Hockey: Naomi Carroll hat-trick drives Harlequins to top of table
The Cratloe woman scored the only goal of a closely fought first half, but Harlequins scored three times between the 42nd and 47th minute to ensure they were home and hosed at Santry Avenue. Carroll got the second, before skipper Yvonne O’Byrne and Michelle Barry finished off some exquisite interplay. Another Carroll goal closed out the victory, before Quins took the novel approach of withdrawing their goalkeeper Lorna Bateman in favour of an extra outfielder player to pursue a bump in goal difference.
Bateman was deputising for Emma Buckley who was not risked following a rib injury sustained in training; she kept a clean sheet only to see Sally Campbell slot a Trinity goal into an empty net, the one blemish.
