Martin Reilly bagged two fine goals as DIT romped to an emphatic 2-15 to 0-9 win over GMIT in their Ulster Bank Sigerson Cup quarter-final clash at Pearse Stadium. In a lively first half both teams enjoyed pockets of supremecy with GMIT going in 0-7 to 0-6 ahead at the interval. DIT proceeded to grab the initiative in a big way on the restart though and a 2-3 unanswered tally left them sitting pretty on the back of an eight point lead. Reilly was the chief architect of DIT's crucial burst of scores with his goals coming in the 42nd and 45th minutes. GMIT's in-form freetaker Donie Shine ended a 17 minute barren spell for his side with a neat point but DIT replied with Reilly stroking over a classy point to keep his side firmly in the driver's seat. The dying stages of the game was all about the margin of victory for the Dublin-based outfit with Reilly pulling the strings throughout. A flurry of points in the final five minutes from Reilly, John Coughlan, Paul Brogan, Daniel Graham and Donnacha Reilly copper-fastened the winners' advantage 'till the death. DIT - E Sommerville; D Walsh, N O'Shea, D Hughes; K McLoughlin (0-1), R Glavin (0-1), B Flanagan; J Coughlan (0-1), P O'Neill (0-1); M Reilly (2-3), D Reilly (0-2), M Burke; P Brogan (0-1), B Moran (0-2), K McManamon (0-2). Subs: E Naughton (0-1) for Hughes, G Grehan for McLoughlin, C McIntyre for McManamon, C Daly for O'Neill, G Gallagher for Coughlan. GMIT - R Hannan; C Garvey, D Vaughan, A Deacy; P McGinley, T Cunniffe, D Lee; P Conroy, C Glynn; N Darby (0-2), D Shine (0-5), S Kavanagh; J Ryan, S Griffin, M Martin (0-2). Subs: S Hughes for Martin, J Mannion for Glynn, C Boyle for Deacy, B Faherty for Kavanagh. Ref - G Guinan (Galway). Tweet

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