A SHARPER Patrician High School had a little too much firepower for St Eunan’s College in today’s Ulster Colleges Loch an Luir final.
At windy Garvaghey, Gary McDaid’s St Eunan’s just didn’t live up to their own expectations and fell to a first defeat of the season at the final hurdle.
Forward Shane Monaghan bagged a first-half goal for St Eunan’s, but Patrician pulled clear in the second half for the win.
It had been a low-scoring first-half with Diarmuid Marren’s score making it 0-3 to 0-2 after 25 minutes.
Two minutes before half-time, Eunan’s bagged a precious goal when Monaghan drilled home after Noel O’Donnell’s ball in was knocked down by Jack Roarty. Monaghan, a nephew of former Donegal star Brendan Devenney, made no mistake to put St Eunan’s ahead.
A minute into the second half, Monaghan might have had another goal, but the Naomh Colmcille man saw his effort saved by Darragh Maher when the St Eunan’s forward could, and should have netted.
Patrician tacked on a number of scores to move clear. Friel’s free, his third of the day, gave St Eunan’s hope, but Patrician saw out a deserved win with Povall and Callum Quigley registering.
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