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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Kenya national women\u2019s hockey team registered their second consecutive win after thrashing rivals Uganda 6-0 in a tight Africa Cup of Nations Test match at Sikh Union Hockey Stadium in Parklands yesterday.<\/p>\n

In the men’s tie, Kenya lost 1-0 with Uganda\u2019s Brian Ogodi scoring the only goal.<\/p>\n

The first match on Thursday ended 1-1.<\/p>\n

In the women games, Captain Gilly Okumu and Flavia Mutiva each scored a brace to inspire Kenya to their second win of the three Test matches set to be completed tomorrow.<\/p>\n

The hosts dominated the opening two quarters to lead 5-0 at the breather before withstanding numerous Ugandan attacks in the third and fourth quarters, adding only one goal in the final quarter to win 6-0.<\/p>\n

Despite the heavy loss, this was an improvement on the Ugandan side which conceded 11 goals in the opening match on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Uganda have now conceded 17 goals in their last two matches, a result which will affect their rankings at the end of the week when the Africa Hockey Federation and the International Hockey Federation (FIH) update the nations rankings.<\/p>\n

Kenya started on a high note yesterday with Okumu dribbling past four Ugandan defenders before sliding the cork past the keeper to give the host the lead in the fifth minute after receiving a neat assist from Chebet Eleanor.<\/p>\n

Carol Guchu doubled the scores minutes later after being released by Mutiva who registered her fourth assist in the two Test matches played so far.<\/p>\n

Ugandan worries worsened further when Kenya was awarded a penalty flick few minutes before the end of the first quarter after the cork hit a Ugandan defender who was behind her goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

Mutiva, who turns out for local champions Blazers stepped up to stretch Kenya\u2019s lead to 3-0 by the end of the first quarter.<\/p>\n

In the second quarter, Okumu turned provider after assisting Maureen Okumu to score Kenya\u2019s fourth goal of the game from a short corner.<\/p>\n

The captain would claim her brace and fourth of the two matches played to extend Kenya\u2019s lead to 5-0 at the breather.<\/p>\n

As it was in the first match, Uganda limited Kenya\u2019s chances in the third quarter which ended goalless but with the hosts at a comfortable stage with a five goal lead.<\/p>\n

The visitors proved a hard nut to crack again in the fourth quarter before Mutiva completed her brace from a well taken short corner to condemn the Ugandans to a second consecutive loss.<\/p>\n

Kenya will play Uganda again today at 2pm in the final Test match.<\/p>\n

The Test matches replaced the North-Eastern region qualifiers which were originally meant to be graced by six nations<\/p>\n

Kenya qualified for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations Test matches set to be held in Ghana after five teams pulled out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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