Spooner is on target as Portsmouth take victory
Portsmouth Hockey Club's ladies first-team claimed victory over Wycombe to continue their perfect beginning to 2022.
The hosts had to come from behind before eventually running out emphatic 4-1 South Central Women's Premier Division 2 winners at Furze Lane.
Playing in their second fixture since the turn of the year after beating
Slough 2nds last time out, Portsmouth struggled in the early exchanges and fell behind.
Yet Wycombe's opener only seemed to spark the hosts into life and following a succession of attacks, Katie Pond's reverse stick tap-in at the far post ensured the scores were level at 1-1 at half-time.
Portsmouth came out in a determined mood after the restart as leading scorer Katie Spooner fired them in front for the first time.
Wycombe were denied a route back into the game with a couple of fine smothering saves from Kez Winter, while at the other end Sam Hassell's drag flick was turned around the post._
Lauren Stewart capitalised on a poor clearance to fire Portsmouth 3-1 in front then Spooner, above, scored again to round off a routine victory.
Portsmouth are faced with a number of injuries as they prepare for a trip to face Milton Keynes on Saturday.
■ Portsmouth's men's first-team were defeated
2-1 as they made the trip to Basingstoke 2nds in their opening fixture of 2022.
It was Portsmouth's first competitive match in six weeks - since they were beaten 1-0 at home by Andover on December
4 - although they were unfortunately unable to match it a winning return to competitive action.
■ Portsmouth 2nds picked up a South Central Womens’s Division 2 South win on the road at Chichester 2nds.
Returning to action following the festive break, Portsmouth’s brief trip down the A27 proved a fruitful one as they claimed a 2-1 victory.
■ Portsmouth men’s
2nd team made quite the statement in their first outing of 2022.
Welcoming Haslemere
3rds to Admiral Lord Nelson School, they romped to a 7-1 triumph.