The Scottish Women’s Premier League Sky Sports Cup 2nd Round featured an Edinburgh derby win for Spartans over Hearts.
Hearts 1-1 (aet) Spartans (Spartans won 5-4 on pens)
Stirling University 1-2 Glasgow Women
Kilmarnock 2-0 Gartcairn
Partick Thistle 0-2 Celtic
Queen’s Park 0-5 Rangers
Glasgow City 5-0 Aberdeen
Motherwell 2-1 Dundee United
Hamilton Academical 0-8 Hibernian
Spartans pipped Edinburgh rivals Hearts on penalties, after Rachel Harrison saved Katie Rood’s attempt. Alana Marshall had scored direct from a corner for the visitors, substitute Rebecca McAllister levelled for Hearts.
Celtic went through with two goals in the opening half-hour against Partick Thistle by Lucy Ashworth-Clifford and Jacynta Galabadaarachchi.
Priscila Chinchilla gave Glasgow City an interval lead over Aberdeen and then won a penalty which Lauren Davidson converted. Emily Whelan and Meikayla Moore added one each, Davidson with her second in-between.
Rangers’ Kirsty Howat hit a hat-trick in the 5-0 defeat of Queen’s Park, Jodi McLeary and Kirsty Maclean also finding the net.
Crystal Thomas’s first-half treble set Hibs on the road to an 8-0 thrashing of Hamilton, Krystyna Freda contributing a double, Eilidh Adams, Shannon McGregor and Rosie Livingstone one apiece.
Motherwell’s Kaela McDonald-Nguah and Gill Inglis both scored from distance against Dundee United, whose Tammy Harkin pulled one back.
Glasgow Women came from behind to beat Stirling University, despite a late dismissal. Ann Taylor’s opener was responded to by Louisa Boyes and Hannah Cunningham before the red card.
Kilmarnock saw off Gartcairn with a Kirsty O’Brien header and Alex Middleton penalty.
The draw for the Quarter-Finals will take place on Tuesday at 3pm live on the SWPL’s Youtube channel.
