Frazsiers Whip win third consecutive JWPL title
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Frazsiers Whip retained their Jamaica Women’s Premier League title with an exciting 4-1 win over Cavalier at the Ashenheim Stadium in St Andrew in Saturday.
It was Frazsiers Whip’s third consecutive hold on the JWPL title as they finished the season unbeaten.
The league’s outstanding player, Davia Richards netted a brace in the 12th and 53rd minutes, taking her tally to 45 goals and walked away with the MVP and Golden Boot awards.
Destiny Powell, who also bagged herself a brace, got the ball rolling in the finals when she pounced on an error by Cavalier’s goalkeeper Ornella Lindsay and rammed home in the 6th minute. It was her 26th goal of the season and one of the most important as it immediately pushed Cavalier on the back foot.
Powell would put the icing on the cake in the 90+2 minutes, nodding home after Richards’ powerful freekick crashed off the crossbar.
Tamara Osullivan pulled one back for Cavalier, firing home after her teammate hit the post in the 16th minute.
Cavalier played the final 15 minutes of the game with 10 players after Kadian Edwards was sent off after getting a red card.
In the meantime, in the third place playoff, Arnett Gardens whipped Los Perfectos 3-1 on the back of a brace from Suen Gregory in the 47th and 51st minutes.
Briana Crosby had opened the scoring for Arnett Gardens in the 11th while veteran Venicia Reid replied for Los Perfectos in the 36th minute.