The New Zealand women's hockey side started their series against China with a 2-1 victory in Beijing last night.
The match was level 1-1 before striker Katie Glynn deflected in the winning goal with less than three minutes on the clock.
Black Sticks coach Mark Hager said it was agutsy victory against the Chinese, who are ranked one place higher in the world than the sixth-ranked Kiwis.
"It was a hard-fought game but we were inconsistent and pretty patchy,'' Hager said. "We need a complete 70-minute effort in the next match.''
The home side opened the scoring in the 10th minute from a penalty corner before the Kiwis responded a minute later when speedster Anita Punt broke through the midfield and effort smashed a reverse shot into the goal.
