Rangers Women Triumph in Semi-Final After Jenna Fife Penalty Saves

Rangers Women edged past Celtic on penalties, with crucial saves from Jenna Fife securing their spot in the Sky Sports Cup Final.

Maria McAneny struck first for Celtic, Rangers’ Katie Wilkinson equalised from the spot, only for Emma Lawton to immediately restore the Hoops’ advantage.

Poppy Pritchard made it 3-1 from 12 yards, but Rangers forced extra time as Laura Berry struck twice.

During the added half hour, Rangers goalkeeper Jenna Fife saved a Saoirse Noonan spot-kick, and when it eventually came down to a shoot-out, decisively denied McAneny to win the tie.

The final against Glasgow City will be on 29 March at Motherwell’s Fir Park ground.

SWPL
Hamilton Academical 2-2 Aberdeen

Hamilton were thwarted in a bid for their first league victory of the campaign, as goals from Josephine Giard and a Georgia Gray penalty were twice cancelled out by Darcie Miller, whose latter effort also came from the spot.

SWPL 2
East Fife 4-0 Stirling University
Boroughmuir Thistle 0-1 Queens Park
Spartans 2-0 Gartcairn
Dundee United 0-5 Kilmarnock
St Johnstone 3-7 Livingston

Kilmarnock’s 5-0 win at Dundee United kept them a massive 13 points clear in first place. Queen’s Park’s Summer Thomson scored the sole goal at Boroughmuir Thistle to move into second, while Spartans rose to third with a 2-0 victory over Gartcairn. Livingston came through a goalfest at St Johnstone, helped by a Justine Strain hat-trick. East Fife beat Stirling University to push them four points adrift at the bottom, with Teri Skivington scoring three times.

Fixture for Wednesday 4 February
SWPL 2: Boroughmuir Thistle v Gartcairn (Meadowbank Stadium, 7.45pm)