Mary Immaculate College, NUIG, GMIT and LIT all prevailed in the Fitzgibbon Cup this afternoon.

Eamonn Cregan's Mary Immaculate College assured themselves of a top-place finish in Group B with a facile 1-20 to 0-5 defeat of DIT at Parnells, with Limerick trio Declan Hannon, Cian Lynch and Darragh O'Donovan registering 16 points between them.

Meanwhile, NUIG's battling 0-16 to 0-15 victory over UL was to no avail as the Limerick college still progress to the last eight as runners-up in that section. Clare's Bobby Duggan pointed nine times for the victors, who needed a three-point winning margin to progress. Tipperary's John McGrath found the target nine times for the holders.

At the Mardyke, Davy Fitzgerald's LIT recorded a thrilling 2-15 to 1-14 win over UCC, with Peter Duggan and David Dempsey netting for the winners in the second half. Alan Cadogan's 52nd-minute major had propelled the hosts into a 1-13 to 1-12 lead but Dempsey struck the vital score four minutes later.

The result assures LIT of a home quarter-final tie, whilst eliminating UCC at the group stage for a second successive year.

In this afternoon's other game in the competition, GMIT ground out a 1-4 to 0-4 victory over UUJ in atrocious conditions at Carnmore. Darragh Burke netted the only goal of the game as GMIT sealed a quarter-final spot.

Meanwhile tonight, IT Carlow got the better of WIT, 1-8 to 1-5 in terrible conditions at Carlow, Both teams had already qualified for the knock out stages.

Favourites UCD established a commanding 1-7 to 0-2 interval lead against Maynooth University at Belfield but could not pull clear of a battling Kildare outfit. Final score 1-13 to 0-10 and a quarter final spot for the winners.

In the final Group B game both DCU and St Patricks-Mater Dei were already out of contention but served up an entertaining 2-17 to 1-20 draw. Pats hit the 1-20.

The quarter final pairings are LIT v WIT, IT Carlow v UCD, Mary I v GMIT and CIT v UL.

Mary Immaculate College - M O'Conghaile; E Quirke, R English, A Ryan; R Maher, T Stapleton, J Meagher; S Cahill (0-1), D O'Donovan (0-5, 1f, 1'65); C Galvin (0-1), N O'Meara, D Corry (1-2); D Reidy, D Hannon (0-9, 6f), C Lynch (0-2). Subs: S Linnane for N O'Meara, A Flynn for E Quirke, M O'Neill for D Reidy.

DIT - P McKenna; S McClelland, T Doyle, C Robinson; S Barrett, L Chin, D Guinan; J Henderson, G Whelan; J Guiney (0-3f), C Sheehan (0-1), R Greville; D McNicholas (0-1f), J Sweeney, AJ Murphy. Subs: C O'Donoghue for S McClelland, B Kelly for D McNicholas.

Referee - M Murtagh.

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NUIG - C Tuohy; C Ryan, B Fitzpatrick, R Lane; S Cooney, J Hanbury, P Mannion (0-2); N O'Brien (0-2), O Donnellan (0-1); B Duggan (0-9, 8f), K McHugo (0-1), M Mullins; J Fox, C Whelan, C Mannion (0-1). Subs: G Hennelly for J Fox, S Hynes for R Lane.

UL - P Maher; M Casey, J Browne, S Roche; A McGuane, B Heffernan, B Stapleton; K Hehir (0-1), D Fitzgerald (0-1); J Forde (0-1f), T Morrissey (0-2), C Martin; J McGrath (0-9, 7f), K O'Brien (0-1), T Heffernan. Subs: P Ryan for A McGuane, C McInerney for T Heffernan, B Maher for K Hehir.

Referee - C McAllister.

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LIT - E Quilligan; N O'Connor, K Bennett, O O'Brien; C Nolan, W Ryan, D Byrnes (0-3f); J Campion, C Barrett (0-1); J Shanahan, M O'Malley (0-2), D Dempsey (1-2); N Maher, P Duggan (1-4, 0-2f), D Reidy (0-1f). Subs: A Dempsey (0-2) for J Campion, W Connors for C Nolan, S Gleeson for N Maher.

