Carlow outclassed by Cavan
Carlow's Katie Tunstead is a step ahead of Cavan's Shauna Lynch during Sunday afternoons fixture at Breffni Park, Cavan. Photo: Lorraine Teevan
Carlow were on the wrong end of a big defeat after travelling to take on Cavan at Kingspan Breffni today.
Without a number of their strongest players last year, Cavan suffered relegation from Division 2 last year but a change of management has meant all their big stars are back on board again and they look like a team capable of playing at a higher level, they were certainly too strong on the day for Carlow.
Cavan scored the first 5-17 of the game before electing to make a whole host of second half changes.
Carlow, to their credit, kept plugging away and introduced some younger players in the second half, and six players made their senior intercounty debuts - Leanne Carroll, Eve Sinnott, Amy Farrell, Kate Burke, Genevieve Sherlock and Sarah Nolan.
Orla Woods kicked two good points from play, to go with two frees from Clíodhna Ní Shé, and Carlow got the last score of the game when Roisin Bailey hit the Cavan net.
It was a third win of the campaign for Cavan and they look like they will romp away with the division. Carlow won’t play teams of this quality every week and their season is more likely to revolve around games like their impressive win over Offaly last week. They must quickly put this game behind them before making the short trip to play local rivals Laois next weekend.
L McVeety 1-6 (1-0pen, 2fs), A Gilsenan 2-2, E Brady 1-1, K McCormack 1-0, R McLoughlin 1-0, S Greene 0-3, A Sheridan 0-3 (1f), S Fitzsimons 0-1,LJ Grant 0-1
R Bailey 1-0, O Woods 0-2, C Ní Shé 0-2fs.
Evelyn Baugh; Eimear Corcoran, Sinead Kelly, Lucy Crowe, Hannah Gilsenan, Shauna Lynch, Sinead Greene; Micaela Fitzpatrick, Ellie Brady; Shanise Fitzsimons, Lauren McVeety, Kerri McCormack, Ellyanna Madden, Aishling Sheridan, Aisling Gilsenan. Subs: Lucy Jayne Grant for McVeety, h/t; Annie Deneher for Fitzpatrick, h/t; Rebecca McLoughlin for Madden, h/t; Deirbhile Lynch for Greene, h/t; Hannah Fitzsimons for Corcoran, h/t; Sarah McCabe for Fitzsimons, h/t; Deirbhile McCaffrey for A Gilsenan, 38; Niamh Keenaghan for Sheridan, 38; Caoimhe Madden for H Gilsenan 42; Niamh McCorry for Brady, 42; Sophie Daly for Kelly, 45; Helen Corcoran for Baugh, 46.
Shanne Cotter; Sinead McCullagh, Edel Hayden, Katie Tunstead, Tara Lyons, Roisin Bailey, Beibhin Nolan; Clíodhna Ní Shé, Elaine Ware; Bronagh Nolan, Ella Molloy, Orla Woods, Sinead Hayden, Megan Townsend, Aibha Kiernan. Subs: Marie Cranny for Beibhin Nolan, 23; Amy Hanley for Ware, 25; Nicole Hanley for Cotter, h/t; Maeve O’Neill for Lyons, h/t; Genevieve Sherlock for Tunstead, h/t; Kate Burke for Hayden, 42; Sarah Nolan for Bronagh Nolan, 45; Amy Farrell for Kiernan, 45; Leanne Carroll for Hayden, 59; Eve Sinnott for Townsend, 59.
Aaron Clogher (Roscommon).
