Hockey: Whitewash on team's wishlist

By TERRY MADDAFORD

It took a comeback from the New Zealand women to square the series 2-2 with South Korea in March after winning the opening match.

But coach Jan Borren is not even thinking about drawing the present series with India.

Ahead 2-0 after victories in Whangarei and at North Harbour's Rosedale Park, Borren wants a 4-0 clean sweep by the time the final game ends in Hamilton tomorrow afternoon.

The two sides, after a couple of days off, meet in the third test on the new water surface at Auckland Grammar School this afternoon.

"Our objective, obviously, is to win 4-0. We are on track to do that," Borren said.

"We know we can do better than we did in winning 1-0 on Wednesday night."

The poor penalty corner conversion rate has led to some remedial work in that department at training, and while he is not promising miracles, Borren is confident of something better.

"To be as dominant as we were and win only 1-0 was disappointing. Penalty corners are about organisation and options, and we now at least know what we are trying to achieve."

With no injuries and with only a couple of players affected by colds, Borren has a full-strength squad from which to name his starting lineups for the weekend double-header.

He has used both goalkeepers so far, with Anne-Marie Irving playing in the first test (convincingly won 3-1) and Helen Clarke the second.

Both will get game time in the last two internationals, which start at 3.30 pm.