# 2013 Women's Australian Hockey League

The 2013 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 21st edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in the Tasmania city of Hobart.
The Queensland Scorchers won the gold medal for the fourth time by defeating the WA Diamonds 2–0 in a penalty shoot-out, after the final ended a 0–0 draw.

## Competition format

The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, consisting of four teams in a round-robin format. Teams then progress into either Pool C, the medal round, or Pool D, the classification round. Teams carry over points from their previous match ups, and contest teams they are yet to play.
The top two teams in each of pools A and B then progress to Pool C. The top two teams in Pool C continue to contest the Final, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Third and Fourth-place match.
The remaining bottom placing teams make up Pool D. The top two teams in Pool D play in the Fifth and Sixth-place match, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Seventh and Eighth-place match.

## Teams

* Canberra Strikers
* NSW Arrows
* NT Pearls
* QLD Scorchers
* SA Suns
* Tassie Van Demons
* VIC Vipers
* WA Diamonds

## Results
### First round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | WA Diamonds | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to Medal Round |
| 2 | Canberra Strikers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Medal Round |
| 3 | VIC Vipers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 | 5th to 8th Classification |
| 4 | Tassie Van Demons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | 5th to 8th Classification |
* 27 September 2013 17:00
| Victorian Vipers | 0–1 | Canberra Strikers |
| | Report | Flanagan 62' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 27 September 2013 19:00
| WA Diamonds | 3–0 | Tassie Van Demons |
| Esselmont 1' Ogilvie 38' Squibb 66' | Report | |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 29 September 2013 11:00
| Canberra Strikers | 3–0 | Tassie Van Demons |
| Cartwright 19' Watson 31' Bone 50' | Report | |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 29 September 2013 15:00
| WA Diamonds | 4–1 | Victorian Vipers |
| Squibb 25' S. Nelson 34' Esselmont 37' Pascov 55' | Report | Bond 69' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 1 October 2013 11:00
| WA Diamonds | 1–0 | Canberra Strikers |
| Chiu 21' | Report | |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 1 October 2013 17:00
| Victorian Vipers | 7–1 | Tassie Van Demons |
| Cohen 5', 68' Messent 16' Desmet 20' Barden 26' Riordan 34', 65' | Report | Ikin 43' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | QLD Scorchers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 | Advance to Medal Round |
| 2 | NSW Arrows | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 7 | Advance to Medal Round |
| 3 | SA Suns | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | 5th to 8th Classification |
| 4 | NT Pearls | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | 5th to 8th Classification |
* 27 September 2013 17:00
| NSW Arrows | 3–1 | SA Suns |
| Morgan 15' White 44' Webster 65' | Report | Parker 54' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 27 September 2013 19:00
| QLD Scorchers | 6–0 | NT Pearls |
| Fitzpatrick 24' Blyth 40' Reuter 43' Schulz 50', 53' Ashton 69' | Report | |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 29 September 2013 13:00
| SA Suns | 5–0 | NT Pearls |
| 15' Rudd 29' McMahon 42' Evans 53' Parker 63' | Report | |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 29 September 2013 17:00
| QLD Scorchers | 2–2 | NSW Arrows |
| Blyth 12' Kerr 38' | Report | Webster 35' Eastham 50' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 1 October 2013 13:00
| NSW Arrows | 5–1 | NT Pearls |
| Morgan 22' Close 37' Pearce 42' 46' Miller 50' | Report | Liddy 64' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 1 October 2013 15:00
| SA Suns | 0–2 | QLD Scorchers |
| | Report | Larosa 17' Reuter 25' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre

### Second round
#### Pool C (Medal Round)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | QLD Scorchers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
| 2 | WA Diamonds | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| 3 | NSW Arrows | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 4 | Canberra Strikers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
* 2 October 2013 17:00
| Canberra Strikers | 1–3 | NSW Arrows |
| Cartwright 4' | Report | White 21', 28' Hurtz 46' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 2 October 2013 19:00
| WA Diamonds | 0–1 | QLD Scorchers |
| | Report | Kershaw 56' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 4 October 2013 15:00
| WA Diamonds | 3–2 | NSW Arrows |
| 35' Buckley 43' A. Nelson 70' | Report | Carmichael 24' Close 64' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 4 October 2013 17:00
| Canberra Strikers | 0–1 | QLD Scorchers |
| | Report | Schulz 33' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre

