There was a full program of matches in the EYHL Women's Division on Saturday, and here are the details of those games:
PEGASUS 2 (Shirley McCay PC 15 mins; Zara Malseed PC 53 mins)
OLD ALEXANDRA 3 (Aoife Taaffe FG 18 mins; Elena Neill PC 49 mins; PC 56 mins)
Ninth-placed Pegasus' struggles continued when they were on the wrong end of a five-goal thriller at Queen's University. Shirley McCay's converted penalty corner gave the hosts the lead in the fifteenth minute. Aoife Taaffe equalised for Old Alexandra with a goal from open play three minutes later. It was 1-1 at half time. Two penalty corners, in the forty-ninth and fifty-sixth minutes respectively by Elena Neill bookended an equalising penalty corner for Pegasus for Zara Malseed in the fifty-third minute, to leave the final score Pegasus 2 Old Alexandra 3, with Old Alexandra securing only their second win of the season in their seventh of the campaign. They still have only been beaten once this season.
CATHOLIC INSTITUTE 1 (Anna Horan PC 70 mins)
MONKSTOWN 2 (Emily Kealy FG 36 mins; Sophie Moore PC 56 mins)
Catholic Institute lost to Monkstown in a close game at Rosbrien. The first half produced lots of effort, but no goals and it was still scoreless at the break. The visitors took the lead with an Emily Kealy goal from open play, in the thirty-sixth minute and Sophie Moore scored a penalty corner twenty minutes later to leave Monkstown 2-0 ahead and looking good for victory. Catholic Institute replied in the final minute through an Anna Horan converted penalty corner to leave the final score Catholic Institute 1 Monkstown 2.
ULSTER ELKS 0
LORETO 2 (Síofra O'Brien PC 44 mins; Sarah Torrans FG 54 mins)
Ulster Elks' unbeaten run came to a grinding halt at Jordanstown when visitors Loreto came, saw, and conquered returning home to Dublin with a full set of League points. A close first half produced no goals. And near the end of quarter three Síofra O'Brien scored from open play to leave Loreto leading 1-0 at the end of the third quarter. Sarah Torrans made the points safe for the visitors with her goal from open play in the fifty-fourth minute and it proved to be the final goal of the game. Loreto continue their reign as League leaders after this 2-0 win over Ulster Elks in Jordanstown.
PEMBROKE WANDERERS 2 (Aisling Naughton FG 17 mins; FG 37 mins)
CORINTHIANS 1 (Jessica McGrane PC 69 mins)
Pembroke Wanderers opened a gap between themselves and Ulster Elks following this narrow win over Corinthians. The bottom side, who have yet to pick up their first League point of the season, made Wanderers fight all the way to secure this win. Despite trailing by two goals for most of the match a late consolation goal almost inspired them to a share of the spoils but it wasn't to be. Wanderers opened the scoring through an Aisling Naughton goal from open play in the seventeenth minute and they held on to this lead right up to half-time. In the thirty-seventh minute Aisling Naughton again scored from open play to increase their lead on thirty-seventh minute. Corinthians kept trying to get back into the game and were rewarded when Jessica McGrane converted a penalty corner in the sixty-ninth minute. But there was to be no final comeback for the Reds who left Serpentine Avenue still searching for that first League point of the campaign.
RAILWAY UNION 4 (Niamh Carey FG 10 mins, FG 16 mins; Niamh Shaw PC 31 mins; Ailish Long FG 41 mins)
UCD 1 (Sophie Kidd FG 55 mins)
UCD began brightly and forced a couple of early penalty corners which they did not convert. Railway Union scored from open play in the tenth and sixteenth minutes through goals from Niamh Carey and led 2-0. A converted penalty corner by Niamh Shaw left Railway Union 3-0 at half-time. UCD conceded a fourth goal in the forty-first minute converted by Ailish Long from open play, but nonetheless made a fight of the match in the remaining minutes of quarter three and in quarter four. Sophie Kidd got what proved to be a consolation goal from open play for UCD in the fifty-fifth minute. It finished Railway Union 4 UCD 1. Railway continue in second place to exert pressure on the leaders Loreto who have yet to drop a point and have beaten all comers so far this season.
