Ashleigh Sykes struck four times as Canberra United hammered Perth Glory 7-2 in the nation’s capital.
Sykes hit her four goals in the opening 46 minutes backed up by strikes from Grace Maher, Stephanie Ochs and Hayley Raso as United raced to a 7-0 lead at McKellar Park on Saturday afternoon.
They took their foot off the gas after that, with Perth pulling back two consolation goals in the second half through Vanessa DiBernardo and Sam Kerr.
The home side were five goals to the good at the break, on the back of a first-half hat-trick from Sykes. Perth were able to score twice in the closing stages, but the result sees the visitors fall to third in the table on goal difference behind Canberra.
Perth could have cut the deficit even further late on, but it was too little too late and Canberra held on to their five-goal lead comfortably.
Meanwhile, Adelaide United hit double figures thanks to last-minute goal from Ally Ladas in their 10-2 hammering of Western Sydney Wanderers.
Wanderers took an early lead thanks to an own goal from from Sarah Willacy - but it was one-way traffic after that.
Racheal Quigley restored parity two minutes later then Sofia Huerta and Adriana Jones put United in control. Wanderers threatened to get back into it when Erica Halloway pulled one back on the hour mark - but an emphatic final half-hour put paid to their hopes.
Huerta and Jones ended the game with hat-tricks apiece, Quigley bagged a brace, Alexandra Chidiac scored one and Ladas provided the icing on the cake.
