# 2019 Women's Varsity Hockey (South Africa)

The 2019 Women's Hockey Varsity Hockey will be the 9th edition of the Varsity Hockey, the annual tournament women's field hockey championship of South Africa.
In addition to the Power Play rule seen in previous seasons of Varsity Hockey, whereby each team can select to implement a two-minute period where goals count two and the opposition must bench two players, field goals will now count two.

## Venues

Following is a list of all venues and host cities.
| Cape TownPotchefstroom | Cape Town | Potchefstroom |
| Cape TownPotchefstroom | UCT Hockey | NWU Astro |

## Results
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maties | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | +21 | 16 | Semi-Final |
| 2 | NWU (H) | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 15 | Semi-Final |
| 3 | Kovsie | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 14 | Semi-Final |
| 4 | Tuks | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 12 | Semi-Final |
| 5 | UJ (E) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 12 | |
| 6 | Ikeys | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 10 | |
| 7 | WITS | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 5 | |
| 8 | Madibaz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 54 | −45 | 0 | |

### Fixtures

All times are local (UTC+2).
* 3 May 2019 13:30
| Maties | 2-0 | Tuks |
| Louwrens 39' | Report | |
* UCT
* 3 May 2019 15:15
| UJ | 1-1 | Kovsie |
| Kruger 47' | Report | Louw 24' |
| Penalties |||
| Paton Hawker Kruger Gerber Harmse Hawker Paton | 3-4 | Hartel Simmons Gouws Louw Louw Louw Gouws |
* UCT
* 3 May 2019 17:00
| Madibaz | 2-6 | NWU |
| Gwata 34' | Report | Ferreira 26' Minnaar 42', 58' |
* UCT
* 3 May 2019 18:45
| Ikeys | 5-1 | Wits |
| Leader 20' Koenig 38' Maake 45' | Report | Janse van Vuren 40' |
* UCT
* 4 May 2019 13:30
| Kovsie | 2-4 | Maties |
| Louw 9' | Report | Cullinan 4' Pote 37', 54' Phillips 45' |
* UCT
* 4 May 2019 15:15
| Wits | 1-4 | NWU |
| Janse van Vuren 17' | Report | Pretorius 44', 48' Laubscher 50' |
* UCT
* 4 May 2019 17:00
| Tuks | 3-4 | UJ |
| Zulu 8' Esteves 24', 32' | Report | Terblanche 9' Coopoosamy 22' |
* UCT
* 4 May 2019 18:45
| Ikeys | 5-4 | Madibaz |
| Hutchinson 35' Dollie 51' Leader 54'} | Report | Sissing 32' Gouws 56' |
* UCT
* 5 May 2019 13:30
| Maties | 7-0 | UJ |
| Kotze 3' Louwrens 37' Pote 40' Hendricks 41' | Report | |
* UCT
* 5 May 2019 15:15
| Madibaz | 0-7 | Wits |
| | Report | Janse van Vuren 24' Thenjwayo 44' Dykman 51' Datnow 52' |
* UCT
* 5 May 2019 17:00
| NWU | 1-4 | Kovsie |
| De Bruyn-Smith 23' | Report | Botha 11' Gouws 29' |
* UCT
* 5 May 2019 18:45
| Ikeys | 4-2 | Tuks |
| Vercelotti 50' Koenig 52' | Report | Marokoane 46' |
* UCT
* 6 May 2019 12:00
| Kovsie | 16-2 | Madibaz |
| Gouws 7', 22' Jacobs 32' Louw 36', 40' Ngoetjane 42' Botha 48' Erasmus 60' | Report | van Goeverden 40' |
* UCT
* 6 May 2019 13:45
| NWU | 0-3 | Tuks |
| Jacobs 41' Esteves 52' | Report | |
* UCT
* 6 May 2019 17:00
| Wits | 1-2 | UJ |
| Veto 23' | Report | Hawker 27' |
* UCT
* 6 May 2019 18:45
| Ikeys | 0-2 | Maties |
| | Report | Phillips 58' |
* UCT
* 10 May 2019 13:30
| Kovsie | 7-0 | Wits |
| Gouws 36' Ralikontsane 40' Louw 55' | Report | |
* NWU Astro
* 10 May 2019 15:15
| Ikeys | 2-2 | UJ |
| Vercelotti 60' | Report | May 43' |
| Penalties |||
| Koenig Hutchinson Ewing Tullis Winter | 1-2 | Terblanche Nkoe Hawker Gerber |
* NWU Astro
* 10 May 2019 17:00
| Tuks | 9-0 | Madibaz |
| Marais 18', 38', 52', 55' Esteves 44' | Report | |
* NWU Astro
* 10 May 2019 18:45
| NWU | 2-1 | Maties |
| Silent 28' | Report | Phillips 39' |
* NWU Astro
* 11 May 2019 12:30
| UJ | 3-0 | Madibaz |
| Paton 47' Kriel 55' | Report | |
* NWU Astro
* 11 May 2019 14:15
| Kovsie | 6-7 | Tuks |
| Gouws 3', 35' Louw 46', 48' | Report | Anderson 11' Esteves 13' Marokoane 14' Marais 33', 37' |
* NWU Astro
* 11 May 2019 16:00
| Wits | 2-2 | Maties |
| Thenjwayo 38' | Report | Botha 40' |
| Penalties |||
| Bone Quinn Dykman Thenjwayo Veto | 2-3 | Pote Bartsch Botha Kaps Stevens |
* NWU Astro
* 11 May 2019 17:45
| NWU | 6-0 | Ikeys |
| Maddocks 32' Silent 33' Ledwaba 53' | Report | |
* NWU Astro
* 12 May 2019 12:00
| Kovsie | 3-4 | Ikeys |
| Louw 11' Jacobs 40' Motsa 44' | Report | Leader 8' Koenig 20' |
* NWU Astro
* 12 May 2019 13:45
| Maties | 7-0 | Madibaz |
| Kaps 13' Botha 43' Southgate 54' Kotze 60' | Report | |
* NWU Astro
* 12 May 2019 17:00
| Wits | 0-3 | Tuks |
| | Report | Marokoane 41' Marais 58' |
* NWU Astro
* 12 May 2019 18:45
| NWU | 2-0 | UJ |
| Pretorius 36', 38' | Reports | |
* NWU Astro

