Kisumu All Starlets held their own against FKF Women’s Premier League defending champions Kenya Police Bullets FC on Sunday for a barren draw, a point hard earned at the expense of the title-chasing side.Coach Juma Saidi’s girls, having already stopped another title-chasing side, Ulinzi Queens the week before, have this season made a name for themselves by putting up resilient performances and one key figure in this resurgence is utility player Beatrice Oywero.Former Sauti Sol artist Bien reveals three football teams he supportsInitially sidelined with a knee injury at the start of the season, the diminutive midfielder’s return saw Starlets pick up crucial points as they aim to stay up in their return season to the top flight as she credited her resilient spirit.”I had to be patient with the injury even after feeling I was ready to come back. There is a lot of competition within the team and luckily I can play multiple positions so when the coach gave me a chance after recovery I did not look back,” says the 22-year-old.##NAJAVA_MECA_8641724##An away trip to Bunyore saw Starlets wallop the hosts for three before Kibera Women Soccer dented their campaign with a one-nil loss in their backyard.A one-all draw away to Wadadia summed up their December performance. Oywero feels the intensity of their next fixtures after the December spell is the reason the team fails to climb up the log.Bob Munro: The man who fought match-fixing with a broken cameraMultiple champions Vihiga Queens were first up and then perennial domestic cup winners Ulinzi Queens. Police Bullets, a rescheduled fixture came soon after.”Against Queens, I think were were just caught flat-footed. They scored in quick succession and for a team of such calibre, it’s difficult to come back. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8641751##So heading into the Ulinzi and Police matches, we vowed not to drop our guard and even though we didn’t win any of them, the single points picked kept us at a safe position,” continues Oywero who sometimes plays in the left-back position.Oywero thinks they have a chance of pushing upward in the remaining fixtures now that the bigger hurdles have been dealt with.Ambani reacts to AFC Leopards’ heavy loss to FC Talanta”Not to say that the remaining matches will be easy but we’ll face them with improved confidence from our recent ties. The jump to ninth points to us at least moving up and finishing in the top half of the table,” she concludes.Coach Juma’s girls stay in the ninth position in the 12-team WPL table standings, tied on points with their City rivals KISPED Queens and just five points cushion from the relegation lot led by Mombasa Olympic.
