Venue: National Indoor Arena, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15.

Dates: 5-6 April 2019

Pool Tables

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Pool A
*Dublin City University	3	3	0	155	118	9
*Trinity College Dublin	3	1	2	175	157	3
University of Limerick	3	1	2	165	189	3
Dublin Institute of Technology	3	1	2	165	196	3
Pool B
*Ulster University	3	3	0	191	150	9
*University College Cork	3	2	1	199	194	6
IT Carlow	3	1	2	184	179	3
NUI Galway	3	0	3	137	188	0

Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
06.04.2019	Ulster University	64	Trinity College Dublin	71
06.04.2019	Dublin City University	63	University College Cork	26
	Final
07.04.2019	Dublin City University	64	Trinity College Dublin	70

Pool Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool A
05.04.2019	Dublin City University	52	Dublin IT	38
05.04.2019	University of Limerick	59	Trinity College Dublin	57
05.04.2019	University of Limerick	36	Dublin city University	54
05.04.2019	Dublin IT	49	Trinity College	74
06.04.2019	Dublin IT	78	University of Limerick	70
06.04.2019	Dublin City University	49	Trinity College Dublin	44
	Pool B
05.04.2019	Ulster University	53	NUI Galway	44
05.04.2019	IT Carlow	69	University College Cork	73
05.04.2019	University College Cork	75	NUI Galway	53
05.04.2019	Ulster University	66	IT Carlow	55
06.04.2019	NUI Galway	40	IT Carlow	60
06.04.2019	University College Cork	51	Ulster University	72

Report

Trinity College Dublin beat Dublin City University 70-64 in the Women’s Division A Varsity Final in the National Indoor Arena in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. They managed to overturn a 21-point DCU lead. The reigning Champions were surprised by the Trinity team, led by MVP Sorcha Tiernan, and supported by Sarah Kenny, Rachel Huijsdens and Rebecca Rabeiro.

The holders, DCU led 26-13 in the second quarter when the comeback began, and by halftime Trinity College had turned the deficit into just 9 points. 42-33. Despite outstanding displays from DCU’s Megan Connolly and Aoife Maguire, the Trinity team overturned the deficit by the end of the third quarter to lead 57-50, before finishing off in style, eventually winning 70-64. [Ref: 3]

DCU: Megan Connolly, Deborah Sealy, Olivia Reed, Alison Cleary, Maeve Phelan, Ruthie Leavey, Aine McDonnell, Adeysha Williams, Aoife Maguire, Aoibheann Byrne, Ali Donohue, Samantha Hyslip

Trinity: Ali Connolly, Sorcha Tiernan, Simone Hobdy, Rebecca Rabeiro, Olivia Flanagan, Ali Blaney, Sarah Kenny, Lauren Devitt, Aoife O’Halloran, Katie Garton, Rachel Huijsdens, Aisling O’Driscoll.

References

Websites

[1] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2019) 2019 Varsities Women’s Division A | Table [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oId=1002&id=1919#.XqSE-WhKhPY [Accessed 15 August 2019]

[2] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2019) 2019 Varsities Women’s Division A | Matches [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/Fixtures.aspx?oid=1002&compid=1919 [Accessed 23 April 2019]

[3] Basketball Ireland (2019) FIXTURES & RESULTS: 2019 Intervarsities Finals [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10050183/ [Accessed 10 June 2019]

Images

[4] Basketball Ireland (2019) Basketball Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/extralogo.png [Accessed 13 August 2019]

[5] Basketball Ireland (2019) FIXTURES & RESULTS: 2019 Intervarsities Finals: Trinity College Dublin [Internet] Available from: http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/galleries/638_uploaded/c847021d021448f8d939f4b499e466811230b999.png [Accessed 10 June 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Trinity College Dublin

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