After their European fixtures, Šiauliai's Gintra returned to action in the Lithuanian Women's A League.
In a high-scoring home match, the Lithuanian champions won 7:3 (3–2 at half-time) against Banga of Gargždai for their 12th league victory. They remain top of the table with 38 points.
Several injured players were unavailable. Sabrina Amorim, Gracie Knutzen, Anni Hakasalo, Viktoria Lavreniuk and Agnieška Kazarina were not in the squad. Canadian Kiyani Johnson's season is already over following a serious injury.
Starting lineup: A. Herasymchuk, M. Yancey (A. Šveckutė 72'), A. Diachenko (U. Grincevičiūtė 46'), T. Romanovskaja (L. Ribeiro 61'), T. Brown, A. Mikutaitė, L. Kubiliūtė, M. Jakubaitė (J. Dias 72'), J. Blaževičiūtė, K. Pereviznyk, E. Mideva (M. Proscevičiūtė 61').
Gintra: J. Blaževičiūtė (12', 75', 88'), three; K. Pereviznyk (16'), A. Diachenko (23'), L. Kubiliūtė (48') and A. Mikutaitė (71'), one each.
Banga: E. Tamošauskaitė (21' pen.), K. Pranulytė (45' pen.) and M. Ademulegun (53'), one each.
Both teams attacked sharply from the start. Elizabeth Mideva had an early opportunity to put her side ahead but could not reach the ball in time.
Banga immediately created a chance of their own, with 42-year-old striker Natacha Diona Bibi firing just wide.
The Lithuanian champions soon went ahead through Justina Blaževičiūtė in the 12th minute. Kristina Pereviznyk doubled their lead a few minutes later: 2–0.
The visitors refused to surrender. After winning a penalty, Banga pulled a goal back through Estela Tamošauskaitė's spot kick: 2–1.
Gintra quickly restored their two-goal lead when Atėnė Diachenko headed in from a corner for her first A League goal: 3–1.
Before half-time, however, Banga won another penalty and converted it to make the score 3–2.
Artūr Sikorskij made a change at the break, bringing Ugnė Grincevičiūtė on for A. Diachenko. In the 48th minute, Laura Kubiliūtė scored to restore the hosts' two-goal advantage: 4–2.
Banga rallied for a third time. Magret Ademulegun headed in from a set piece to make it 4–3.
Gintra captain Algimantė Mikutaitė gave the hosts breathing space again. Her excellent long-range strike beat the goalkeeper and restored the two-goal cushion: 5–3.
Moments later, J. Blaževičiūtė went one-on-one with the goalkeeper and scored again, ending any remaining uncertainty at 6–3. She completed her hat-trick late on with Gintra's seventh goal: 7–3.