Commonwealth Games: Former Dunfermline Carnegie Hockey Club player Eve Pearson stars for Team Scotland

The 20-year-old, a former pupil at Commercial Primary School, made her Games debut in Birmingham, played in each of the Scots' matches, which brought two victories.

Eve, whose current club is the University of Edinburgh, said after her selection that she was "absolutely buzzing" for her first Commonwealth Games - and Scotland caps - noting: "This is huge for me.

"After I joined the squad I started to believe in myself. Once I started training I took the pressure off myself and it made me able to perform to the best of my abilities.

"I feel so lucky to be playing alongside all the girls in the team; the first game against South Africa will be my first cap and that’s the game that’ll be the massive one for me."

She helped Scotland make the perfect start to their Pool B campaign against South Africa, as the Tartan Hearts enjoyed a 4-2 victory, thanks to goals from Charlotte Watson, captain Sarah Robertson, Fiona Burnet and Jen Eadie.

New Zealand were up next and, despite being ranked nine places below their opponents, Eve and her Scotland team-mates produced a disciplined, hard-working performance that saw them unfortunate not to claim a share of the points, with Rose Tynan's effort separating the sides.

In their third match, a free-flowing display saw the Scots put 11 past Kenya without reply, in which a penalty corner won by Eve was converted by Amy Costello at the end of the first quarter to put them six goals ahead.

Scotland's meeting with Australia in their final pool match saw a semi-final place on the line, but the Hockeyroos - ranked third in the world, who went on to lose to England in the gold medal match - earned a 2-0 win, despite another brave and disciplined Scottish performance.

That put them into a match with Canada to determine who would finish fifth and sixth but, after another enthralling encounter, it was the Canadians who came out on top, winning 3-1.