Students teach Kingdom a lesson

Kerry minus all their Munster championship winning team had
no answer for a MIC team that powered to victory on the back of dominant
midfield performances from Fiona Morrissey and Sarah Harrington in a deserved 3-8 to 0-7 win in the MIC Sport grounds today

Kerry made the better start with Leanne Mangan and Laura
Sheeran both pointing early but it was a high ball delivered into the Kerry square
that was not dealt with let Mary I in for their first goal on 4 minutes thanks
to Leann Walsh. Finn and Cormican both added further to the Limerick sides
score and despite a Leanne Mangan reply from Kerry it was evident that the
students were on top in most sectors.

A 17^th minute goal by Noirin Kirwan put further
daylight between the sides as they took a 2-7 to 0-3 lead to the break.

Kerry had a penalty brilliantly saved by Clare Finn and
indeed the Wexford girl was equally brilliant pulling of a point blank save
from Nicole O’Connor in the second half.

The second half was a dour affair with only one score inside
the first 18 minutes. In the later stages, Kerry played some of their
better football in which they added 4 points from play but just as it looked
like they were getting within shouting distance, Fiona Morrissey added a late
goal to give the students a real chance of reaching the Jim Kennedy Cup Final.

Kerry must now beat UL on Friday evening while MIC and UL
will go head to head on 15^th Jan. In the other section UCC play
Waterford at home on 7^th Jan

Referee Kevin O’Brien was making his debut at Inter County
senior grade and can be well pleased with his outing.

 

MIC Limerick

Clare Finn (Wexford), Siobhan Divilly ( Galway), Trish Dunne
(Cork), Elaine Crowley (Cork), Eilis Lynch (Kerry), Roisin Looney (Clare)
0-1, Louise Woods (Clare),Fiona Morrissey (Waterford) 1-1, Sarah Harrington
(Cork), Jennifer Cahill (Cork), Norin Kirwan (Kerry) 1-0, Laura Marie Maher 0-1
( Laois), Antoinette Cormican 0-2 (Galway), Orla Finn (Cork) 0-3, Leanne Walsh 1-0
(Cork)

Subs: Marian
Curtin for A Cormican (40), Orlaith  Cullinan for S Divilly (40)

Kerry

Laura Fitzgerald, Deirdre Kearney, Charollette Higgins, Brid
O’Connor, Ashleigh Maunsell, Sinead Guiney, James Callaghan, Marie Quirke 0-1,
Laura Sheeran 0-1, Deirdre Geaney, Aoife Geaney 0-1, Rebecca Stapleton,
Kathlinn O’Sullivan, Nicole O’Connor, Leanne Mangan 0-2

Subs: Klara O’Sullivan
0-1 for K O’Sullivan (15) Shannon O’Shea for R Stapleton (22) Nicola Horan for
L Fitzgerald (40)

Ref: Kevin O’Brien (Limerick)

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