Wanganui's Tech College Old Boys gave a brave display in the catch-up match against Palmerston North Girls High School at Gonville Domain on Monday night.
The match had been deferred several times from round one of the Manawatu Women's Hockey division one championship and from the outset the Techno side looked vastly improved from early-season hammerings to go 1-nil up after just five minutes.
That early goal came from technical coach and team captain Michelle Low.
Game day coach Ian Glenny said from that moment on things looked positive for Techno.
"We have yet to win a game, but early on we were getting hammered," he said yesterday.