Souths did their best work early to down University 7-1 in the Hunter Coast Premier Hockey League on Sunday.
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Seb Rollings scored a hat-trick, while Ben Hanlon, Simon Vimpani, Jack Eckford and Koby Johnstone got one each for the third-placed Lions, who went to five wins and three losses for the season.
Coach Glenn Bisson said his side led 3-0 at quarter-time and 3-1 at half-time in an "up and down" performance against last-placed Uni at Newcastle International Hockey Centre.
"We started off pretty well, but we were a little bit hot and cold. Probably the middle half of the game, we were a bit ordinary, then we finished off not too bad," Bisson said.
"There's room for improvement with our possession and we switched off totally for their goal."
In the other game, Gosford beat Wests 7-1. Michael Taylor scored three penalty corner goals.
On Saturday, all Newcastle women's premier league games at NIHC were washed out. At Wyong, Gosford beat Uni 3-0.
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