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Back-to-back for Kanoa FC-2
Kanoa Football Club-2’s
Janelle Chojnacki steps in to kick the ball out during their game against Shirley’s FC, while teammate Chevy Kate Alipio looks on. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)
Kanoa Football Club-2 was perfect in the opening week of the 2017 Dove Women’s Fall Futsal League, getting a pair of wins at the TSL Sports Complex.
Kanoa FC-2 first crushed the CNMI U16 Developmental Team last Monday, 13-1, and then topped Shirley’s FC last Wednesday, 5-2, to take the early lead in the five-team field of Division A. Paire FC and Kanoa FC-1 are the other squads entered in the group.
Krizel Tuason combined for five goals in Kanoa FC-1’s two victories, while Britanny Wally contributed four. Chloe Salvosa and Janelle Chognaki added three and two goals, respectively, to give Kanoa FC-2 a rousing start this season.
In other results in Division A, Paire Football Club also booked an easy debut win last week after hammering Kanoa FC-1, 9-3.
Guine Borja powered Paire to the lopsided triumph after firing six goals. Jerlyn Castillo was the second player to score in Paire’s debut win after making a hat trick, while Kanoa FC-1 got two of its three goals from Paulynn Joyce.
Meanwhile, in Division B, only two matches were played in the opening week with Shirley’s FC and Paire FC defeating their respective opponents.
In the first game, Paire shut down Kanoa, 5-0. Anisa Villagomez knocked in a pair of goals for Paire, which drew one apiece from Erin Frink, Aaliyah Indalecio, and Nadia Murphy.
In the second match, Shirley’s also blanked its foe MYPros, 2-0. Marilou Arriola and Stephanie Lumbad recorded one goal each for the winning squad.
Shirley’s will try to go for victory No. 2 in Division B when it plays KFC tonight at 8:30pm. Two more matches will take place today with MYPros battling Paire in the first tiff at 6:30pm and Kanoa-1 dueling Shirley’s in the Division A game at 7:30pm.
In related stories, the 2017 Dove Women’s Masters Fall League kicked off yesterday at the Francisco M. Sablan Middle School Field.
A triple-header was set in the opening week with Kanoa FC meeting Topnotch in the first match, Matansa challenging TanHoldings in the second, and MPU 1 and 2 squaring off in the third.
