UCC ... 1-8 NUI Maynooth ... 1-6UCC powered their way to an impressive if narrow victory over Maynooth in this action-packed quarter-final at Kent Park, Ballydoogan, yesterday.
Conrad Murphy opened the scoring with a UCC point before Alan Dillon levelled.
Clever play by Kerry's Ian Twiss unhinged the Maynooth defence for Sean O'Brien to hammer the ball to the net for a 1-1 to 0-1 lead after six minutes.
UCC kept their shape for the remainder of the half to lead by 1-4 to 0-3 at half-time.
Maynooth failed to score between the fifth and 18th minutes of the second half , when a Kieran Reilly goal got them back into it.
Maynooth finished strongly, however, with points by Paudie Swinburn and Mark Ó Sé.
UCC: I Kelleher; E Wiseman, P Hanley, S Curran; D Reidy, N O'Donovan, P Galvin; C O'Keeffe, M Ó Sé (0-1); T Kenny (0-1), C Murphy (0-3), S O'Brien (1-0); D Cahill, B Sheehan, I Twiss (0-3). Subs: C McCarthy for Kenny, J Oldham for Sheehan.
MAYNOOTH: C Brennan; D Geraghty, J Keane, G Norton; C Moran, M Ó Sé (0-1), P Noone; B Cahill, R Kavanagh; A Brogan (0-2), M Gurn, C Parkinson; P Swinburn (0-1), D Lally, A Dillon (0-2). Subs: K Reilly (1-0) for Cahill.
