Casey Cannons were firing last weekend as the club won six of a possible eight senior matches, along with one draw and one loss.
In the women’s competition, Casey recorded two hard fought wins against North West in the Women’s Vic League (WVL1) and WVL1 Reserves, winning 2-0 and 1-0 respectively.
The Cannons bounced back from last round in a big way and set the tone through Samantha Wagg and Chantelle Calado who both found the back of the net in the WVL1 match.
Sarah McLellan-Sutton defended well in goalkeeper and didn’t let anything through all day, helping the side to an important 2-0 victory.
While the WVL1 Reserves followed suit thanks to some brilliance from Mia Joiner to get her team in front and score what turned out to be the only goal of the game.
The Pennant E South East team are cruising with nine wins and sit third on the ladder, after adding a thrilling 1-0 victory to their season record.
The Cannons took on Southern United and gave it their all, generating some good looks at goal.
However, just one of those came through as Courtney McDonald produced a great play to score the team’s only goal and guide them to a win.
The only women’s team to fall short in Round 13 was the Metro 1 South side, narrowly losing to Southern United 1-0.
Despite being right in the contest on many occasions this season, the team has suffered multiple heartbreaking defeats.
Casey is battling away on three wins for the year but will hope to cause some upsets on the run home.
It was also a successful round for Casey’s men’s teams, led by the dominant MVL2 side, which made light work of Eastern Christian Hockey Association (ECHO) to win 5-1.
Tristan Chaffey continued his sublime season to score four of his team’s five goals and single-handedly control the attacking half of the field.
Matthew Light was the other goal scorer as he made something out of nothing, capitalising on an opportunity to find the back of the net.
Considering this was a top-of-the-table clash and the Cannons have now beaten their closest opponent comfortably both times, they are shaping as firm favourites for the premiership.
While the MVL2 Reserves team also dominated against ECHO scoring 4-1 to bridge the gap and cement itself inside the top four.
The potent attack had many different scoring options with four individual goal scorers including Jordan Oellermann, Ryan Pruscino, Tadhg McCurran and Sean Dack.
After what has been a tough season, the Men’s Metro 2 South team won its third game of the year, knocking off Croydon Ranges 3-2 in a tight contest.
Jesse Towart led the way for the Cannons with two goals, while Jovel Hunt also got in on the action to score one goal.
It was the confidence that Casey needed as it approaches a tough challenge against Greater Dandenong this weekend.
The Pennant D South East team was the only men’s side not to win, but it didn’t lose either, registering a 2-2 draw against Southern United.
The Cannons actually won 3-1 last time the sides met, but this match-up was closer with both teams determined to get an elusive victory.
Scott Daly and Matt Guastella were the goal scorers for Casey and both performed well to salvage a draw.
