Ladies 1s
Carnegie Ladies 1s v Stirling Uni, Saturday 3rs October
On a warm afternoon, the teams took to the pitch for a competitive game with both sides looking to make their mark from the start. The first quarter saw plenty of possession for both teams, with chances at both ends. The first goal came in the second quarter, as Mercedes Black struck from a short corner, with the ball taking a deflection off a Stirling Uni defender and finding the back of the net. Stirling Uni responded with some excellent attacking play of their own.
The second half saw the game open up again with chances at both ends for each side. Stirling Uni’s, Ruby Stewart, produced a brilliant individual run, beating the Carnegie defence before calmly firing a shot past the goalkeeper to level the score. A late break in the fourth quarter saw, Heidi Cameron race through after skilfully beating the Stirling Uni defence and slotting the ball past the Uni keeper to put Carnegie back in front. Carnegie held on through the final minutes to secure a hard-fought 2–1 victory!
MVP was awarded to Kerry Jackson for a great performance and tackling
Ladies 2s
The Dunfermline Carnegie Ladies 2s welcomed the Watsonians Colt 2s to Dunfermline for an afternoon game in the autumn sunshine.
Carnegie started well and attacked the game from the start, with a lot of good passing and possession. A strong defence closed down Watsonians attacks and set up the midfield for the counter. Against the run of play, Watsonians won a short corner and played a well worked shot, which was deflected in on the far post for their go ahead goal.
Carnegie continued to push forward and create some great chances in the opposition D but were unable to convert balls across the goal or their own short corners. They kept the pressure on Watsonians with the Carnegie defence absorbing Watsonians attacks with a combination of good clearances out the D, goalkeeper saves and skilful play to take the ball out of danger.
Carnegie finally got the breakthrough as Laura ran the ball to the right of the D and hit a perfect shot into goal, which deflected off the Watsonians keeper for the well deserved equaliser. Carnegie continued to attack, looking for the winning goal, but the teams saw out a well played 1-1 draw.
MVP – Chloe Faulkner