UCC - K Hogan; C Gleeson, M Breen, S Roche; R Cahalane, D Morrissey, G O'Brien; J Barron, C Murphy (0-2); T Devine (0-1), N McCarthy (0-1), R O'Shea (0-7f); A Cadogan (1-0), S O'Donnell, J Power (0-1). Subs: B Lawton (0-2) for R Cahalane, DJ Foran for T Devine, E Finn for J Power.

Referee - F Horgan.

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GMIT - J Barrett; D Cronin, I Creaven, J Finnerty; L Cosgrave, P Hoban, S Collins; D Burke (1-1, 0-1f), D Conroy; B Tuohy (0-1), J Mooney, J Mannion; D Mangan (0-1), D Nevin, C Gardiner (0-1). Subs: D Ward for C Gardiner, R Ellis for L Cosgrave, C Reilly for P Hoban, D Cooney for J Finnerty.

UUJ - C Heyden; S Rooney, R Brannigan, N Devlin; G Walsh, T Mannion, T O Ciaran; M Dudley, D McKernan; J McGreevey, S McAfee, A Kelly; J Connolly, A Dooley, N McKeague (0-4, 3f). Subs: R Courtney for T O Ciaran, J O'Connell for D McKernan, J O'Dwyer for A Dooley, A Curtin for N McKeague.

Referee - K McGeeney.

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IT Carlow - E Rowland (0-1f); D Palmer, K Hannafin, R Brown; D Healy, W Young, M Harney; C Dunford, M Russell; C Dwyer, K Kelly (0-1), S Maher (0-6, 5f); J Doyle (1-0), J Fagan, C Bolger.

WIT - M Fanning; W Hahessy, G Teehan, J Maher; T Fox (0-2f), S McNulty, F McGrath; J Langton, S Roche (0-1f); O McGrath (1-0), A Gleeson (0-2f), J Hayes; S Ryan, M Lynch, C O'Brien. Subs: F Butler for S Roche, J Doyle for S Ryan, J Henderson for F McGrath, O Dempsey for J Maher.

Referee - B Gavin.

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UCD - D Holohan; P Hannon, S Murphy, E Conroy (0-1); C McGabhann, J Madden, C O'Shea; C O'Callaghan, S Moran (0-1f); J Maher (0-4), J O'Connor (0-1), P Guinan (0-2); R King, O O'Rorke (0-4f), C Prendergast (1-0). Subs: T O'Leary for C Prendergast, H Lawlor for E Conroy, C Keane for R King, C Devitt for S Moran.

Maynooth - R Fitzgerald; C Breen, E McLoughlin, M Campion; D Hennessy, P Deegan, T Stafford; K Sheridan, R Donohoe; D Burke (0-1), P Winters (0-8, 6f), B Molloy; E Kenny, A Gleeson, N Kenny (0-1). Subs: D Sweeney for B Molloy, M Ryan for D Sweeney.

Referee - A Kelly.

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DCU - D Renehan; J Tyrrell, T French, P O'Dea; M Daly, K Fitzgerald, M Heaney (0-1); D Barden, C Curran (0-2); G Howard (1-2); D Sutcliffe (0-3, 2f), D Staunton (0-1); P Hogan (1-3), C Joyce (0-3, 2f), N O'Connor. Subs: S Gray (0-2) for P Hogan, E McHugh for M Daly, P Lynam for G Howard.

St Patricks-Mater Dei - P Simms; D Egan, C Shaw, K Treacy; B Hanlon, R Fitzpatrick, J McGrath (0-2, 1f); N Mullins, J De Barun (0-1); W Murphy (0-1), M Collins (0-1), E Price (0-1); J Bruton (0-1), P Curran (0-10, 5f), T Devlin (0-3). Subs: F O Cuirrin for J Bruton, C Breatnach (1-0) for W Murphy.

Referee - J McGrath.

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