UCD Ladies Hockey 1st Team Crowned EYHL Champions
04 April 2023
The 2022-23 EY Hockey League went down to the wire as the UCD Ladies Hockey 1st team claimed their fourth league championship following a 3-0 away victory over Pegasus in their final game of the league.
Loreto were leading the league going into the decisive games of the weekend. In what was an exciting and close finish to the season, UCD’s crucial win against Pegasus along with Loreto’s narrow defeat to Pembroke Wanderers saw the student’s overtake Loreto to secure first place by a single point.
UCD’s Katie Jane Marshall scored twice and with just a couple of minutes to go in the second half Sarah McAuley scored UCD’s third and final goal to win the title. The win also secures UCD ladies Hockey a semi-final spot in the Women’s Senior Irish Cup, a competition they have won on seven occasions during the competitions 120-year history.
Other notable hockey victories at the weekend were those of the Ladies 6th team (seen below) which won the Leinster Hockey Women's Division 7-8 Cup and the Men's 3rd team which won the Minor Cup.
