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Well the ladies got great coverage on the blog this weekend. however the worst performance of the season meant that the marketing people were left dissapointed!!
Trinity 3 (Rachel Scott 3) Glenanne 1 (Nicci Daly)
It was lucky number 13 for Trinity as they finally picked up their first win of the season thanks to a Rachel Scott treble against Glenanne. Her first came from a penalty corner in the 10th minute when she, in the pusher-out position, swept in.
Nicci Daly got a deflection to get the Glens back on terms six minutes later but Scott was the beneficiary of Maebh Horan's driving run. The latter slipped the ball square and the former-Pembroke woman placed the ball into the bottom-left corner.
And the game was sealed five minutes after the break as an intricate corner move eventually found its way to Scott via Katie O'Byrne and Claire Hearnden to make it 3-1.
Glenanne applied plenty of pressure in the final half-hour but could not force the goals to close the gap. It means the students are off the bottom for the first time this season.
Glenanne will look to take advantage of the lack of domestic action of the sides above them to close in on a potential IHL place. Back in September, much of the talk about the two promoted sides centred on Bray and their new arrivals.
The Glens took a much lower profile, however, and have confounded expectations outside of St Mark's, Victor Shaw producing one of the league's hardest-working squads. As confidence has grown, they have added a significant cutting edge, too, with nine goals in two league outings in 2009.
They will hope to build on that, with Nicci Daly, Mary Waldron and Audrey McCormack looking to get on the board against struggling Trinity. David Bane has, at regular times, lamented his young side's naivety when it comes to game play.
Indeed, their past five league games against all of Leinster's IHL entrants, have seen them scarcely hammered but they have given up leads and late goals too often. If they do not get it sorted, Glenanne will move level with Pembroke in sixth place.
They will endure a tough close season, having to play five games against sides above them but a couple of shocks could put them potentially into the highly cluttered IHL chase.
Elsewhere, Corinthian and Bray play a vital relegation six-pointer with the reds looking to pick up their first home points of the season. They stopped the rot of five successive defeats last week with a great ISC win, thanks to Amanda Walker's double and will hope for more of the same.
The Wicklow-side, unlike their opponents, have scarcely been over-run this term - possibly due to the excellent Mary Goode - but need to convert close games into points. An intriguing battle awaits.
Women's Division One (Saturday)
Cornithian v Bray, 2.30pm, Whitechurch Park; Trinity v Glenanne, 11.30pm, Santry Avenue
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8 comments:
Having been labelled the 'Glenanne Begrudger' in last weeks article I'd like to say I wish the Glens the best of luck this weekend and I fully expect them to beat Trinity with minimal fuss
I fancy Trinity for this one, Glenanne to take thier foot off the gas...Go Triners!
Rumour has it Glenanne have sufferd some injury set-backs? Any details for this?
Im not a glenanne bod, but a member of another senior club but have to say that they deserve there senior 1 place and its great to see some new blood in senior 1, well done girls
I would put my money on Trinity too, as if nothing else they will be able to run the legs off Glenanne with no problem.
3-1 to trinity, well deserved win for a side that are now hitting some form
the 3 were scored by rachel scott, well done!