Lena Tice earns dramatic win for UCD

UCD claimed the women’s EY Hockey League in dramatic fashion as Lena Tice struck two penalty corners to inflict a first defeat of the league season on Hermes-Monkstown, leap-frogging their Dublin rivals on the final day of the campaign.

Multi-talented Tice, the second youngest senior international in cricket history after an Ireland debut at 13, followed by a first senior Ireland hockey cap at 17, blasted home two short corner power slaps to cancel out Nikki Evans’ opener. The result earns them a European spot and was their second title in six days, adding to the Irish Senior Cup won after a 1-0 win over Cork Harlequins.

It marks UCD as number one seeds for the EY Champions Trophy play-offs and they will play fourth seed Loreto in the semi-final on April 29. Hermes-Monkstown, meanwhile, will face Cork Harlequins - who lost a low-key tie 1-0 to Railway Union - in their semi-final as they bid to retain that national title.