ACFL Division 2
St. Teresa’s 1-13 St. Ergnat’s 3-13
St. Ergnat’s continue to set the pace in division 2 and on Wednesday night as they recorded another good win when they travelled to the Glen Road and defeated St. Teresa’s.
The visitors opened the scoring with points from Seanchan and Colm Duffin before Eoghan Hamill got the hosts on their way with a point in the 11th minute.
Aidan McErlain edged the visitors two ahead again but they were rocked back on their heels when Eoghan Hamill fired home the game’s opening goal for St. Teresa’s with 13 minutes gone.
John Mallon added a point to move the Glen Road side two ahead but the visitors replied through Aidan McErlain and Colm Duffin to draw level with 18 minutes gone and appeared to be taking control.
It was St. Teresa’s however who finished the half on top as Niall McCann kicked three points between the 20th and 27th minute with Colm Duffin replying for the visitors and John Mallon concluding the first half scoring with a late St. Teresa’s point.
Conor Boyd for Moneyglass and Conor Mallon for the home side exchanged points to keep the gap at three with three minutes of the new half gone before Aidan McErlain struck with a goal for the visitors to level matters in the 5th minute.
This score seemed to fire St. Ergnat’s into life and Tyler Cassidy followed immediately with a point before the excellent McErlain finished to the net again for his side’s second goal.
The momentum was very much with Moneyglass as Colm Duffin fired over his third point of the evening in the 9th minute with Niall McCann replying with St. Teresa’s second point of the half to briefly relieve the pressure.
Back came St. Ergnat’s with full-back, Paul Duffin getting forward to split the posts and Aidan McErlain adding another to move his side six ahead as they continued to dictate matters.
John Mallon struck a fine 2 pointer in an effort to get his side back into contention but it was immediately cancelled out as Conor Boyd raised the visitor’s third green flag of the evening.
Mallon was doing everything in his power to get the home side going and he added another 2 pointer with 8 minutes remaining but it was to no avail with Ronan Campbell and Paul Duffin, with his second of the evening responding for the visitors.
The final point of the evening would fall to St. Teresa’s but at this stage St. Ergnat’s had matters well and truly sewn up as they join Sarsfields on 8 points from 4 starts, the Stewartstown Road side recording a resounding 3-18 to 0-9 win away to Glenavy on the same evening.
St. Teresa’s: 1 Brendan Bennett, Aodhan Dugan, 3 Paul Johnston, 4 Ryan Mallon, 5 Conor Mallon, 6 Eoin Connolly, 7 Conor O’Rawe, 8 Colm mcGoldrick, 9 Pierce O’Rawe, 10 John Mallon, 11 Anton Taylor, 12 Sean Maguire, 13 Eoghan Hamill, 14 Niall McCann, 15 Paul McGoldrick
St. Ergnat’s: 1 Jamie McLaughlin, 2 Matthew Mullan, 3 Paul Duffin, 4 Oisin Hamill, 5 Conor Boyd, 6 Seanchan Duffin, 7 Conor O’Kane, 8 Kevin McCann, 9 Frank Duffin, 10 Callum Murray, 11 Sean Boyd, 12 Dermot McErlain, 13 Aidan McErlain, 14 Colum Duffin, 15 Tyler Cassidy
Subs: Feargal Duffin for Sean Boyd, Ronan Senan O’Boyle for Oisin Hamill, Connladh McCann for Callum Murray, Ronan Campbell for Tyler Cassidy, Charlie McCloskey for Colm Duffin.
Referee; Martin Quinn
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