Lions win soccer match, but loss for Umina

Southern Ettalong FC has had a win in their soccer match against Terrigal in round eight of the Premier League on the weekend of May 22 and 23 but Umina were not so lucky.

After a frustrating start to the season, Southern-Ettalong is beginning to gain momentum with a second successive win.

This time the Southern Ettalong side has broken Terrigal's five-match unbeaten run with a 1-0 win at Duffys Oval.

The Lions win was all the more impressive in that they lost three players prior to kick-off and were forced into a last-minute re-structure.

The only goal in the match came in the 16th minute through Lewis Murphy.

Despite the loss, Terrigal remain in third place with Southern Ettalong United moving up to fifth.

For many years, opposition teams dreaded the trip down to Umina oval where the locals were all but unbeatable.

That has changed since the ground was renovated and Umina has struggled in the past couple of seasons and the 2-5 defeat to The Entrance was no great surprise.

The game was much closer than the final score indicates with Umina fighting back from 3-0 down to 3-2 with just 10 minutes to play before the Sea Eagles put away two late goals.

In the absence of Terrie Dries, midfielder Zac Anastas grabbed the opportunity to play up front with a hat-trick between Jacob Jackson's early goal and Nathan Blundell's successful late free-kick.

Shaun Conduit and Ben Scully-Hawkins were Umina's goal scorers.

The loss leaves Umina in last place while The Entrance move out of the relegation zone for the first time this season.

Website, 23 May 2016

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