Northern Property LGFA SFC
St. Joseph’s 2-13 Glenravel 0-5
Pics by Bert Trowlen
St. Joseph’s Glenavy got their Northern Property SFC campaign back on track with a good win over Con Magee’s, Glenravel at St. Paul’s on Sunday to move into second place in the Group.
The Chapel Hill side put Last week’s heavy defeat to Group leaders and reigning champions, St. Ergnat’s Moneyglass behind them with a strong performance against the girls from the 10th Glen to climb into second place.
They certainly didn’t get it all their own way during a competitive opening half where the Con Magee’s gave as good as they got and it still looked all to play for when they turned around with only three points separating the sides.
After the break it was a different story as Glenavy stepped it up a gear to take control and Glenravel would add only one further point as St. Joseph’s took control.
Glenravel offered stubborn resistance with Caitlin McKeown pulling off a couple of excellent saves but she was finally beaten when Aoibheann Monaghan found the net in the 28th minute and the same player added a second in injury time.
Ellen Morgan, Natasha O’Neill and Keela McAllister fired St. Joseph’s into a three point lead by the 6th minute but Glenravel came back strongly with points from Leona Gillan and Niamh McKay to close the gap to the minimum at the end of the opening quarter.
Keela McAllister, Aoibheann Monaghan and Natasha O’Neill moved the Chapel Hill girls four in front by the 22nd minute and Aimee Traynor for Glenravel and Lydia Grant for St. Joseph’s exchanged further points before (12) replied with the final point of the half for the Con Magee’s to leave it 0-7 to 0-4 at the break
HT 0-7 TO 0-4
After the break St. Joseph’s assumed control as they introduced Anna Mulholland and Anna Rice and the impressive Aoibheann Monaghan hit two early points to extend their lead to five before Aimee Traynor replied with a point for the Con Magee’s in the 11th minute.
Mulholland announced her arrival with two well taken points before Monaghan put the game to bed when she finally found a way past the impressive Con Magees netminder Caitlin McKeown with two minutes of normal time remaining.
St. Joseph’s finished strongly and Keela McAllister had her goal bound shot superbly pushed over by McKewon at the expense of a point with Anna Rice adding another before Aoibheann Monaghan put the icing on a fine individual performance with her second goal in the 62nd minute
Glenavy: 16 Orla Mullin, 2 Aideen McCambridge, 3 Meabh Bradley, 4 Geraldine McCann, 5 Bronagh Forester, 6 Cathy Scannell, 7 Aoibhin Gormley, 8 Natasha O’Neill, 9 Anna McStravick, 10 Lydia Grant, 11 Ellen Morgan, 12 Megan McGarry, 13 Keela McAllister, 14 Aoibheann Monaghan, 15 Mary McStravick.
Subs: Anna Mulholland, Anna Rice
Con Magees, Glenravel
1 – Caitlin McKeown
2 – Anita McKeown
3 – Emer McCann
4 – Clodagh McCann
5 – Sarah Fyfe
6 – Maeve Mulholland
7 – Aisling Donnelly
8 – Caitlin Law
9 – Orlaith Gould
10 – Rosa McCrudden
11 – Leona Gillan
12 – Niamh McKay
13 – Aimee Traynor
14 – Jaime Woulahan
15 – Aisling Mulholland
SUBS
Katie McDonnell
Keira Young
Cliodhna McBride
Eimear Butler
Aoibhinn McKenna
Emily Sharpe
Clodagh McPeake
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