By Ntokozo Magongo
MBABANE – Young Buffaloes Ladies goes to the semi-finals on Thursday to play against South Africa’s University of the Western Cape with their defender Siphilisiwe Ndlovu the leading top goal scorer with three goals.
Ndlovu scored a the first hat trick of the tournament, propelling the army side to reach the semi-finals of the CAF Women’s Champions League/ COSAFA Qualifiers in Malawi for the first time.
Ndlovu was also announced the player of the match during the 4-0 win over Mozambique’s UD de Lunginga on Tuesday. Buffaloes have scored six goals so far in the tournament after 2-1 defeat, 1-all draw and the 4-0 win.
There are five players behind Ndlovu with each having scored two goals. They also include her team-mate Sandiswa Ngcamphalala. The others are Alephar Chimbeta (Ascent Academy), Faith Chinzimu (Ascent Academy), Bongeka Gamede (UWC) and Maudy Mafuruse (Herentals Queens).
The win saw the team from Eswatini going top momentarily with four points from three games courtesy of head-to-head at the expense of Lichinga who also wound up their games with four points.
The overall winner of the 10-day tournament will book a place at the CAF Women’s Champions League’s continental finals, joining Mamelodi Sundowns who did not participate in the qualifiers as they had already secured their finals’ slot by virtue of being African champions
