A pair of hat-tricks in Round 4 have lit up New Zealand Football's Women's National League Championship (WNLC).
Kendall Pollock struck three times for league leaders Waterside Karori in a 3-0 win over Central Football on Saturday, before Britney Cunningham-Lee matched her in Eastern Suburbs' 5-0 rout of the Wellington Phoenix Women Reserves on Sunday.
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Pollock scored for the third time in four WNLC matches at Martin Luckie Park, finding the goal in the fifth, 29th and 47th minutes to give her a league-best six goals.
Waterside Karori joined fellow unbeaten teams Auckland United and Canterbury United Pride at the top of the standings on 10 points.
United recorded their third win on Saskia Vosper's 94th minute goal in a 1-0 win over NRFL Women's Premier rivals Western Springs at Keith Hay Park on Sataurday, while Canterbury United Pride defeated South Island rivals Southern United 2-1 at Dunedin's Logan Park on Sunday.
Cunningham-Lee had gone goal-less in the first three rounds of the WNLC but was on target in the second half against the WeeNix Wahine, with goals in the 52nd, 63rd and 94th minutes at Lower Hutt's Fraser Park.
The Lily Whites had not scored a goal in the opening weeks but ended a 285-plus minute drought when Shion Hwang scored in the 15th minute, quickly followed by Sofia Garcia's strike in the 28th minute.
In Round 4's other match, previous co-leaders Wellington United salvaged a 1-1 draw against West Coast Rangers at Auckland's Fred Taylor Park on Sunday, thanks to Sarah Alder's 88th-minute equaliser.
Likewise, in the National League Championship (NLC), Alejandro Steinwascher had not scored a goal since the regional phase until Saturday, when he netted a hat-trick in Coastal Spirit's 3-0 victory over the Wellington Phoenix Reserves.
Steinwascher, who had 19 goals in the Southern League, fired home in the 27th, 41st and 48th minutes in the convincing win at Fraser Park, which took Coastal to second in the standings, three points behind Auckland City.
The Navy Blues remained clear with a 2-1 win at Western Suburbs on Sunday, with goals from Adam Mitchell and Myer Bevan.
There was also a pair of doubles for two of the league's leading scorers.
Garbhan Coughlan scored two late goals as Cashmere Technical grabbed a point in a 2-2 draw with Wellington Olympic, while Daniel Bunch had one in each half in Birkenhead United's 4-2 victory over Napier City Rovers at Shepherds Park.
Oscar Ramsay scored the winning goal in the 40th minute for Western Suburbs in a 1-0 win over Eastern Suburbs at Madills Farm on Sunday.
NZF NATIONAL LEAGUE RESULTS - ROUND 4
Coastal Spirit 3 Phoenix Reserves 0
Cashmere Technical 2 Wellington Olympic 2
Birkenhead United 4 Napier City Rovers 2
Auckland City 2 Western Suburbs 1
Western Springs 1 Eastern Suburbs 0
NZF WOMEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE RESULTS - ROUND 4
Auckland United 1 Western Springs 0
Waterside Karori 3 Central Football 0
Eastern Suburbs 5 Phoenix Women Reserves 0
Canterbury United Pride 2 Southern United 1
West Coast Rangers 1 Wellington United 1