Women's Hockey: Nikki King and Mary Goode, two of the goalkeepers on the Ireland senior panel, were in exceptional form at Milltown yesterday where Old Alexandra and Pembroke Wanderers drew their Leinster League fixture, a result that suited neither club in their pursuit of Hermes and Loreto in Division One.
King denied Pembroke a first- half lead when she saved Sarah Clarke's penalty stroke, before Hazel Agar gave Alexandra the lead minutes before the break. Viv Doran levelled for Pembroke midway through the second half as both goalkeepers excelled.
On Saturday, Evanne O'Reilly helped herself to four goals in Alexandra's 10-0 thrashing of Trinity while Clarke and Siobhán Kane got the goals that gave Pembroke the narrowest of wins over Corinthian. Loreto, meanwhile, fought back from a 2-1 deficit at half-time to beat UCD, with Cathy McKean scoring twice in the second half to secure the win.
Loreto, Pembroke and Alexandra are all now on 13 points - Loreto have a game in hand - a point behind Hermes, who beat Genesis 5-0 yesterday. Jenny Burke top-scored with a hat-trick, with Aoife Mitchell and Christine Quinlan completing the scoring.
Railway Union had their second win of the season on Saturday when they beat bottom-of-the-table Three Rock 2-0.
Irish Junior Cup holders Pegasus II opened their defence with an impressive 2-1 win over Loreto's seconds in Dublin, while Enniscorthy, the competition's 2001 winners, beat Aer Lingus by a single goal. The only tie of first round to finish level was the one between Cobh and Belfast Harlequins II in Cork - the Ulster club won through, 4-3 on penalty strokes, to the second round.
IRISH JUNIOR CUP - First round: Cork Harlequins II 4 Kilkenny 0; Ards II 6 Larne 0; Wexford 2 Yeats County 1; Bandon II 0 Coleraine II 3; Clontarf 2 Church of Ireland II 1; Aer Lingus 0 Enniscorthy 1; Cobh 1 Belfast Harlequins II 1 (a.e.t.; Belfast Harlequins II won 4-3 on penalty strokes); Waterford II 1 Glenanne II 5; Greenisland 6 Ballymoney II 2; Diocesan 4 Randalstown II 0; Pembroke Wanderers II 4 Trinity II 1; Hermes II 1 North Down 0; Corinthian II 2 Belvedere 0; Ashton 6 Kinvara 1; Lurgan 1 Old Alexandra II 3; Loreto II 1 Pegasus II 2. Second round (played November 22nd) draw will be made on November 3rd.
LEINSTER LEAGUE - Division One: Saturday: Trinity 0 Old Alexandra 10 (E O'Reilly 4, J Perrin 2, S Gleeson, Z Dahl, T Conway, O Bell); Loreto 3 (C McKean 2, J Lynch) UCD 2 (J McDonald, S O'Connor); Pembroke Wanderers 2 (S Clarke, S Kane) Corinthian 1 (C McGowan); Three Rock 0 Railway Union 2 (L McDermott, S Dooley). Yesterday: Old Alexandra 1 (H Agar) Pembroke Wanderers 1 (V Doran); Hermes 5 (J Burke 3, A Mitchell, C Quinlan) Genesis 0.
ULSTER LEAGUE - Section One: Pegasus 3 Randalstown 0; Ballymoney 1 Belfast Harlequins 3; Ballyclare 1 Portadown 2.
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