Demons hell-bent on continuing recovery

THE first cross-conference weekend in the NIVEA for Men SuperLeague season was disastrous for the teams from the South, who will be hoping to pick up the pieces when their paths cross again this weekend.

UCC Demons, who only collected their first points last weekend via Mustang Sallys/St Paul’s, will hope to increase their tally when they host Merry Monk Ballina at The Mardyke Arena but coach Pat Price insists they are still on a rebuilding mission.

“We bounced back a bit last weekend,” he said. “After losing to Tralee we were really backed into a corner and credit to the guys for coming out fighting.