St Mary's 1-10 GMIT 2-5St Mary's College, Belfast, prevailed at Pearse Stadium yesterday despite a late GMIT rally. St Mary's led 0-7 to 1-2 at half-time with Mark Donnelly causing Galway all sorts of bother.
GMIT hit back after 10 minutes with Aidan Kilcoyne scoring a goal. The Belfast side finished the half strongly with three points from Conal Martin, Leo Meenan and Ryan Keenan.
St Mary's struck a goal after 35 minutes through Ryan Keenan to open up a five-point lead. St Mary's added points from Meenan and Keenan and they led by 1-10 to 1-3. Ger Heneghan goaled in stoppage time for GMIT but it was too late.
ST MARY'S: M O'Kane; T Hackett, Joe McMahon, J Ball; M McCullagh, Justin McMahon, M Murray; C Martin (0-1), D Gordan; J Lavery, B McGoldrick, G O'Neill; L Meenan (0-3, one free), M Donnelly (0-4, one free), R Keenan (1-2, one 45). Subs: C Daly for Donnelly (40 mins); J McCormack for Martin (47 mins); D Mulholland for O'Neill (50 mins).
GMIT: B O'Donoghue; M Flannery, A Geraghty, A Burke (Corofin); C Neary, D Mullaghy, B Prior; P Moran, R Hanmore; T Costelloe (0-1, free), G Heneghan (1-2, two frees), A Kilcoyne (1-1); A Burke (Kilmaine, 0-1), B Moloney, M Conroy. Subs: T Hughes for Hanmore, 48 mins; S Fahy for Costelloe, 50 mins; R Doyle for Neary, 59 mins; N Meenaghan for Conroy, 72 mins.
Referee: P Fox (Westmeath).
