McGrath Cup SF Semi-final/Limerick 0-9 UCC 0-6:Limerick had goalkeeper Seán Kiely to thank for their victory over UCC at Newcastle West yesterday. Kiely saved John Hayes' 16th-minute penalty and, with his side hanging on to a two-point lead in injury-time, got to the end of a palmed effort from Mike O'Donoghue.
The home team fell behind within a minute to a Brendan Jer O'Sullivan point but Darren Horan (two), Mike Crowley and Mike Reidy had them 0-4 to 0-2 ahead at the break. Limerick lost Jason Stokes to a hamstring injury after five minutes.
LIMERICK: S Kiely; D Carroll, J McCarthy, S Gallagher; B Fitzpatrick, T Cahill, P Ranahan; B Scannell, J Galvin; S Cronin, D Horan (0-2), J Cooke (0-1); M Crowley (0-2), J Stokes, N Mulvihill. Subs: M Reidy (0-2) for Stokes, P Ahern for Scannell, G Noonan (0-1) for Mulvihill, J O'Brien (0-1) for Crowley, Crowley for Cronin.
UCC: K O'Halloran; R Power, D O'Donovan, M Fitzgerald; M Horgan, M Sheils, D Limrick; M Cussen, E McCarthy; K O'Keeffe, J Hayes, B O'Sullivan (0-3); B Mulvihill (0-1), M O'Donoghue, P O'Connor (0-1). Subs: G Leahy for Hayes, D Gould (0-1) for O'Keeffe.
Referee: R Hickey (Clare).
