The Black Sticks women have kicked off their Commonwealth Games campaign in style with a 16-0 hammering of Kenya in their opening pool game in Birmingham.
A one-sided contest from start to finish, the Black Sticks were ruthless in cutting through the defence and peppering the Kenyan goal.
Forward Olivia Shannon grabbed a hat-trick, while Stephanie Dickens, Megan Hull, Alia Jaques, Kaitlin Cotter and captain Olivia Merry snared two apiece. Alex Lukin and Rose Tynan were the other goalscorers.
It is a crucial result in the grand scheme of things, with goal difference potentially a factor when deciding who qualifies from the group.
The women face Scotland next on Sunday morning (NZT), before a trans-Tasman clash with Australia on Monday night.
The Black Sticks men face Scotland on Saturday morning.
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