NBM Women’s Premiership defending champions Silver Strikers Ladies continued their impressive run with a 7-0 thumping of Mighty Wanderers Queens at Silver Stadium in Lilongwe Sunday.

The victory means Silver Ladies have maintained a three-point gap at the summit of the log table with 18 points from seven matches.

Coming on their heels are Ascent Soccer Academy, who are the only unbeaten side in the league this season, with 15 points also from seven assignments.

Ascent are above third-placed FCB Nyasa Big Bullets Women on goal difference with both teams having 15 points having played the same number of matches.

At Silver Stadium, Jenipher Nyirenda and Yamikani Mhango netted a brace each for the hosts with Ireen Khumalo, Madyina Ngulube, Grace Kakangula and Yamikani Mhango netting one goal each.

Silver Ladies coach Shadreck Chikhosi praised his players’ performance.

“We planned to score more goals. The girls played according to instructions. During this week’s training we agreed to score not less than four goals. So we are very happy. We need to be scoring as many goals as we can because you can never tell how the league will be won,” he said.

Wanderers Queens coach Thom Kazembe conceded defeat.

“We did not play our game. It was a bad day for us. We accept defeat. It is heartbreaking that for the first time we have conceded seven goals. We need to sit down and assess where the problem is. But we missed the services of nine of our best players and today another two picked injuries. This is a cause for concern,” he said.

Elsewhere, Civil Service United Women suffered their second defeat of the campaign, going down 1-0 to Kukoma Ntopwa at Mpira Stadium in Blantyre.

In another match, MDF Lionesses secured a 5-0 victory over Chitoliro Heroines with Asimenye Simwaka scoring four times whereas Alex Scott netted the other goal.