A HAT-TRICK from Enfield Town's Regan Coleman, plus braces in either half by Holly Brandon and Katie Wilding, inflicted a 7-1 defeat on Brentwood Town Ladies at the QEII Stadium.
The match was in its infancy when Enfield took the lead. Blues were unable to get the ball out of their own half, yet Coleman was afforded the time and space to pick her spot 20 yards from goal and she made no mistake by smashing it into the net.
Despite Enfield dominating the early exchanges, Brentwood tried to edge forward in search of an equaliser, and Carla Rose drilled a 30-yard shot past the left-hand post before Lucy Faraday half-volleyed Whinnett's centre past the near post.
On 32 minutes, a fine team goal extended Enfield's lead. Cally Browne sent the ball down the left wing for Oliver, who picked out Lovell, and she teed up the influential Coleman for a simple finish.
Brandon got her name on the scoresheet two minutes later.
Having been released on the right-hand side, she drove past Paris Smith before sending her shot into the net.
With three minutes remaining before the interval, the winger doubled her personal tally at the end of some good work by Browne on the left.
The ball was pinged to the back post, where Brandon tucked home the easiest of tap-ins.
Just before the hour mark, Blues reduced the arrears. Faraday burst through the centre of the pitch and fired past Holman, only for the ball to bounce back off the post.
As the assistant manager tried to turn in the rebound, she was clumsily brought down by Oliver, giving Sophie Lovell the chance to stroke home the spot-kick.
Brentwood continued to work hard and, with Brandon blasting over on a rare foray forward down the left 20 minutes from time, it looked as though the scoring might be over. Those thoughts were dispelled in the 79th minute when Brandon found Wilding eight yards out and she slotted the ball into the bottom right-hand corner of the net.
Three minutes later, Coleman completed her hat-trick by slipping the ball beyond Prior. In stoppage time Wilding's arcing free-kick squirmed through Prior's grasp to make it 7-1.
