Women's football round-up: Wolves score 7 to continue their unbeaten start
Wolves extended their unbeaten start to the season after a resounding 7-1 victory took them top of the WNL Northern Division.
Hull struck first through Jessica Tugby-Andrews midway into the first half, but Beth Merrick got Wolves back on level terms just before the half-hour mark.
Merrick bagged her brace on the cusp of half-time to complete the turnaround and Wolves ran riot in the second half to coast to a comfortable victory.
Louanne Worsey doubled their advantage five minutes after the restart, before a brace from Amy Sims turned it into a rout.
Amber Hughes and Abi Loydon also scored to put the seal on the win and guide Wolves to a third successive league victory.
The tragic death of former Liverpool and Burnley manager Matt Beard at the age of 47 led to a pair of postponements over the weekend.
Aston Villa's home fixture against Liverpool in the Women's Super League and West Brom's match against Burnley in the WPL Premier Division at the Alex Stadium will be rearranged for a later date.
Birmingham City occupy the WSL 2 summit after three games following their 4-2 triumph over Newcastle United at St Andrew's.
Veatriki Sarri, Batcheba Louis and Lily Crosthwaite propelled the Blues into a 3-0 lead at the break, before Jasmine McQuade reduced the arrears for Newcastle on the hour.
Oceane Hutre restored Birmingham's three-goal advantage until Beth Lumsden added another late consolation for the Magpies.
Elsewhere, Sporting Khalsa slipped their second successive defeat after losing 1-0 at home to Derby County in the WPL Premier Division courtesy of Georgia Stevens' match-winner.
In the Division One Midlands, Stourbridge ended a run of four defeats in a row, as Darcy Cartwright's 68th-minute strike guided them to a 1-0 win at Lincoln.
Stourbridge have also drawn an away trip in Derbyshire to face Melbourne Dynamo in the FA Cup third qualifying round on Sunday, October 5.
Kidderminster Harriers, who host Shrewsbury Town in the next round of the FA Cup, were condemned to a 4-0 drubbing at Barnsley, with Jodie Snelson bagging a brace and Jemima Jarvis and Ocean Rolandsen also getting on the score sheet for the hosts.
Hednesford Town set-up a trip to Hereford in the next round of the FA Cup after cruising to a 7-1 victory over Bromsgrove Sporting.
Leigh Dugmore and Dami Onafowokan both netted hat-trick for Hednesford, with a solitary strike from Remaya Osbourne completing the rout.
Chasetown bowed out in a 4-3 shoot-out defeat after drawing 1-1 against Lichfield City, while Walsall progressed on penalties following a 2-2 draw at Burton.
Amy Rollason and Saanya Najib scored for the Saddlers, who were pegged back twice, before booking a home tie against Lye Town.
Lichfield will welcome Tier 5 outfit Coundon Court to the Trade Tyre Stadium in the next round.
