By Alex Mitchell in Canberra

Canberra United legend Michelle Heyman has become the first player to score 100 goals in the top flight of Australian women’s football, netting twice to lead her side to a 3-1 win against Adelaide United.

Heyman scored twice in two minutes to help Canberra come back from 1-0 down and earn just their second win of the campaign in Saturday’s Unite Round action at Leichhardt Oval in Sydney.

In a battle between the league’s two lowest-ranked sides, the Reds controlled the first half and opened the scoring immediately after the break when clever work from Mariah Lee down the right wing created an easy tap-in for Isabel Hodgson.

But then Canberra’s forwards burst into life.

Heyman hit triple-figures in classic poacher’s fashion, pressing the United defenders and forcing a mistake before gathering the ball and coolly slotting it home.

As if reaching the milestone took a weight off her shoulders, the former Matilda doubled-up just a minute later with a towering header that gave Adelaide keeper Annalee Grove no chance.

Midfielder Vesna Milivojevic iced Canberra’s win with a stunner, blasting the ball home from outside the box on 64 minutes to give her side a 3-1 lead.

It was a convincing scoreline, but Canberra did not have everything their own way.

Adelaide’s Alana Jancevski had a string of chances to open the scoring in the first half, with one curling effort from the edge of the box forcing a strong diving save from goalkeeper Chloe Lincoln.

Heyman, who made her debut in 2008 in what was then the W-League, has also played for Sydney FC, Central Coast Mariners and Adelaide on the way to wrapping up her century.