Accrington Stanley Women continued their perfect start to the new league season with an impressive 4-1 victory over Bolton Wanderers Women Reserves at the Wham Stadium.
Goals from Grace Driscoll, Ava Schofield, Ellie Parker and Summer West secured all three points for Brigan Young's side last Wednesday evening.
The result followed victories over Morecambe and Haslingden and made it three league wins from three for Stanley Women, with the Reds scoring an impressive 19 goals in the process.
Stanley Women returned to league action determined to respond after suffering a narrow 1-0 defeat against Rochdale in the FA Cup just a few days earlier.
Bolton were also keen to make a bright start and tested Amy Hood from distance, with the Stanley Women goalkeeper equal to the effort.
The game continued at a lively, end-to-end pace and captain for the night Driscoll went close when her free-kick flew narrowly wide.
The Bolton goalkeeper then produced a good save to deny West, but the breakthrough arrived moments later.
Driscoll collected the ball within shooting range and produced a superb long-range strike to open the scoring and register her first goal of the season.
Stanley Women quickly doubled their advantage as Schofield found the back of the net to put the Reds firmly in control at the Wham Stadium.
With Stanley Women now relentless going forward, a third soon followed.
Parker was introduced as a first-half substitute and made an immediate impact, scoring with her first touch of the match to extend the advantage.
The Reds continued to push for more, but Bolton reduced the deficit shortly before the interval to make it 3-1 at half time.
Stanley Women wasted little time in restoring their three-goal cushion after the restart, though.
West powered an effort into the bottom corner to make it 4-1 and bring up Stanley Women's 19th league goal in just three matches.
There were opportunities at both ends as the second half progressed, with Izzy Tennant producing an excellent pass to find Sanah Mehdi.
