Wins for Blues, Lisburn Ladies and Lisburn Rangers
Halliday scored twice as Linfield beat Larne at Midgley Park
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Linfield extended their winning run in the Women's Premiership to four games as they beat Larne 7-1 at Midgley Park.
Both Keri Halliday and Cora Chambers netted twice in the big win for the Blues.
Elsewhere, Aimee-Lee Peachey was the hero for Lisburn Ladies, scoring all four goals as they beat struggling Mid Ulster 4-1 at Stangmore Park.
Lisburn Rangers edged Crusaders in a cagey 2-1 win at the Bluebell.
Brilliant Blues
Halliday gave Linfield the lead inside the opening 60 seconds, before Tara Gilmour equalised for Larne five minutes later.
Chambers re-established the Blues' lead on 24 minutes with the in-form Eve Reilly adding a third.
Northern Ireland international Halliday got her second and Linfield's fourth on the stroke of half-time.
The Blues refused to let up in the second half, with Chambers netting again just after the hour mark and Ebony Leckey then scoring Linfield's sixth goal.
Eva Mylers added a late seventh for Ryan McConville's side who move up to third in the table.
Lisburn Ladies get back to winning ways
Peachey opened her account for Lisburn Ladies with a first half double.
Jessica Magee pulled a goal back before half-time for the hosts, with Peachey completing her hat-trick on 76 minutes.
She then added a late fourth with five minutes remaining as Lisburn ended their five-game losing streak.
Mid Ulster have now lost their opening seven league games and are rooted to the foot of the table.
Lisburn Rangers edge Crues
Lisburn Rangers bounced back from successive defeats in the league and Women's League Cup final with a narrow home win.
Sophie Megaw broke the deadlock on 22 minutes before Beth Chalmers then equalised for the Crues in the second half.
Faye Loughran scored six minutes before the end to snatch all three points for Lisburn Rangers, with Crusaders now having only won one of their last five league games.