CLUB CAMPO DE MADRID 6 LORETO 2
Loreto had another tough day at the office on Saturday when they took on Spanish side Club Campo De Madrid in their ranking match. The storied Spanish club, who have multiple national titles to their name, got off to a relatively slow start in a scoreless first quarter. Lucia Abajo Saenz opened the scoring for Campo from open play in minute 22 minute to put the Spanish side 1-0 ahead. Belen Iglesias Marcos added a second on the half hour mark to put them 2-0 ahead and within a minute it was 3-0 as Sara Barrios scored from open play to leave Club Campo leading 3-0 at half time.
Loreto responded with one of the goals of the tournament scored by Siofra O’Brien to make the score 3-1. Lucia Abajo Saenz got her second of the game for Campo in minute 42 to restore their three-goal lead and leave the score 4-1. Yasmin Pratt got a second goal for Loreto from open play in minute 53 to narrow the gap to two goals but that was as good as it would ever get for the recently crowned EY Hockey League Irish Women’s Division 1 Champions. Inma Hofmeister made it 5-2 for Campo in minute 56 and two minutes later Begonia Garcia made it 6-2 to Club Campo De Madrid.
Speaking to Euro Hockey after the match Siofra O’Brien said: "I think that overall we are happy and disappointed with how things went. It was our first-time taking part in the big League, we’ve just seen how quickly small mistakes get punished. We’ll take a lot (of lessons) from the two games and hopefully be able to put those lessons learned into action as soon as we get home. I enjoyed scoring the goal. We talked a lot about Hannah’s big aerials from behind, at the beginning of the tournament, so I just saw it early and took my chance. We can’t thank our support enough. We’ve said it before the game, we’ve said it at half-time, we love them all very much. They have been phenomenal at the tournament and throughout the season and now we have finished our games here we can celebrate with them and hope they had a great weekend.”
CLUB CAMPO DE MADRID: Maria Tello (GK), Sara Barrios, Lucia Monsalve, Beatriz Perez Lagunas, Blanca Perez, Maria Lopez Garcia, Belen Gonzalez-Laguillo, Belen Iglesias-Marcos, Laura Barrios, Berta Agullo, Alejandra Torres-Quevedo (C) SUBS USED: Begonia Garcia (5 Mins), Inma Hofmeister (5 mins), Lucia Abajo Saenz De Tejada (5 MINS), Carlotta Gonzalez (6 mins), Maria Angelos Ruiz Castillo (GK) (31 mins)
LORETO: Liz Murphy (GK), Lisa Mulcahy, Siofra O’Brien, Mia Jennings (C), Grace McLoughlin, Caitlin Sherin, Yasmin Pratt, Sarah Torrans, Christina Hamill. Hannah Matthews, Hannah McLoughlin. SUBS USED: Rachel Kelly (4 mins), Grace Donald (5 mins), Caoimhe Perdue (7 mins), Ella Pasley (7 mins), Aisling Murray (9 mins), Katie Dunne (11 mins), Lorna Bateman (GK) (56 mins)
