UCD Ladies Hockey Team travelled to this years Intervarsities Championship looking to defend The Chilean Cup they won last year.

UCD Ladies Hockey Team travelled to this years Intervarsities Championship looking to defend The Chilean Cup they won last year. They were placed in a tough group of Trinity, Queens, CIT and UU. However, they emerged as group winners after a string of good results. The Ladies set the ball rolling with a 2-0 win against old rivals Trinity. CIT proved an easier affair, as they put 10 past the Cork side. Having then beaten Queens 4-2, the Ladies faced their toughest challenge, the hosts UU. The Ladies were familiar with their opposition having beaten them in last years semi final of the ISC. The match against UU was a direct play off for top spot in the group.
 
The game did not disappoint and proved to be a high quality affair. The Northerners opened the scoring early in second half from the flick spot after Suman Bala was unfairly judged to have been impeded  by Megan Tennant Humphreys while lining up a shot. The UCD Ladies fought back hard and levelled two minutes from time with Lisa Jacob finishing off a nice move to seal top spot in the group and a semi-final match against DCU.
 
UCD won the semi-final 4-0, and with UU beating UCC in the other semi-final UU and UCD were destined to meet again in the final. The decider certainly matched the first battle. Rachel Burke gave the Belfielders a very early lead when she deflected Lisa Jacob's superb cross but UU drew level in the second half from a well-worked corner.

UCD saw a similar set-piece saved and cleared within inches of the goal-line while Grace O'Flanagan was called on to make a string of saves as pressure fluctuated from end to end. Laura Wilson was sin-binned for a sliding tackle for what looked a well-judged defensive effort while no more goals in normal time meant the game went to extra time.

The Dublin side had the first shot in anger, deflecting a corner over the bar, but UU pounced from another set piece and that sealed a sweet victory for them on home turf.