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Geelong midfielder Nina Morrison starred as the Cats kept Gold Coast goalless until the third term for their first AFLW win of the season.
Geelong have gone on a goalscoring blitz to hammer Gold Coast by 69 points for their first win of the AFLW season.
With Nina Morrison starring in the midfield, the Cats went from famine to feast after only managing 0.5 last week against Carlton and won Saturday's away match 15.6 (96) to 4.3 (27).
Gold Coast kicked three goals in the final term, meaning they avoided their highest losing margin, and the Cats were only six points short of their highest AFLW score.
The massacre takes Geelong to a 1-2 record, with a draw, to keep them in the finals hunt, while the Suns only have a draw after four rounds.
With Georgie Prespakis out through injury for a second game, Morrison stood up in the midfield and dominated.
She racked up 26 dispoals, including 16 contested possessions and seven clearances, and kicked a goal.
Irish star Aishling Moloney kicked a career-best four goals as the Cats repeatedly punished Gold Coast on turnovers.
Jackie Parry kicked three goals in her 50th game and Shelley Scott also posted three.
The Suns were competitive early, but the Cats broke clear with three goals.
Then, with only seconds left in the first term, Kate Kenny was paid a dubious free in a marking contest and had a shot at goal from 60m out.
As the siren sounded, Kate Darby protected the ball superbly and it bounced through for their fourth.
That typified how the mis-match went - everything Geelong did turned to gold and the Suns could do nothing right.
Jamie Stanton, whose booming goal after the siren secured the draw against GWS last week, brought the Suns into a huddle at halftime and was animated with her teammates.
Suns captain Tara Bohanna finally kicked their first goal seven minutes into the third quarter.
There was a scuffle at three-quarter time after Morrison pushed over Suns star Charlie Rowbottom, prompting a couple of Geelong players to point at the scoreboard.
Gold Coast's Claudia Whitfort had a game-high 28 disposals and Rowbottom racked up 25.