Stacey Michelsen in action at the Harry Barker Reserve. Photo / Photosport
The New Zealand women's hockey side were thumped 7-1 by Argentina in Gisborne today, just 24 hours after edging the same opposition.
A rampant Argentina looked a completely different side to the one that went down 1-0 yesterday, with a marked improvement on both sides of the ball.
Carla Rebecchi
played a starring role up front and scored four goals for the world's third-ranked team, while the Kiwis mustered just one of their own through Kirsten Pearce.
Head coach Mark Hager said his side need to make huge improvements to be a threat at the upcoming Hawke's Bay Cup.
"They stepped it up today and we were terrible," he said. "To be blunt we were woeful. We made a lot of bad errors, weren't disciplined in our structure and I think we had some players who gave up in the second half."
