LGFA Ladies SFC Semi-Final
St. Ergnat’s 5-14 Glenavy 0-6
St. Ergnat’s Moneyglass advanced into another Antrim Senior Championship final as they recorded a runaway victory over St. Joseph’s Glenavy in a one sided semi-final on Sunday.
The Chapel Hill girls have enjoyed a good season themselves and the former Ulster Junior finalists gave it everything against their more accomplished opponents but the gap between the Marian Hill side and the rest of the pack shows little sign of closing.
Moneyglass raced into a 2-7 to 0-3 half time lead with goals from Katie McCloskey and Jo Jo Darragh and even at this stage it was hard to see St. Joseph’s staging a comeback.
The reigning Antrim champions would push on to add a further three majors in the second half with Katie McCloskey, Jo Jo Darragh and Leah Cassidy rattling the Glenavy net as they pushed on to win convincingly.
It was Glenavy who were first off the mark when Eva Ramsey pointed them ahead in the 4th minute but two converted frees from Cathy Carey had St. Ergnat’s ahead by the 7th minute.
St. Joseph’s were giving it everything and Anna Rice and Megan McGarry had them back on terms by the 10th minute but it would prove to be their final score of the half.
Katie McCloskey’s goal in the 15th minute saw the Marian Hill side find another gear as Sarah O’Neill, Annie Griffin, Jo Jo Darragh and Cathy Carey added points and by half time the game looked out of reach of the Chapel Hill side.
By that stage they had moved seven ahead thanks to a second goal from Jo Jo Darragh and things would not get any better for St. Joseph’s after the break.
They did manage another three points from frees with Ellen Morgan leading the way with two and the other coming from Anna McStravick but there would be no let up from the Marian Hill side with places in the final up for grabs.
Jo Jo Darragh kicked three early points before Katie McCloskey got through for her second goal and her sides third and Cathy Carey 0-2 and Maria O’Neill added further points with Cassidy and Darragh adding late goals to seal a comprehensive victory for the reigning champions.
They will meet St. Brigid’s in the final after they defeated St. Paul’s in the other semi-final at Musgrave Park in a real cracker that was in the balance until late in the game with St. Brigid’s emerging 1-11 to 1-10 winners in a great game of football.
Moneyglass: 1 Aine Devlin, 2 Niamh Neeson, 3 Niamh McIntosh, 4 Aoife Leahy, 5 Danielle Duffin, 6 Rebecca Bradley, 7 Danielle Connolly, 8 Sarah O’Neill, 9 Aoife Kelly, 10 Annie Griffin, 11 Maria O’Neill, 12 Cliona Griffin, 13 Cathy Carey, 14 KatieMcCloskey 15 Jo Jo Darragh, 21 Leah Cassidy
Glenavy: 1 Orlagh Mullin, 2 Aideen McCambridge, 3 Meabh Bradley, 4 Geraldine McCann, 5 Bronagh Forester, 6 Cathy Scannell, 7 Natasha O’Neill, 8 Eva Ramsey, 9 Anna Rice, 10 Anna McStravick, 11 Ellen Morgan, 12 Aoibhin Gormley, 13 Megan McGarry, 14 Aoibheann Monaghan, 15 Mary McStravick
Referee: Stephen Higgins (Tir na nOg)
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