EYHL Wrap: Wins for Old Alexandra, Railway Union and Ulster Elks in Division 1

EYHL WOMEN’S DIVISION  1  PEGASUS 3 CATHOLIC INSTITUTE 3 Pegasus are determined to hang on to their EYHL Division 1 status and proved the point in this game at Queen’s University Sportsground against Irish Senior Cup Finalists Catholic Institute. Zara Malseed gave Pegasus the lead with a goal from open play in the 11th minute. Sophie McDowell increased their lead in …

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EYHL Wrap: Loreto are guaranteed 2023/24 EYHL Champions after win over Ulster Elks

EYHL WOMEN’S DIVISION 1 LORETO 4 ULSTER ELKS 1 Loreto are the EYHL Champions for 2023/24 having beaten Ulster Elks by 4-1 and reaching 43 points. Even if Loreto lost all their remaining fixtures and second-placed Railway Union won all their remaining fixtures including their game in hand the maximum they could get is 41. Síofra O’Brien converted a penalty …

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EYHL Wrap: Railway Union and Loreto draw in top-of-table clash

EYHL WOMEN’S DIVISION 1 RAILWAY UNION 1  LORETO 1 This top-of-the-table clash could potentially have crowned the new champions of the EYHL Women’s Division 1 had Loreto managed to maintain their 100% record by winning this game at Park Avenue. However, Railway Union can claim the distinction of forcing Loreto to drop their first two points of the season and …

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EYHL Division 1: Round 8 Results

Catholic Institute 2 Pegasus 0 Ninth-placed Pegasus came to Rosbrien for this League tie desperately seeking League points. They put up an excellent effort in quarters one and two because at half-time it was still 0-0. Naomi Carroll opened the scoring for Catholic Institute in the fifty-first minute from open play. Ciara Moloney’s final minute penalty corner sealed the points …

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EYHL Division 1: Round 7 Results

EYHL Women’s Division 1 Round 7 Results: LORETO 4 PEMBROKE WANDERERS 0 Things began to unravel for the visitors as early as the seventh minute when Loreto were awarded a penalty stroke. Hannah McLoughlin converted the stroke to give Loreto a 1-0 lead. This was a lead they maintained until half-time. They increased their lead before half time through a …

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EYHL Division 1 Round 4 Results

RAILWAY UNION 2 ( NIAMH CAREY 54 MINS; EMMA SMYTH 61 MINS) CORINTHIAN 1 ( SHARON SEATON 30 MINS) Railway Union played their “home” game in the EYHL Division 1 game at Grange Road, normally the home of Three Rock Rovers, on Saturday meaning. Opponents Corinthian had a relatively short trip to fulfill this fixture and the shorter journey seemed to …

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EYHL Women’s Division 1: Round 3 Results

UCD 2-0 MONKSTOWN The defending EYHL Women’s Division 1 Champions UCD wearing their breast cancer awareness pink outfits took on Monkstown in their EYHL Division 1 game at the national stadium in Belfield. It was a fairly lively tight first quarter which ended scoreless. Sophia Cole got a green card in the 14th minute, which was 2 minutes on the …

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EYHL Women’s Division 1: Round 2 Results

LORETO 2 (Hannah McLoughlin, Rachel Kelly) CATHOLIC INSTITUTE 0 CORINTHIAN 0 UCD 1 (Mikayla Power) OLD ALEX 1 (Aoife Taaffe) ULSTER ELKS 1 (Gabriella Scott) RAILWAY UNION 6 (Ailish Long, Niamh Carey 2, Michelle Carey, Kate Dillon, Orla Fox) PEGASUS 1 (Zara Malseed) MONKSTOWN 1 (Jennifer Hamill ) PEMBROKE WANDERERS 3 (Milla Fulton, Sally Campbell, Orla Macken) Loreto played Catholic Institute in Beaufort and in the first quarter …

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EYHL Women’s Division 1 2023-2024 season gets underway

The first round of the EYHL Women’s Division 1 2023-2024 season got underway at Queen’s University where Pegasus hosted Loreto. It was the visitors that struck first, Rachel Kelly scoring from open play in only the fourth minute. She grabbed her second of the game in the 10th minute. It was 2-0 at the end of the first quarter and …

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