{"id":4939,"date":"2025-10-13T09:42:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/?p=4939"},"modified":"2025-10-13T09:42:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:42:48","slug":"south-africa-women-begin-campaign-with-emphatic-win-over-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/13\/south-africa-women-begin-campaign-with-emphatic-win-over-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Women Begin Campaign with Emphatic Win Over Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s4\">The South African women\u2019s hockey team made the perfect start to their 2025 African Hockey Cup of Nations campaign, sweeping past hosts Egypt with a commanding <\/span><span class=\"s5\">10\u20130 victory<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> in Ismailia on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credit &#8211; Jan van Zyl<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s4\">It was a memorable day for <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Caylin<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> Maree, <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Jeanri<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> Thomas, and <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Ane<\/span> <span class=\"s5\">Janse<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> van Vuuren<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, who all earned their first senior international caps in the green and gold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s4\">South Africa wasted no time asserting their authority, taking the lead inside the opening three minutes when <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Thati<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> Zulu<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> finished emphatically on the reverse after a sharp move from <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Taheera<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> Augousti<\/span><span class=\"s4\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s4\">Moments before the end of the first quarter, <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Ntsopa Mokoena<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> doubled the advantage, showing composure to round the goalkeeper and slot home with ease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s4\">The lead grew further in the second quarter as <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Hannah Pearce<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> fired home a low drag flick from a penalty corner to make it 3\u20130. A slick passing exchange then saw <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Ongeziwe<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> Mali<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> receive a precise ball from Maree, turn cleverly, and finish with typical calmness for the fourth. The first-half dominance was capped when <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Kayla de Waal<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> converted after a dazzling run from <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Stephanie Botha<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, sending South Africa into the break 5\u20130 up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s4\">The third quarter saw the hosts dig deep to resist the South African pressure, but the floodgates reopened in the final phase. <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Augousti<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> reacted quickest to a rebound to lift home her first, before adding another with a crisp reverse strike from a <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Tegan Fourie<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> assist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s5\">De Waal<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> added her second soon after to make it eight, <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Fourie<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> got on the scoresheet herself with a thumping drag flick, and <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Zulu<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> rounded off the double figures with a brilliant finish from a tight angle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s4\">It was a clinical, confident display from the reigning African champions, who now shift focus to <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Tuesday\u2019s clash with Ghana<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> \u2014 a fixture that promises another stern test in their pursuit of continental glory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s7\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African women\u2019s hockey team made the perfect start to their 2025 African Hockey Cup of Nations campaign, sweeping past hosts Egypt with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/13\/south-africa-women-begin-campaign-with-emphatic-win-over-egypt\/\" class=\"btn btn-link continue-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4941,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939\/revisions\/4941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}