Lismore overpower Silvermines in Munster Semi final

Lismore 4-06 Silvermines 1-10

Two goals in both halves of the game from Caithriona McGlone, Aoife Hannon and Sinead Bennett prove crucial in their victory over Tipperary Champions Silvermines.  It was an all round performance from a very experience Lismore side.

Lismore won the toss and opted to play with a strong breeze in the first half.  However it was Silvermines who opened the scoring with a point from play from full forward Ashling Carey.  Lismore goalkeeper Tanya Morrissey then pulled off a fantastic save on the third minute putting a certain goal out for a forty five. Silvermines Carey converted the forty five.  Lismore were trailing by two points. Lismore Shona Curran won a free and Dead ball ace Aoife Hannon had no trouble converting the free to register Lismore first point. From there on in Lismore picked up the pace and Hannon scored another point from a forty five. Midfielder Shona Curran thundered into the game and was very dominant in midfield winning every battle with her marker.  On the thirteenth minute Curran played in a long ball to Aoife Hannon who buried it to the back on the Silvermines net. Hannon was on fire and scored another point from a forty five.  Caitriona McGlone then registered her first goal for Lismore on the twentieth minute.  At this stage Lismore were seven points up and were dominant all over.  Carey and Mcglone exchanged points. Silvermines then won another free and converted it leaving the half time score 2-04 to 0-04

In the second half Silvermines started off the second half as they did in the first half scoring the first two points before Caitriona McGlone scored a fantastic point from play.  Nicola Morrissey won a free 65 yards out from goal and played the ball into Lismore forward line where half time substitution Sinead Bennett won the ball and buried it into the back of Silvermines net.  Lismore were eight points up and were well on top. Shauna Kiernan showed great composure at centre back while Sarah Coughlan and Shauna Prendergast gave tigerish displays. Silvermines converted two frees and battled hard but just couldn’t breakdown the Lismore defence.  Caitriona McGlone scored Lismore fourth goal putting Lismore nine points ahead.  Silvermines refused to give up putting the Lismore defence under great pressure.  Tanya Morrissey pulled off another fantastic save in the final minutes of the game before Silvermines scored a consolation goal leaving the final score Lismore 4-06 to Silvermines 1-10.

Best for Lismore were Tanya Morrissey, Shauna Prendergast, Sarah Coughlan, Shauna Kiernan, Shona Curran, Sinead Bennett, Caitriona McGlone and Aoife Hannon.

Lismore will play Newcestown (Cork Champions) in the Munster final on November 11^th in a cork venue.

Scorers for Lismore: Aoife Hannon 1-03 (1f, 2 45’), Caithriona McGlone 2-03, Sinead Bennett 1-00

Lismore: Tanya Morrissey; Sarah Coughlan, Shauna Prendergast, Ellen Curran; Aoife Houlihan, Shauna Kiernan, Marie Russell; Shona Curran, Sharon Williams; Ruth Geoghegan, Grainne Kenneally, Nicola Morrissey; Johanna Houlihan, Caithriona McGlone, Aoife Hannon. Sub: 30min Emma Power for Johanna Houlihan, Sinead Bennett for Ruth Geoghegan.