Scottish hopes of reaching promotion pool suffer set-back

Scotland Senior Women’s prospects of reaching the promotion pool stage at the EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship II look slim after taking one point from their first two matches today.

The first pool match against Lithuania took a while to get going, with the first goal of the contest not coming until a 12th minute Erlanda Nomeikaite goal from a penalty corner.

Scotland found themselves back on level terms shortly before the half-time interval, with captain Vikki Bunce registering on the scoresheet via a short corner set-piece.

However, Jurate Juodyte dented Scottish hopes of taking anything from the match six minutes into the second period with a goal from open play, and any chance of a comeback was snuffed out four minutes from full-time when Nomeikaite made it 3-1 for the Lithuanians.

In their second match against Switzerland this evening, the Scots raced into a 2-0 half-time lead courtesy of Bunce’s second goal of the competition and Amy Costello’s strike at the end of the first period.

Nevertheless, Stephanie Walti dragged the Swiss back into contention a minute after the re-start, before a tense second half battle ended with Karin Buggmann equalising sixty seconds before the full-time hooter.

Tomorrow’s final pool match against Croatia is a must-win and the national side will need to score a truck-load of goals and hope Lithuania beat Switzerland by a significant margin to have any chance of progression to the promotion stage.

ohn Egan – statement
Erlanda Nomeikaite

Fixtures and more can be found on the EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship II website

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