Вästerås Women beat Eskilstuna GYIF 37:25 in the Swedish Cup on Friday. The hosts went a goal better than their result four days ago, when they won 38:27. It is a comfortable margin for a team that paid for a sloppy opening in the previous meeting and didn't repeat the mistake.
Eskilstuna sit fourth in the table with three draws and no points. By then they had lost their last five competitive matches, only finding form against Redbergslids in March. The draw record looks better on paper than the reality of a side that did not travel to make up the numbers.
Västerås are on a run of three wins from four games. They beat Skuru and Skövde before the cup opener against Eskilstuna, then lost to Skara on both occasions. The difference now is they turned to the kids when needed and kept their heads, rather than chasing the game.
The gap between the two sides was clear from the first half. Eskilstuna could not match the pace Västerås set, and the stadium fell silent when the hosts went up by twelve goals. There were no dramatic comebacks, just a steady accumulation of goals.
The result leaves Eskilstuna still searching for their first win. They need something to change, and a cup match is not the time to claw their way back from a fifteen-goal deficit. Västerås are in control of the tie, and they know it.