03 February 2011
Loreto Secondary School, Letterkenny 7-2 Carndonagh Community School
Loreto Secondary School in Letterkenny reclaimed their UMBRO FAI Schools Senior Girls Ulster title with an assured 7-2 win over Carndonagh Secondary School in Cockhill on Tuesday (February 1)
The Letterkenny school were deserving winners in the end with Geraldine McLaughlin bagging four goals and Lauren Harper getting a hat-trick to overcome the Inishowen opposition 7-2.
McLaughlin opened the scoring after three minutes before turning provider to set up Harper for her first goal. The pair combined again to get Loreto’s third and Harper’s second in the 15th minute.
Loreto’s Ciara Grant had two long range efforts saved by Eimear Lafferty in the Carndonagh goal but Loreto got a fourth when McLaughlin rifled home after Harper set her up.
Grant hit the bar with another shot before the break but the Letterkenny side started the second half with a four-goal cushion.
McLaughlin added another goal 10 minutes after the restart and Grant set Harper up for her hat-trick three minutes later.
McLaughlin got Loreto’s seventh on 64 minutes. Carndonagh responded with two consolation goals from Colleen Kearney and Aisling McCallion but it was too little too late and Loreto achieved a second successive provincial victory.
Carndonagh CS: Eimear Lafferty, Aisling McCallion, Kerry McDaid, Amy McCarron, Helen Kelly, Rosemary Doherty, Colleen Kearney, Georgina Gordon, Karen McLaughlin, Rebecca Gibbons, Louise McLaughlin.
Subs: Simone McLaughlin
Loreto SS: Mary O’Donnell, Emer Gallagher, Nadine Crawford, Maria Carr, Kaneshia McKinney, Ciara Grant, Amy Thompson, Lauren Harper, Marion Doherty, Geraldine McLaughlin, Natalie Sweeney.
Subs: Dara Kelly, Sabhdha Medlar, Alice Diver, Niamh McMenamin, Rose Boyle, Hanna Carr
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