Rangers kept up their prolific start to the ScottishPower Women’s Premier League campaign, while Hibernian and Celtic also maintained winning runs.
Aberdeen 0-4 Celtic
Dundee United 0-8 Hearts
Montrose 0-9 Rangers
Motherwell 0-5 Hibernian
Partick Thistle 0-2 Glasgow City
Queen’s Park 1-0 Spartans
Katie Wilkinson made it 11 goals in four games as she hit a hat-trick in Rangers’ 9-0 win at Montrose. Hearts were only one short of that tally at Dundee United, where there were braces by Jess Husband, Bayley Hutchison and Sade Adamolekun.
Kathleen McGovern scored three of Hibernian’s five at Motherwell, Ami Robertson’s goal in the dying minutes against Spartans gave Queen’s Park a first win of the season.
Celtic scored twice in each half to take the points at Aberdeen, Murphy Agnew first to net with just four minutes played. Amy Gallacher doubled the lead after 20 minutes, Jenny Smith got the third soon after the interval with Mathilde Carstens completing the scoring from distance.
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Glasgow City’s two first-half goals away to Partick Thistle saw them seal the win, Wilma Forsblom’s deflected effort from the edge of the box on 5 minutes opened the scoring, with Natalia Wróbel making it 2-0 after the half-hour mark.
SWPL 2
Boroughmuir Thistle 0-2 Hamilton Academical
Gartcairn 7-1 Rossvale
Livingston 3-0 Ayr United
St Johnstone 0-5 Kilmarnock
Hamilton won 2-0 at Boroughmuir with two unanswered goals from Josephine Giard and Sophie Townsley, leaving them the one side with a 100% record after three games.
Gartcairn’s 7-1 sinking of Rossvale sees them second, ahead of Kilmarnock, Livingston and Rossvale themselves on goal difference.
Mia McArthur’s corner flew straight in for Livingston against Ayr United, Ashley Elizabeth charged down an attempted clearance to get the second, with Lauren Evans adding a third.
Killie were 5-0 winners at St Johnstone.
