South Hobart celebrated Female Football Week with their sixth hat-trick of the Women’s Super League season in a 3-1 win at Riverside.
Laura Davis achieved the feat in just 20 minutes to draw Ken Morton’s team level on points with fellow front-runners Devonport ahead of their summit meeting next week.
Olympic had the consolation of scoring the game’s most spectacular goal through captain Meg Connolly’s instinctive long-range effort.
Kingborough imports Soyoung Lee and Hannah Walsh took their combined tally to seven in the last two games in a 3-0 win at Launceston United.
Both produced excellent first-half finishes from outside the box before Lee claimed her second on the hour to seal a third win in four for Simon Edwards’ outfit.
Goals late in each half from Ebony Pitt and Eve Swan earned Glenorchy a 2-0 win over winless Taroona on Friday night.
Ladder leaders Devonport had the bye.
In NPL Tasmania, Launceston City leapfrogged Glenorchy into second place with an impressive 5-1 win at KGV.
Will Humphrey emulated Declan Rice by scoring two direct free kicks to the delight of his Arsenal-supporting coach Daniel Syson.
Like Rice in the Champions League, Humphrey struck twice from outside the box in quick succession with expertly-placed set pieces.
Angus Taylor’s tenth goal of the campaign means the prolific summer signing has scored in seven of City’s eight matches this season.
Knights’ Tom Walpole hit back midway through the second half, but Thierry Swaby completed the rout with a late double.
An Otto Schwarz thunderbolt secured a 2-1 win for Kingborough at Launceston United.
A couple of months after a 7-1 Lakoseljac Cup victory at Birch Avenue, Lions found United much tougher opposition especially when the hosts took the lead through captain Will Spicer’s towering header.
However, Kingborough centre-forward Noah Mies scored in his home-town for the second week running, converting a penalty earned by the industrious Max Pollara.
And Schwarz added to his winner against Devonport in round two when he volleyed home six minutes from time.
Ladder leaders South Hobart maintained their unbeaten start with a 3-0 win at Riverside.
Harrison Oates, Kobe Kemp and Nick Morton were on target at Windsor Park.
Devonport was made to work hard for their 2-0 victory over bottom-placed Clarence.
Leading through Yuta Nomura’s early opener, Strikers had to wait until the third minute of stoppage time before Charles Bidwell confirmed the result from the penalty spot.
Picture courtesy Heather Reading.