UCC progress to Crowley Cup semi date

BATTLING UCC fought off a gale force wind yesterday to beat NUIG 3-1 and book a place in the Crowley Cup semi-final (Inter-Varsities Junior soccer).

Ger Creedon scored his first goal for the Leesiders in the 77th minute to cancel out an earlier Dom Gallagher strike. The right-back was only on the pitch two minutes when he found himself on the end of a pin-point cross from Erik Wieman.

The holders took heart from their equaliser and scored again three minutes later when Noel Nicholson finished with a neat shot from the edge of the box.

Wieman wrapped things up in the 84th minute when he side- footed home a Dave O’Riordan corner.

UCC will play UL in today’s semi-final, while hosts DCU, who had an impressive 5-0 win over Stranmillis, face Mary Immaculate.

UCC: T. O’Sullivan, C. Horgan, J. McCarthy, M. Twomey, R. Noonan, T. Hodgkins, D. O’Riordan, D. Finnegan, N. Nicholson, A. Muntoz, E. Wieman. Subs: G. Creedon, J. Murphy, P. Fitzgerald, E. O’Reilly, D. O’Connell.

NUIG: G. Sorenson, J. Mullarkey, A. Courtney, B. Kitt, G. Fahy, B. Flynn, G. Pavont, J. Lynch, D. Kelly, D. Gallagher, B. Meaney.