Big guns prevail in Jacqui Potter Cup

They might have been without their international players, currently on duty with Ireland in Spain, but Hermes, UCD, Loreto and Old Alexandra all progressed to the quarter-finals of the Jacqui Potter Cup on Saturday.

With the exception of UCD, though, who hammered their seconds 9-0, the games were tight enough affairs, with Alexandra going through on penalty strokes after a 1-1 draw with Clontarf.

Ellen Curran got the only goal of the game in Hermes’ win over Pembroke Wanderers, while Pembroke’s seconds gave Loreto a testing afternoon, holding them scoreless until 10 minutes in to the second half, before conceding a late second.

In the four remaining ties the away teams prevailed, Jane Gilsenan scoring five for Muckross in their 7-0 defeat of Our Lady’s, Railway Union seeing off Trinity, Genesis beating Loreto II 5-3 and Rathgar getting the better of Railway’s seconds.