SUNNY Ricketts scored twice in Witney’s 6-3 victory at home to West Hampstead in Division 3A.
Witney raced into a 3-0 lead through Marie Vincent, Lucy Reading and Marie Vincent, but then in a flash Hampstead stormed back to make it 3-3.
Ricketts’s brace put Witney back in charge before Ellie Kearney wrapped things up with their sixth goal.
Jacob Deacon gave a master class with five second-half goals as Witney men routed Abingdon 9-0 in their last pre-season friendly.
Witney led 3-0 at half-time through Ben Wells, Harry Harbage and Justin Peel.
Early in the second half, Abingdon came more into the game, before Deacon took the game by the scruff of the neck with his five goals. Ben Moss was Witney’s other second-half scorer, while teammate Justin Peel suffered a serious wrist injury.
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