A BRACE from Nicole Brown ensured that Ascot United progressed to the next round past Woodley United in the Southern Region Women’s League Cup.
Travelling to second in the Premier Division Ascot United, Woodley were slow to start and fell a goal behind in the second minute following a good passing move by the home side that allowed Tiffany Skinner to pass two defenders before passing the ball inside Sophie Cheadle’s right hand goal post.
It took the visitors 15 minutes to get into the game as they withstood early Ascot pressure but once they found their rhythm the pace of Sarah Lawrence and May Hamblin contributed to an evenly contested half with both teams moving the ball in multi-passing moves.
The best chance of the half for Woodley fell to May Hamblin in the 24th minute when Hamblin’s long range shot was gathered by home keeper Lisa Phillips just inside her right post.
Looking to build on the half, lighting struck twice when the second minute of the second half saw Nicole Brown double the home team’s lead.
Hamblin forced a save from substitute keeper Lucie White but once Izzy Woods scored the third in the 69th minute after a run from deep saw her arrive first to a lose ball following Cheadle parrying the ball, Woodley struggled to trouble the home goal.
Brown completed the scoring in the 78th minute when she scored from close range following an in-swinging corner kick.
Ascot United: Brown, Carrington, Connor, Cruickshank, Davern, Killick-Bird, Luckhurst-McCord, Phillips, Skinner, Todd, Woods
Subs: Kimbe, Spark, White
Woodley United: Cheadle, Evans, Wilkins, Quinn (Stringer), Simms, Surtees, M Haines, Sawyer, Hamblin, Messitt, Lawrence (Routledge)
Goals: Nicole Brown x2, Tiffany Skinner, Isabel Woods
