Champions WIT are through to the semi finals of the Fitzgibbon Cup thanks to a merited 1-18 to 1-7 victory over DIT tonight.

Playing on home soil the Waterford combination controlled matters from start to finish and a 12th minute goal via Stephen Roche helped the winners go 1-4 to 0-1 clear. 

However the visitors enjoyed their best spell in the second quarter and a green flag from Wexford star Jack Guiney three minutes from the break, had the Dublin school within shooting distance. But WIT responded with a pointed Pauric Mahony free and the teams retired on a 1-7 to 1-4 scoreline.

Thereafter the Waterford defence kept their opposing attackers in a vice like grip while their own frontmen, with Mahony and fellow Deise star Austin Gleeson to the fore, kept notching valuable points. 

Mahony shot 0-8 and Gleeson 0-3 while seven players got on the scoresheet for the winners. In contrast Guiney struck all but one point of the losers tally.

WIT will now contest a Friday semi final with CIT in a repeat of the 2014 final.

WIT - D Stapleton; O McGrath, G Teehan, J Maher; T Hamill, M O'Neill, T Fox; J Langton, S Roche (1-1); G O'Brien (0-2), P Mahony (0-8, 6f), H Kehoe; L McGrath (0-2), A Gleeson (0-3), J Dillon (0-1). Subs: J Hayes (0-1) for J Dillon, G Malone for H Kehoe, P Campion for A Gleeson, C O'Brien for J Langton, T Kavanagh for P Mahony.

DIT - P McKenna; B Carey, T Doyle, C Robinson; G Whelan, K Bergin, J Cahill; C Sheehan (0-1), J Henderson; S Murphy, J Guiney (1-6, 0-5f), J Sweeney; M Lee, D McNicholas, J McManus. Subs: D Roberts for M Lee, W McGrath for S Murphy.

Referee - J Ryan.

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