A Jodie Nichol hattrick has catapulted Northland into the semifinals and a date with North Harbour at the Ford National Hockey League competition in Wellington.
Northland were rarely troubled in their 7-1 trouncing of Southern Storm and got through a great warm-up for the semifinals.
Northland picked up a fourth-minute goal through Black Stick Brooke Neal to set the tone for what would be an impressive outing.
Southern fought hard, particularly in the first 25 minutes where Neal's effort was the only goal that got past their defence.
However, the power and precision of Northland could only be held out for so long and on 25 minutes, Nichol stamped her mark on the contest.