UCD Ladies loose out National Futsal finals in NUIG

The UCD Women Socer Team finshed up Runners in NUIG on  Saturday  30th January 2010 in a narrow 1.0 loss to UCC in this year’s WSCAI Futsal National Finals at the superb indoor facilities in NUI Galway Saturday 30th January 2010.

The tournament was an exemplary exhibitition of the highly skilled, fast paced futsal game. In the Cup Final, Alison Roche scored the winner for UCC in what was a tight affair against Premier League rivials UCD.

UCD had qualified for the finals after topping their group at the Futsal regionals in IT Blanchardstown before Christmas, they then topped their group on Saturday with a win over CSN and  a 1.1 draw against Sligo IT, they were then held scoreless by a resiliant NUI Galway team in the semi - finals which meant penalties would determine their faith. UCD secured their final position in the final against UCC with a penalties from Louise Quinn, Kellen Brink and Rita Connaughton, displaying solid performances en route to the final they had every reason to feel confident that success was on the horizon.

The final looked to be heading to penalties with excellent goalkeeping from both UCD's Shona Hanlon and Morris between the posts for UCC. Roches powershot breaking the deadlock with 4 minutes remaining left little time for a UCD response. UCC successfully absorbed the final waves of UCD pressure to secure their first ever Futsal Cup Win.

UCD's Kellen Brink was named player of the tournament and Aine O' Gorman from IT Carlow was top scorer with five goals.

Over 70 players took part in the day long event having topped their respective groups in the prelimary regional rounds held in venues around the country. Eight Colleges and Universities participate in the event including UCC, Sligo IT, UCD, NUI Galway, CCFE (Cork), NUI Maynooth, Trinity and IT Carlow
 
UCD Team: Lisa Geiran (C), Louise Quinn, Victoria Swan, Kellen Brink, Jay Molloy, Ger Buttle, Aisling Sealy, Shona Hanlon, and  Shannon Ryan.