Dundalk march on as Trinity fail to find second-half answers
Sigerson Cup
DKIT 1-18
Trinity College 0-10
Daire Walsh
Santry Avenue
Dundalk Institute of Technology progressed to the first round of the Sigerson Cup with a convincing preliminary phase victory over Trinity College at Santry Avenue last night.
Donal Meegan, Gerry McSorley, and Conor Doherty helped the Dundalk side to establish an early foothold in the contest.
James McGuinness and Dylan Brady briefly narrowed the gap for Trinity, but after David McGivney’s 18th-minute goal was complimented by a succession of scores, Oisin McConville’s charges held a commanding 1-13 to 0-4 interval lead.
Trinity made a bright start to the second period with a successful Guinness free, but following a 0-2 salvo from McEnaney, DKIT remained in the driving seat.
Trinity’s woes were compounded by the 52nd-minute dismissal of Eoin O’Neill, and with nine different scorers over the course of the hour, DKIT advanced to face DCU next Wednesday (January 31).
Scorers for DKIT: T McEnaney 0-6 (3f), D McGivney 1-1, G McSorley 0-4 (1 ’45’), C Doherty 0-2, C Meegan, S Hoey, D Meegan, K Traynor, D McLoughlin 0-1 each.
Scorers for Trinity College: J Guinness 0-5 (3f), D Brady 0-4 (1f), N Doran 0-1.
DKIT: J O’Donoghue; C Meegan, C Lenihan, H Osbourne; E Walsh, C Daly, I Connor; N Kearns, C Bellew; G McSorley, C Doherty, D McGivney; T McEnaney, S Hoey, D Meegan.
Subs: D Maguire for D Meegan (37), K Trainer for Bellew (45), D McLoughlin for Hoey (49), C McElwain for Osbourne, S Marry for McSorley (both 57), D Duke for McGivney 59).
TRINITY COLLEGE: M Shiel; T McGahern, C Murray, M Shortall; N Hickey, K Beirne, D Toal; D O’Shea, P Kelly; P Lambert, E O’Neill, L Tynan; J Guinness, B Magee, D Brady.
Subs: K Archbold for Toal, N Doran for McGahern (both 26), C Browne for Hickey (50).
Referee: P Faloon (Down).