Ladies 1sts news, News → Loreto pick up two vital wins to stay top
Loreto stay two points clear of Hermes in Division 1 following wins over Pembroke Wanderers and UCD at the weekend.
Without their Irish players Hannah Matthews led the way, scoring in both games.
Extract from Monday’s Irish Times
Loreto setting a hot pace – Mary Hannigan
- Hannah Matthews, who scored twice over the weekend. Photo Adrian Bohem
LORETO FINISHED their weekend’s work yesterday as the only Leinster first division side still with a perfect record, both Hermes and UCD dropping their first points of the season.
Railway Union’s grip on their title, meanwhile, was loosened a little further, the champions drawing both their games over the weekend.
A solitary goal proved enough for Loreto to take the points from their game against Pembroke Wanderers on Saturday, Hannah Matthews’ first-half short corner strike sealing the win. Matthews was on the scoresheet again yesterday, her second half goal, to add to Sarah O’Meara’s opener in the first period, giving Loreto a 2-0 victory over UCD at Belfield.
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