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| Megan Bowen Fell scored her first goal of the season away at Nottingham on Sunday. (Photo by Steve Pollitt) |
Nottingham Vipers 6 – Widnes Wild 8
Period Scores: 1-4, 0-4, 5-0
Shots on goal:
Nottingham 33 - Widnes 48 Penalties In Minutes: Nottingham 35 - Widnes 20
Widnes Scoring: Leen De Decker 2+0, Katie Hills 2+0, Megan Bowen Fell, 1+ 1, Amanda
Williams 1+1, Abigail Culshaw 1+1, Vanessa Crickmore Clarke 0+1, Catherine Bowen
Fell 1+0, Elizabeth Amy Wright 0+1, Charlene Chapman 0+1
Nottingham Scoring: Robin Mullen 4+1, Megan Rathbone
1+1, Olivia Bennett 1+ 0, Rebecca Meats 0+1, Rachael Brown 0+1
Widnes remain in second place in the Women’s Premier
League table after a sensation 6-8 victory away at Nottingham Vipers on Sunday
evening. Earlier in the day, fellow
contenders for the runners-up spot Streatham Storm had beat Chelmsford Cobras
2-0 to move ahead on points so a win for vital for the Wild women to maintain
their position.
Whitley Squaws beat Milton Keynes 3-1 in their first win since November meaning that the Falcons are now two points off the pace in 4th .
Despite an otherwise fairly evenly balanced first
period, the Wild women scored three early goals and were leading 1-4 by the
first break and then added a further 4 unanswered goals in the second period to
go into the final third with a 1-8 advantage.
However, the Vipers upped their game for the final period. A goal straight from the restart initiated a goal fest that saw them score 5 unanswered goals to pull the score back to 6-8, with team captain Robin Mullen scored 4 straight between 40.08 and 49.35.
The Widnes Wild women were kept goalless for almost
the whole of the second half of the game but managed to hold on to register an important
victory.
On Saturday, league leaders Swindon Topcats are away
to Slough Phantoms while MK Falcons are at home to Nottingham Vipers.
On Sunday the Widnes Wild women are away to Whitley Squaws in a 4.30pm face off while 3rd place Streatham Storm entertain the MK Falcons. Nottingham and Chelmsford meet at the National Ice Centre for a bottom of the table clash.
The Widnes Wild women’s team are next at home on Sunday 8th May when they entertain Whitley Squaws at Silver Blades Widnes in a 5.30pm face off.
