Feile Div 3 Final Report
- Apr 23,2012
Division 3 Final
Lucan Sarsfields 3-02
Naomh Mearnog 0-00
Gemma Berry's hat-trick lit up Lucan Sarsfields' division three success as her side proved too strong for a battling Naomh Mearnog.
The Portmarnock side defended staunchly in the opening phases, Katie Smith making a string of fine saves before Lucan eventually broke the deadlock in the 12th minute as Claire Leonard's shot from distance cleared the bar.
Naomh Mearnog did gain a slightly stronger foothold in the tie as time went on but Maeve Dowler and Danielle Murray were superb in midfield for Lucan while Berry's instinct for goal was superb.
She got her first moments before half-time, soloing for 20 metres before popping the ball over the last defender. Drifting left, she angled home a lovely finish for a 1-1 to no score half-time lead.
Dublin U-14 panelist Sabrina Maloney added an insurance point with three minutes to go after a flowing right wing move and Berry added an extra gloss to the result with a pair of goals in the closing phases.
The first was arrowed low to the right corner while her hat-trick owed much to persistence as the initial chance appeared to have gone but she poked a leg out and nabbed her third from the baseline.
Lucan Sarsfields: R Cosgrave, A Doyle, M Dowler, E Tuohy, N Farrelly, R O'Neill, S Finegan, C Sexton, S Flanagan, S Maloney (0-1), G Mahady, M Walsh, D Murray, E O'Flynn, S Scully, L Keating, C Leonard (0-1), A Doyle, A Quinn, G Berry (3-0)
Management Team: Jim Flanagan, Aisling Maloney
Naomh Mearnog: K Smith, S Bradley, L Tarpey, C Cassidy, O Healy, A Rogan, A Mooney, H Donnelly, R Donnelly, E Freaney, S Brennan, L Waters, C Kenny, L O'Brien, S Hilton, L Deleaney, D Murphy, S Kearns, A Jones, E Burke, A Egan, K Roche, H Loughran
Management Team: Mick Colreavy, Rachel Tarpey
Report by Stephen Findlater