired a penalty corner high into the left hand top corner in the 26th minute to give her side the lead for the first time, before Watson took advantage of some dubious Irish defending to secure her second goal of the match and Wanderers’ fourth in the 31st minute.

The Scotland U18 international completed her hat-trick sixty seconds later, slotting a low shot from a penalty corner into the bottom left hand of the goal to make it 5-2.

There was still time left for Bunce to complete her second tournament hat-trick, showing neat stick-work in front of goal to seal a sixth goal for her side in the 33rd minute, before beating two defenders during a run from inside Wanderers’ own half that culminated in the Scotland star sliding the ball past the on-coming McKnight to round off the scoring at 7-2.

 

Having marched into a 2-0 half-time lead courtesy of a third minute Vikki Bunce strike, and a goal from Heather Elder shortly before the break, the National League Division 1 champions were in full control in the second match of the day against HC Ritm Azot Grodno.

However, a goal by HC Ritm Azot Grodno captain Volha Shyntar in the 28th minute and Darya Belavusava field goal in 32nd minute pegged back Wanderers at 2-2.

With Belavusava having had the easy task of tapping into an open goal to leave the Taysiders trailing at 2-3 in the 32nd minute, captain Rachel Osborne looked to have salvaged an important share of the points after firing the ball home from a well-worked Wanderers penalty corner set-piece in the 40th minute.

However, disaster occurred only moments later, as Shyntar was able to beat the on-rushing defence at a penalty corner and find the bottom left corner of the goal to leave Wanderers’ players reeling from a 4-3 defeat.

Please see the EuroHockey Indoor Club Trophy website for more information.

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