Goal-machine Jentrix Shikangwa bags brace for Simba to boost Golden Boot hunt

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STARLETS ABROAD Goal-machine Jentrix Shikangwa bags brace for Simba to boost Golden Boot hunt

Festus Chuma 19:00 - 18.04.2023

The former Vihiga Queens striker netted a brace for Simba Queens in a league match against Mkwawa Queens on Tuesday

Simba Queens Kenyan sharpshooter Jentrix Shikangwa looks set to win Tanzania Women’s Premier League Golden Boot after she netted a brace in the 4-0 thumping of Mkwawa Queens on Tuesday. 

Shikangwa is currently leading the scoring charts with 13 goals and is four ahead of JKT Queens striker Donisa Minja.

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Both sides played entertaining, attacking football and created good scoring opportunities at the start of the match before Simba Queens took control.

Mkwawa almost broke the deadlock 12 minutes into the game when Rose Mpoma was denied by the woodwork.  

Seven minutes later, Shikangwa started to rise as she found the back of the net and scored her twelfth league goal for the season. 

Things went from bad to worse for the Miraj Fund charges as Shikangwa scored her second a minute before half-an-hour mark  and extended her goal tally to 13.

Another Kenyan international in the team Vivian Corazone added her team's third in the 80th minute in a display that will please Harambee Starlets coach Godfrey Oduor.

Simba got the other goal deep in added time courtesy of Zainab Mohamed in a win that has lifted the side to the top of the standings with 33 points from 14 matches.

This match was expected to be a potential banana skin for Simba Queens, with their opponents at the bottom place of the log and fighting relegation.

Simba Queen’s next league assignment in the 10-team competition is away to Alliance Girls on Tuesday, April 25.