Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup
Round 2A
UCC 1-19 Queen’s University 2-14
Round 2B
Ulster University 1-16 MTU Cork 1-11
ATU Galway 1-20 St Mary’s 0-12
University of Galway 1-27 ATU Sligo 4-15
St. Mary’s involvement in this year’s competition is over after ATU Galway ran riot in the second half of their game in Blanchardstown.
Killanin’s Ryan Roche got the westerners out to a superb start with two early two-pointers while Paul Kelly added a goal to extend their lead, but St. Mary’s played their best football in the lead up to half-time, hitting four points in a row from Shea McCann, Seánie O’Donnell, Oisín Hogan and Ronan Quinn.
Mary’s trailed by just one (1-7 to 0-9) at the interval and then completely lost their way, conceding 0-8 without reply.
Joe Keaney, Favour Shehu, Emmanuel Shahu and Eoghan McFarland all goaled for ATU Sligo in their do-or-die clash with University of Galway at Dangan, but that still wasn’t enough as the superior firepower of the home side put them into the round three draw.
Eoin Colleran (1-8), Cillian Ó Curraoín (0-7) and Mark McInerney (0-6) led the scoring for University of a Galway in remarkable and topsy-turvy encounter that looked dead and buried when it was 1-16 to 2-2 with 23 minutes played.
The lead was still double figures after 38 minutes when ATU Sligo hit four points either side of Favour Shehu’s green flag, and another purple patch with around five minutes to play saw them take the lead by a point entering stoppage time. Shane McGrath and Ó Curraoín gave this incredible contest a final flourish when they hit a pair of doubles to see out the win.
