{"id":342677,"date":"2026-07-22T12:19:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/342677\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:19:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:19:39","slug":"south-african-women-beat-namibia-2-0-to-take-command-of-test-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/342677\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Women Beat Namibia 2-0 to Take Command of Test Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

The South African Women made it two wins from two against Namibia, claiming a 2-0 victory in the second Test at Elkanah House High School in Cape Town on Tuesday, 21 July 2026.<\/p>\n

The match was a significant occasion for Ongeziwe Mali and Marlise van Tonder, who both earned their 50th international caps, while Baylee Engelke made her senior international debut.<\/p>\n

South Africa made the perfect start when Hannah Pearce netted her third goal of the series in the second minute with another superbly placed drag flick.<\/p>\n

The home side were unable to build on the early breakthrough, however, as Namibia did an excellent job of disrupting the South African rhythm and spoiling their attacking opportunities. The visitors earned a couple of penalty corners of their own, but the South African defence held firm, and the score remained 1-0 at half-time.<\/p>\n

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Kayla de Waal came close to adding a second from a penalty corner after the break, only to be denied by an excellent save from Namibia goalkeeper Petro Stoffberg.<\/p>\n

De Waal would not be denied for long. Fine work from Stephanie Botha created the opportunity in the 33rd minute, and De Waal showed tremendous composure to finish and double the South African advantage.<\/p>\n

\"AA determined Kayla de Waal was also on target in the final quarter, for the South African Women to go 2-nil up in the four-test series.<\/p>\n

South Africa closed out the win to move two up in the four-match series, but they will be disappointed with the quality of their conversion after creating several promising opportunities.<\/p>\n

The third Test takes place on Thursday, 23 July 2026 at 17h00 at Elkanah House High School.<\/p>\n

The South Africa vs. Namibia Women\u2019s Test Series from 20 July to 24 July 2026<\/p>\n

Mon 20 July: South Africa 4-0 Namibia<\/a> (Elkanah House High School)
Tue 21 July: South Africa 2-0 Namibia (Elkanah House High School)
Thurs 23 July, 17h00: South Africa vs. Namibia (Elkanah House High School)
Fri 24 July, 14h00: South Africa vs. Namibia (Hartleyvale Stadium)<\/p>\n

South Africa Starting XI\u00a0<\/p>\n

4 Stephanie Botha
5 Edith Molikoe (Captain)
12 Ntsopa Mokoena
18 Hannah Pearce
26 Cailynn den Bakker
27 Kayla de Waal
30 Caylin Maree
31 Marlise van Tonder (Goalkeeper)
35 Lerato Mahole
37 Tegan Fourie
38 Shanna Mendonca<\/p>\n

Substitutes<\/p>\n

1 Morgan de Jager (Goalkeeper)
10 Onthatile Zulu
13 Paris-Gail Isaacs
21 Ongeziwe Mali
41 Baylee Engelke
44 Laiken Brisset
45 Nomsa Mzizi<\/p>\n

Namibia Starting XI<\/p>\n

2 Jasmine Cartwright (Goalkeeper)
4 Sunelle Pretorius (Captain)
6 Nicola Fourie
7 Tamara Gr\u00f6gli
8 Jivanka Kruger
11 Abigail Rowles
12 Gillian Hermanus
14 Ottilie Hinda
15 Jahntwa Kruger
19 Taramarie Myburgh
24 Charlize Rix<\/p>\n

Substitutes<\/p>\n

1 Petro Stoffberg (Goalkeeper)
9 Alice Rowles
10 Marika Neethling
13 Leila Gr\u00f6gli
16 Amber Dercksen
18 Sienna Richards
25 Allison January<\/p>\n

Original Copy: SA Hockey, with editing by gsport<\/p>\n

Main Photo Caption: Hannah Pearce scored first from a short corner for South Africa to beat Namibia 2-0 in the second Test of their four-match series at Elkanah House High School in Cape Town on Tuesday, 21 July 2026. All Photos: ACK Sports Photography\u00a0<\/p>\n

Photo 2 Caption: A determined Kayla de Waal was also on target in the final quarter, for the South African Women to go 2-nil up in the four-test series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The South African Women made it two wins from two against Namibia, claiming a 2-0 victory in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[43],"tags":[165496,165497,165498,165499,165500,39231,165501,2065,165502,165503,85991,107583,165504,165505,165506,165507,107584,107586,107587,165508,165509,32954,165510,165511,165512,165513,165514,165515,165516,165517,165518,165519,165520,102,165521,165522,165523,165524,165525,165526,165527,165528,165529,165530,10563,107595,165531,165532,165533,165534,165535,165536,165537,165538,165539,3920,57520,165540,165541,86048],"class_list":["post-342677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-namibia","tag-abigail-rowles","tag-alice-rowles","tag-allison-january","tag-amber-dercksen","tag-baylee-engelke","tag-brand-south-africa","tag-cailynn-den-bakker","tag-cape-town","tag-caylin-maree","tag-charlize-rix","tag-department-of-sport-arts-and-culture","tag-dsac","tag-edith-molikoe","tag-elkanah-house-high-school","tag-fih-hockey-world-cup","tag-gillian-hermanus","tag-gsport","tag-gsport-newsroom","tag-gsport4girls","tag-hannah-pearce","tag-hartleyvale-stadium","tag-hockey","tag-inky-zondi","tag-jahntwa-kruger","tag-jasmine-cartwright","tag-jivanka-kruger","tag-kayla-de-waal","tag-laiken-brisset","tag-leila-grogli","tag-lerato-mahole","tag-marika-neethling","tag-marlise-van-tonder","tag-morgan-de-jager","tag-namibia","tag-namibia-test-series","tag-namibia-womens-hockey","tag-nicola-fourie","tag-nomsa-mzizi","tag-ntsopa-mokoena","tag-ongeziwe-mali","tag-onthatile-zulu","tag-ottilie-hinda","tag-paris-gail-isaacs","tag-petro-stoffberg","tag-sabc","tag-sabc-sport","tag-shanna-mendonca","tag-sienna-richards","tag-south-african-hockey","tag-south-african-womens-hockey","tag-stephanie-botha","tag-sunelle-pretorius","tag-tamara-grogli","tag-taramarie-myburgh","tag-tegan-fourie","tag-telkom","tag-test-series","tag-trevor-cormack","tag-womens-hockey","tag-world-cup-preparation"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}