St Fiaccs 2 Vale 3

A very even hard fought match on Saturday morning in Pats College saw Vale edge the game.

The game started with both teams sizing each other up for the first 10 mins. Vale took the lead through Moya O Toole on 13 mins and 5 mins later Vale took advantage of a slip in the Fiaccs backline to make it 2 nil. St Fiaccs immediately responded after some good work from Mia Branagan which led to Leah Nelson pulling a goal back. Vale tried to extend their lead with 2 good chances for Kate Burke before half time.

The second half started evenly again but Fiaccs started to take control and almost scored through Ashlee Smith but Amy Farrell denied her.

Fiaccs kept piling on the pressure and got a deserved equaliser through Leah Nelson after some great team play with Ashlee Smith and Ella Maguire involed

However with 2 mins remaining Kate Burke scored the winning goal to give Vale all 3 points in what was a very well contested match in tough conditions.

Best for St Fiaccs were Mia Branagan, Orla Keating and Hannah Matthews while best for Vale were Emma de Lacy, Roisin Collins and Colette o’ Brien.