adminAllen Khumalo, Sports Reporter
COWDRAY Park Queens’ woes continued when they suffered a 0-4 thumping by ZRP Bulawayo in the Southern Region Women’s Soccer League on Saturday.
Cowdray Park were hoping to atone for last week’s 0-6 humiliation by Borrow Jets, but the police side had other ideas.
The loss leaves Cowdray Park second from the bottom on the table, with three points from 15 matches.
In other matches, Black Boots drew 2-2 with Hearts of Oak at Pumula North ground. Black Boots took the lead in the second half through Mitchel Guri, but Peace Kennedy levelled the scores.
Hearts of Oak’s Ntombiyelanga Ndlovu put her side in front before Sazisile Phiri’s own goal ensured a share of the spoils.
Hearts of Oak coach Evans Netha was not impressed with his team’s performance despite the draw.
“We didn’t play well this week. We lost possession easily and gave our opponents too much room in our half. We were better in the second half when our skipper Happy Gumbo started nice build-ups which saw us scoring two goals. Our goalkeeper Sharon Ngwenya really came to our rescue with her fine saves,” said Netha.
“We go back to the drawing board to attend to a few things as we chase the championship. The road will not be easy because every team wants to beat us, but our target is not to lose any match until the season ends.”
Log leaders Inline Academy increased the gap to five points following a 3-0 win over Sobukhazi.
With only four matches remaining, Hearts of Oak need to win against Street Set this week to keep their title hopes alive.
Results
Hearts of Oaks 2-2 Black Boots, Highlanders 0-1 New Orleans, Magwegwe 4-0 Street Set, Inline 3-0 Sobukhazi, ZRP Byo 7-0 Cowdray Park
Table
P W D L PTS
Inline Academy 18 14 3 1 45
Hearts of Oak 18 11 7 0 40
New Orleans 18 10 4 4 34
Magwegwe stars 18 11 1 6 34
Borrow Jets 16 10 1 5 31
Black Boots 18 9 2 7 29
Hwange Ladies 15 6 4 5 22
Street Set 16 6 3 7 21
ZRP Bulawayo 17 4 3 9 16
Highlanders Royals 18 4 0 14 12
*Cowdray Park Queens 15 1 0 14 3
Sobukhazi FC 18 0 0 18 0
*Three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player
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