LORETO 2 ( Rachel Kelly 7 mins, Rebekah Fitzpatrick 16 mins) RAILWAY UNION 1 (Sarah Patton 29 mins)
CORINTHIANS 0
ULSTER ELKS 1 (Serena Campuzzano 6 mins)
UCD 1 (Sophia Cole 11 mins)
OLD ALEXANDRA 1 (Abby Russell 65 mins)
PEMBROKE WANDERERS 1 (Amy Kate Trevor 5 mins)
CATHOLIC INSTITUTE 2 (Aoife Hickey 36 mins, Naomi Carroll 53 mins)
MONKSTOWN 2 (Sophie Moore 65 mins, Nicci Daly 66 mins)
PEGASUS 1 (Zara Malseed 51 mins)
LORETO 2-1 RAILWAY UNION
This top of the table clash at Beaufort was the outstanding fixture from Round 5 of the EYHL Women's Division.
Loreto took the lead in the seventh minute with a Rachel Kelly goal from open play. They increased their lead in the sixteenth minute through Rebekah Fitzpatrick, to lead 2-0 at the end of the first quarter. Railway Union responded in the twenty-ninth minute through a Sarah Patton goal from open play to leave the half-time score 2-1 to Loreto.
There was no further scoring in quarters three and four and the score remained the same at the final whistle. The 2-1 win sees Loreto go three points clear of Railway Union at the top of the table.
CORINTHIANS 0-1 ULSTER ELKS
Ulster Elks visited Corinthians and needed only a single goal to secure the points in the EYHL Women's Division 1 clash at St. Columba's College.
Elks gained a modicum of revenge for being beaten by Corinthians in last season's EYHL 2 final at the same venue when Serena Campuzzano put them a goal up from open play as early as the sixth minute of the game. There was no further scoring in quarters two, three and four and the 1-0 scoreline was enough to secure all three points for the visitors.
UCD 1-1 OLD ALEXANDRA
The defending League Champions as well as today's opponents have been through a period of transition in the close season with many departures and many new arrivals in their respective playing staffs. It will take a period of time for the new players to adjust to this level of hockey in Ireland's top flight. UCD took the lead through a penalty corner converted by Sophia Cole in the eleventh minute. UCD came close to scoring hitting the bar and the post. On days when the luck is with you these chances go in.... but this was not one of those days. Old Alexandra responded when Abby Russell reacted fastest in the sixty-fifth minute to score and make the score 1-1. Both sides had further chances to score in the closing minutes and the last action of the match was a penalty corner for UCD which remained unconverted so it finished UCD 1 Old Alexandra 1.
PEMBROKE WANDERERS 1-2 CATHOLIC INSTITUTE
Amy Kate Trevor scored in the fifth minute to give Pembroke Wanderers an early lead from a converted penalty corner. It was a lead that lasted until half time.
At the start of the third quarter Catholic Institute were back in the match when Aoife Hickey converted a penalty corner on thirty-six minutes.
Catholic Institute turned things in their favour in the fifty-third minute when a Naomi Carroll goal from open play was enough to give them all three points in a 2-1 win.
For Pembroke Wanderers it was a first defeat of the campaign and for Catholic Institute a badly needed win.
MONKSTOWN 2-1 PEGASUS
Bottom of the table Monkstown got their first points of the season and their first win when they came from behind to beat Pegasus by 2-1 at Rathdown school.
A scoreless first quarter was followed by two further scoreless quarters to leave the score still 0-0 at the end of the third quarter. Zara Malseed gave the visitors the lead in the fifty-first minute. But Monkstown dug deep and equalised through a penalty corner converted by Sophie Moore in the sixty-fifth minute. Less than a minute later Monkstown sealed the victory when Nicci Daly scored from open play to secure Monkstown's first win of the current season. Monkstown struggled in the bottom end of the table for most of last season and only secured safety near the end of last season. On this occasion having secured a win much earlier in the season they should reach safety much sooner and this result could mark the beginning of a resurgence.
