The Tornados became the first team to qualify for the Semi Finals with a 6-1 demolition of fellow title contenders Buccaneers.
Gemma Thomas opened the scoring with a well worked field goal before going on to score a further 3 goals that put her in good stead to be the league's top scorer. Micha Weiss, on her debut, put in a noteworthy performance to provide the other 2 goals and looked good for a hat-trick had she been given more time on the pitch.
It wasn't all plain sailing, however. At half time and 4-0 down, Buccaneers rolled the dice and switched to a kicking-back. This seemed to unsettled the Tornados and Dawn de Foe managed to keep them at bay for 20 minutes before Thomas and Weiss found their rhythm again.
Buccaneers seemed understrength throughout, with only the bare 11 players available, and a goal from Vanessa Cheong with 5 minutes to go was scant consolation to a team that could well face Tornados again in the semi-finals.
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