Wagga City Wanderers skipper Maddy Harris is hopeful a glut of home games in the back end of the season will allow them to surge up the ladder after securing a second win of the year with a 2-0 victory over Monaro.
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The Wanderers hadn't won since their first game of their maiden National Premier League Canberra season, but proved too strong for the Panthers at Gissing Oval to move level with them on the table.
In a quirk of the draw the Wanderers hadn't played at home since April 14, with their last six clashes in Canberra, but play away just once in their final six games.
The hosts scored their first goal after 13 minutes when an over-the-top pass from Brooke Gayler put Tess Vaccari one-on-one with the keeper.
Midway through the second half Gayler turned provider when her corner was headed home strongly by Christina Grauer-Kompos to seal the points.
Harris said the win would give the squad plenty of confidence and belief for the home stretch.
"It was exciting just to get a win back at home. Now we've won two games out of three at home, hopefully we can keep that momentum for the rest of the season.
"Not travelling and the home crowd support really helps."
Harris nominated midfielder Grauer-Kompos, defender Tia Lyons and winger Vaccari as their best.
"We did well with the counter attack and strung a few passes together once we found our feet," Harris said.
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