Dorathy Eshiet: Meet the hottest striker at NWFL Championship

Dorathy Eshiet: Meet the hottest striker at NWFL Championship

Hassan Abdulsalam 10:19 - 19.07.2023

Dorathy Eshiet won the Highest goal scorer award and helped Lakeside Queens gain promotion to NWFL Premiership.

Lakeside Queens goal poacher, Dorathy Eshiet is regarded as the hottest striker for her displays at the just concluded Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) second tier, NWFL Championship.

Pulse Sports reported that Lakeside Queens joined Dannaz Ladies to pick an NWFL Premiership ticket at the end of the NWFL Championship in Ikenne, Ogun State.

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Eshiet won the Highest Goal Scorer award with seven goals and helped Lakeside Queens gain promotion to NWFL Premiership.

Lakeside Queens Promotion Journey

Lakeside Queens topped Group B with 12 points from five games, recording four wins from five games in the process.

Lakeside Queens

The Ikenne-based team showed great decisiveness over Prince Kazeem Eletu Queens in their last game in the League.

I feel proud of myself despite challenges - Eshiet

The Striker believes in her strong fighting spirit despite facing many family challenges.

Eshiet

She said, 

"It's been a tough journey; all I can say is God over everything. So many things I have passed through; my parents don't want me to play football, but I kept on having this zeal that this football is all my life and everything I can ever achieve in my life.

"I feel proud of myself although I didn't work for the goals, the goals just came and I was in the right position to score. I see myself in the national team."

Moje Queens and Delta Babes were relegated to the third tier League, the Nation Wide League.

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