### Seven place game

* 13 May 2019 13:30
| Wits | 3-2 | Madibaz |
| Janse van Vuren 42' Datnow 48' | Report | Gouws 51' |
* NWU Astro

### Fifth place game

* 13 May 2019 15:15
| UJ | 0-1 | Ikeys |
| | Report | Leader 18' |
* NWU Astro

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 13 May - NWU Astro | 13 May - NWU Astro |
| Maties | 7 |
| Maties | 7 | 20 May – NWU Astro | 20 May – NWU Astro |
| Tuks | 5 | 20 May – NWU Astro | 20 May – NWU Astro |
| Tuks | 5 | Maties | 0(1) |
| 13 May – NWU Astro | 13 May – NWU Astro | | Maties | 0(1) |
| 13 May – NWU Astro | 13 May – NWU Astro | NWU | 0(2) |
| Kovsie | 4 | NWU | 0(2) |
| NWU | 5 | | |

### Semi-finals

* 13 May 2019 17:00
| Maties | 7-5 | Tuks |
| Louwrens 2', 17' Hendricks 21' Botha 42' | Report | Esteves 41' Zulu 42' Thomas 48' |
* NWU Astro
* 13 May 2019 18:45
| Kovsie | 4-5 | NWU |
| Ralikontsane 26', 55' | Report | Du Preez 15' Pretorius 19', 60' |
* NWU Astro

### Final

* 20 May 2019 18:45
| Maties | 0-0 | NWU |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Pote Botha Phillips Bartsch Stevens | 1-2 | Adams Pretorius Laubscher Smit |
* NWU Astro

## Final standings

| Pos | Team |
| 1 | NWU (H) |
| 2 | Maties |
| 3 | Kovsie |
| 4 | Tuks |
| 5 | Ikeys |
| 6 | UJ |
| 7 | WITS |
| 8 | Madibaz |

## Goalscorers

There have been 193 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 5.85 goals per match.
14 goals
* Simoné Gouws (Kovsie)
12 goals
* Antonet Louw (Kovsie)
10 goals
* Marizen Marais (Tuks)
8 goals
* Lee-Ann Louwrens (Maties)
7 goals
* Natalie Esteves (Tuks)
* Carli Pretorius (NWU)
6 goals
* Nicole Koenig (Ikeys)
* Maikemisetso Marokoane (Tuks)
* Aimee-Leigh Pote (Maties)
5 goals
* Refilwe Ralikontsane (Kovsie)
4 goals
* Lezaan Janse van Vuren (Wits)
* Andrea Leader (Ikeys)
* Stephanie Botha (Maties)
* Paige Phillips (Maties)
* Casey-Jean Botha (Kovsie)
* Ashleigh Datnow (Wits)
* Caitlin Gouws (Madibaz)
* Ammaarah Hendricks (Maties)
* Lizanne Jacobs (Kovsie)
* Kelsey Minnaar (NWU)
* Candice Silent (NWU)
* Nompilo Thenjwayo (Wits)
* Francesca Vercelotti (Ikeys)
3 goals
* Lida Kotze (Maties)
* Onthatile Zulu (Tuks)
2 goals
* Megan Anderson (Tuks)
* Dinisha Coopoosamy (UJ)
* Aaliah Dollie (Ikeys)
* Courtney du Preez (NWU)
* Michelle Dykman (Wits)
* Kia-Leigh Erasmus (Kovsie)
* Chante Ferreira (NWU)
* Kanyisa Gwata (Madibaz)
* Lisa Hawker (UJ)
* Jess Hutchinson (Ikeys)
* Aneme Jacobs (Tuks)
* Rebecca Kaps (Maties)
* Tenika Kriel (UJ)
* Sare Laubscher (NWU)
* Sherine Ledwaba (NWU)
* Modjadji Maake (Ikeys)
* Charné Maddocks (NWU)
* Thato May (UJ)
* Michelle Ngoetjane (Kovsie)
* Zhanique Sissing (Madibaz)
* Jamie Southgate (Maties)
* Gabriella Terblanche (UJ)
* Ashleigh Thomas (Tuks)
* Caitlin van Goeverden (Madibaz)
1 goal
* Lenta Cullinan (Maties)
* Jessica De Bruyn-Smith (NWU)
* Jivanka Kruger (UJ)
* S'Thabile Motsa (Kovsie)
* Kristen Paton (UJ)
* Nomnikelo Veto (Wits)
Source: SAHA

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Top goalscorer |
| Onthatile Zulu (Tuks) | | Simoné Gouws (Kovsie) |