Scotland’s under-21 women go into Saturday’s EuroHockey Championship II final on Saturday against Ukraine in buoyant mood after thrashing hosts Turkey 4-0 in their final Pool A game.
The Tartan Harts dominated the game early on but failed to turn territory into goals, Lexie McMillan (Uddingston) coming closest, only denied by a goal line clearance, and it was not until the third quarter that Scotland counted.
And it was Ava Wadsworth, who plays for The University of Durham, who found the net from a rebound following a penalty corner.
Scotland added three more in the final quarter, Ava Smith (The University of Edinburgh), claimed No 2 after a flowing move involving several players, Mhairi Low (Loughborough University) added a third from a cutback and Keira Foster (Loughborough University) completed the scoring.
The target for Scotland now is to win the final which would guarantee a place in the Junior World Cup and coach Jimmy Culnane (pictured centre by Nigel Duncan) guided the Scots to a 3-1 victory over Ukraine in their opening game in the competition in Konya.
Scotland topped the pool with nine points with Ukraine second on four and the Scots had a goal difference of plus seven against plus one for Ukraine.
Poland were third in the pool and they face Turkey in the third and fourth place play-off. The hosts have failed to score a point so far.
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