The Varsity Ladies Football 2022 campaign kicked off with a bang, with 16 goals scored between four games.
Defending champions, the University of the Western Cape started their title defence with a win over Wits University in a replay of last year’s semi-final.
In one group B match, that saw University of Johannesburg (UJ) dominate proceedings against the University of Pretoria (Tuks) for large parts of the first half and were unlucky in the 32nd minute when Refilwe Maseko only hit outside of the post. However, Sphumelele Shamase made it better in the fourth minute of injury time, scoring her side’s first goal of this year’s tournament after a fine combination play with her twin sister Thubelihle Shamase.
Sphumelele completed her brace in the 49th minute after a nice counterattack that started from a Tuks corner. Just two minutes later, she completed her hat trick with a well-placed shot from inside the box after again being set up by her twin sister.
UJ made it 4-0 in the 58th minute when Boitumelo Rasehlo beat the Tuks goalkeeper via a direct free kick from long range.
