MOL Women's National Championship I: Favorites keep rolling
The favorites in the women's championship continued their march with convincing victories in the second round. Only the match between the two cup teams, Kerület and BVSC, was close, but overall, the railway team's victory was not in serious jeopardy.
In the early matches, there were clear away wins. KSI kept up with Dunaújváros for one half, but then a 2-7 second half followed, led by the Kardos twins, Laura and Dominika, both scoring three times for the visitors.
In Szeged, although the home team scored the first goal, Fradi responded with an 0-8 onslaught - it took nearly 15 minutes until the second goal for the team from Szeged. The outcome of the match was never in doubt, with Kuna Szonja leading the charge for the greens with 5 goals.
In the evening matches, the favorites also dominated: UVSE scored 18 goals against Tatabánya, while Eger did a "clean job" in Szentes, leaving little doubt after a 1-6 first half.
The only but very exciting match of the round was played between Kerület and BVSC. Though for a long time it didn't seem that way, as the railway team, who recently made it to the Champions League main round, jumped ahead by four goals in the third quarter. However, the team from Óbuda halved the difference in the beginning of the fourth quarter in just 78 seconds, followed by a four-minute battle, fighting for either the tying goal or securing the win. In the end, the latter was achieved by BVSC: after gaining possession, the visiting team pushed forward until awarded a penalty, which Petik Panna converted successfully, bringing the score to 8-11 with 2:16 left. Although Török Dorina quickly scored to narrow the gap, the next goal was scored in the last second by Kerület, who played particularly effectively with an extra player (8 goals out of 14 chances against 5); thus, BVSC ultimately took all three points.
MOL National Championship I, 2nd Round
III. Ker. TVE–BVSC-Manna ABC 10-11
UVSE-Hélia D–Tatabánya WWP 18-5
(click on the matches for statistics)
