Macarthur Rams secured their first win of the NPLW season in a 2-1 away win over the Gladesville Ravens at Christie Park.
The clash brought together two teams looking for their first three points of the season.
Ravens experienced two tough opponents back-to-back in rounds 1 and 2, to come away with a single point out of a possible six.
Comparatively, the championship winning Rams sat in last place following two rounds of action and would have been focused on changing that quickly.
The Rams showed their intent to get the three points from early on in the match, with Halle Callow picking up a brilliant pass to make it 1-0 in the fourth minute.
Chaos in the Rams box led to the Ravens scoring a well-earned equaliser 20 minutes later.
A penalty awarded following a tackle in the box on Tea Mucenski led to the Rams number 9 stepping up to take the spot kick and comfortably lasering her strike into the bottom left corner to make it 2-1, the final score.
In other NPLW matches, Newcastle Jets earned a dramatic late winner to defeat Bulls FC Academy 3-2 at home.
Following a close loss in Round 1, the Jets were raring to go against the Bulls after their match was rescheduled last weekend.
The Bulls would have expected a tough matchup with a resurgent Jets side, and will have understood the importance of keeping their defence sturdy in the face of the home side’s attacking flair.
So it was that Bulls that opened the scoring 16 minutes into the game via a set piece after a corner kick found the head of Isabella Coco-Di Sipio.
The home side roared back into the game, equalising just eight minutes later.
The Bulls regained the lead toward the end of the first half, courtesy of Ashlee Brodigan, who stole possession in the box to make it 2-1 with a minute to go until oranges.
But the home side didn’t take long to even things up, making it 2-2 nine minutes into the second stanza.
It looked like that would be the final result, but unfortunately for the Bulls Academy girls, it was not to be. The home side scored a third goal in the 91st minute to net all three points with their 3-2 victory.
