Cavan hosted Donegal in the opening round of the minor camogie championship on the 3G at Breffni Park.
Cavan 5-6 Donegal 0-1
Donegal looked impressive in the opening minutes however 4 scoring opportunities yielded nothing for the visitors, as Cavan's Niamh Reilly registered the first point of the game in the 11th minute. Following another Donegal wide, Sarah Bagnall's free reached the back of the net. Within 5 minutes,Cavan had a second goal scored by Katie Boyle. Donegal scored their only point of the game in the 26th minute from a 45m free. Ciara Finnegan converted a free in the 29th minute to leave Cavan ahead 2-2 to 1 point at half time.
At half time, Cavan introduced Lauren Ellis and Aisling Creegan , Donegal missed a further 2 chances, Cavan's Emer Fitzpatrick scored a 3rd goal for Cavan 35 minutes in. Aine Finnegan was quick on attack with another goal in the 37th minute,followed by points from Michaela Leddy and Niamh Reilly in quick succession. Cavan had the upper hand at this stage with Katie Reilly, Ciara Shalvey and Shannon Maguire working hard in defence and introduced 2 more subs, however, were unlucky with 3 wides before Rebecca Fitzsimons scored a superb goal from a 45 in the 52nd minute. In the closing minutes of the game both Aisling Reilly and Ciara Finnegan converted points leaving the fulltime score: Cavan 5-6 to Donegal 1 point.
Cavan Team and scorers: Annie Smith (Crosserlough), Katie Reilly (Crosserlough), Suzanne Cusack (Laragh), Ciara Shalvey (Crosserlough), Louise Fitzpatrick (Drumgoon), Rebecca Fitzsimons (Denn, 1-0), Linda Murtagh (Lacken), Aine Finnegan-capt (Crosserlough, 1-0), Shannon Maguire (Crosserlough), Michaela Leddy (Crosserlough, 0-1), Ciara Finnegan (Crosserlough,0-2), Sarah Bagnall (Crosserlough, 1-0, f), Katie Boyle (Drumgoon 1-0), Emer Fitzpatrick (Drumgoon, 1-0), Niamh Reilly (Crosserlough, 0-2)
Subs: Lauren Ellis (Crosserlough) for Sarah Bagnall, Aisling Creegan (Lacken) for Louise Fitzpatrick (half time), Amy Cusack (Laragh) for Linda Murtagh, Shannon O'Flynn (Drumgoon) for Emer Fitzpatrick(42mins), Aisling Reilly (Castletara) for Katie Boyle (52mins), Ciara Duffy (Castletara) for Suzanne Cusack (55mins) & Shannon Leddy (Crosserlough) -injured.
Management: Marie Brady, Marie Shore Brady (Lacken) & Catriona Byrd (Crosserlough)
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