Upminster’s men beat Potters Bar 3-0 in a friendly but competitive encounter to keep pace with the teams around them in their push for a top-three finish.
They started well, enjoying a lot of early possession and creating chances from the outset, but failed to make them count.
Potters Bar began to find their way back into the game with a string of penalty corners, which were to no avail thanks to some good work by the Upminster defence.
And Upminster made the breakthrough on the stroke of half time through a great individual effort and strike from Alex Mitchell.
The second half began much the same with Upminster asserting early pressure on the Potters Bar defence.
More chances followed but again Upminster failed to make them count before extending their lead when a penalty corner move broke down and fell to in-form Mitchell to convert his second of the game.
Upminster were awarded a penalty stroke late on, after a penalty corner struck a defender on the line, which was converted – just- by Jamie O’Dell to maintain hopes of finishing second behind champions Bishop’s Stortford.
They will look to keep the good results coming as they go into a double-header weekend against Old Loughts on Saturday and at Bedford on Sunday.
