the weekend with a 2-0 win over Swallows at Nationals.

Lisa DeSilva scored the opening goal despite playing with two injured ankles.

She received the ball from the back and dribbled through Swallows' defence into the circle before drawing the goalkeeper off her line and placing her shot into the left corner.

Rhonda Rawlins netted Canaries' second, taking a pass from Stacey DeShields at the top of the `D' and firing past the 'keeper.

Georgie Barbosa, filling in between the posts for the regular 'keeper, had an outstanding game for Canaries, making several saves including one from a penalty stroke.

Second placed Cardinals remained eight points behind after a narrow 1-0 win over Orioles in a fast-paced match which saw both teams fire plenty of shots on goal.

Cardinals' Maria Pichery shot wide of an open goal in the first half and had several opportunities to score in the second but was denied by the Orioles defence.

However, with 15 minutes to go Pichery finally found the mark when Cardinals were awarded a penalty stroke and she converted to seal the win.

Bluebirds romped to the biggest win of the weekend, hammering Swifts 5-0.

They dominated a seemingly tired Swifts team from the outset and scored their first goal in the 14th minute before adding a second 10 minutes later.

Bluebirds scored three more times in the second half.

In B League play, leaders Canaries came from behind to beat Swallows 2-1.

Canaries came on strong in the second half with Lakiba Rempel equalising and Kerry Quigley scoring the winner just seconds before the final whistle.

Cardinals beat Orioles 1-0 with Keri Graham scoring the winning goal midway through the second half after a pass from Emma Holmes.

Cardinals stopped Orioles from equalising in the final minutes with some solid defending while Donna Edge had another good game in the Orioles goal.

The match between Swifts and Bluebirds finished 0-0 as outstanding goalkeeping by Jenna Robinson enabled Swifts to earn a share of the points.

Lisete Moniz returned to the game after a year's lay-off with a knee injury.