HE did not know quite how to describe Kristy Ekert's goal celebration, but it was something St Pat's coach Ben Weal was happy to see on Saturday.
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Ekert's goal handed the Saints a 1-0 win over Parkes United to go with their earlier 2-1 victory against Orange CYMS in the women's Premier League Hockey double-header in Lithgow.
While it wasn't quite good enough for the Saints to climb into second - Orange United finished two points clear of them - their successful Saturday means they will carry winning form into the minor semi-final.
That will be a match where Weal hopes goals come more easily then they did in the double-header.
Ekert's winner against Parkes did not come until the final quarter.
"We dominated the game, but we struggled to score, their goalkeeper had a blinder, gee she made some good saves," Weal said.
"It was Little [Ekert] who finally scored and she was pretty pumped, she did a bit of a goal celebration as well. It was some sort of funny-running, legs straight type of thing and some fist-pumping. It was weird but everyone laughed."
Earlier in the day against Orange CYMS, the Saints found themselves trailing after a slow start.
"We got out of the car and I think we were still asleep in the first half, we were 1-0 down for a bit," Weal said.
"But then we put together some really nice passages of play to get the goal back and then went on with it from there."
It was Macey Fulton who scored the equaliser in the third quarter after great build up work from Lily Kable, while the winner came from a penalty corner play which saw Maddy Boyce find the mark.
"Our third quarter in that match was really good, that was probably our best quarter the whole day actually. That's when our goals came," Weal said.
"In the final quarter we just sort of shut them down rather than go on with it. But it was a win."
ST PAT'S 2 (Macey Fulton, Maddy Boyce) defeated ORANGE CYMS 1
ST PAT'S 1 (Kristy Ekert) defeated PARKES UNITED 0
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