#### Pool D (Classification Round)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | VIC Vipers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 |
| 2 | SA Suns | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 |
| 3 | NT Pearls | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 |
| 4 | TAS Van Demons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 |
* 2 October 2013 13:00
| TAS Van Demons | 2–3 | NT Pearls |
| Divin 45', 68' | Report | Peris 18' Sutherland 67' Morrison 70' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 2 October 2013 15:00
| VIC Vipers | 2–1 | SA Suns |
| Desmet 3' Joseph 50' | Report | Claxton 37' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 4 October 2013 11:00
| TAS Van Demons | 1–4 | SA Suns |
| 13' | Report | Roberson 16' McMahon 28' Rudd 37' Naylor 55' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre
* 4 October 2013 13:00
| VIC Vipers | 3–0 | NT Pearls |
| Riordan 5' Schubach 19' Chau 61' | Report | |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre

### Classification matches
#### Seventh and eighth place

* 5 October 2013 10:30
| NT Pearls | 1–4 | TAS Van Demons |
| Peris 7' | Report | Ikin 39' Reid 45' McCambridge 48' Jones 55' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre

#### Fifth and Sixth place

* 5 October 2013 12:30
| VIC Vipers | 2–1 | SA Suns |
| Messent 18', 21' | Report | Roberson 45' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre

#### Third and fourth place

* 5 October 2013 14:30
| NSW Arrows | 5–1 | Canberra Strikers |
| Webster 4', 35' Pearce 53', 70' Close 65' | Report | Evans 64' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre

#### Final

* 5 October 2013 16:30
| WA Diamonds | 0–0 | QLD Scorchers |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Symons A. Nelson Buckley Ogilvie | 0–2 | Schulz Fey Blyth Holzberger |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Play the Whistle |
| Karri McMahon | Hollie Webster | Ashlee Wells | NT Pearls |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
| | QLD Scorchers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 14 | Gold Medal |
| | WA Diamonds | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 13 | Silver Medal |
| | NSW Arrows | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 13 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Canberra Strikers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | Fourth Place |
| 5 | VIC Vipers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 12 | Fifth place |
| 6 | SA Suns | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 6 | Sixth Place |
| 7 | Tassie Van Demons | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 3 | Seventh Place |
| 8 | NT Pearls | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 3 | Eighth Place |

### Goalscorers

There were 89 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.71 goals per match.
4 goals
* Hollie Webster
3 goals
* Jade Close
* Kirsten Pearce
* Kellie White
* Jodie Schulz
* Stephanie Riordan
* Claire Messent
2 goals
* Jenna Cartwright
* Georgina Morgan
* Brooke Peris
* Madonna Blyth
* Rebecca Reuter
* Karri McMahon
* Georgie Parker
* Ashleigh Roberson
* Courtney Rudd
* Emily Divin
* Brigit Ikin
* Hannah Cohen
* Laura Desmet
* Jess Esslemont
* Penny Squibb
1 goal
* Edwina Bone
* Naomi Evans
* Anna Flanagan
* Shelley Watson
* Mathilda Carmichael
* Casey Eastham
* Emily Hurtz
* Rachel Miller
* Candice Liddy
* Ashleigh Morrison
* Danielle Sutherland
* Renee Ashton
* Madison Fitzpatrick
* Alyssa Kerr
* Stephanie Kershaw
* Jasmine Larosa
* Jane Claxton
* Holly Evans
* Emily Naylor
* Jackie Jones
* Sarah McCambridge
* Julia Reid
* Laura Barden
* Carla Bond
* Kary Chau
* Stacia Joseph
* Danielle Schubach
* Jemma Buckley
* Olivia Chiu
* Ashleigh Nelson
* Shayni Nelson
* Airlie Ogilvie
* Caitlin Pascov
1 own goal
* NSW Arrows (Against NT Pearls)
* SA Suns (Against NT Pearls)
* Tassie Van Demons (Against SA Suns)
* WA Diamonds (Against NSW Arrows)