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Leonard points Galway to victory
Galway .............0-13 TWestmeath .........0-7
By BILL KIELY Media West Ireland
resumption with two Hegarty efforts, before Galway took a double scores lead.
Two points from the in-form Tracey Leonard and an Ailbhe davoren point were enough for a 0-10 to 0-5 lead as the West- meath heads began to drop.
rACEy Leonard scored four points for the Galway ladies as they advanced to the semi-finals of the national Football
Galway had their sights on a semi-final meeting with dublin, and despite Sinead Burke’s yellow card, Galway continued to excel in the closing stages.
League after a comprehensive six-point win over Westmeath at Mullingar.
Hegarty and Laura Lee Walsh found their range for the opposing sides, but points from Tracey Leonard, Emma reaney and Leanne Walsh were enough to seal
victory.
Galway should have been even more comfortable were it not for their tally of 12 wides, but they did just enough after they held a 0-7 to 0-3 lead at half-time.
Fiona Claffey struck first for Westmeath before roisin Leonard scored Galway’s opening point in the third minute. Fiona Coyle and Mairead Seoighe traded scores before Karen Hegarty put a confident Westmeath back in front.
GALWAY: Dearbhla Gower;
Sarah Lynch, Noelle Connolly, Sinead
Burke; Leanne Walsh (0-1), Nicola Ward,
Charlotte Cooney; Lisa Gannon, Aine McDonagh; Ailbhe Davoren (0-1), Tracey Leonard (0-4, 1 f), Olivia Divilly (0-1); Mairead Seoighe (0-1), Roisin Leonard (0-2), Leanne Coen (0-2).
Subs: Sarah Conneally for R Leonard (41 mins), Emma Reaney (0-1) for Seoighe (44 mins), Deirdre Brennan for Davoren (60 mins).
WESTMEATH: Karen Walsh; Laura Brennan, Amie Giles, Nicole Feery; Rachel Dillon, Jennie Rogers, Fiona Coyle (0-1); Karen McDermott, Fiona Claffey (0-1); Lucy McCartan, Maud Annie Foley, Johanna Maher; Kelly Boyce Jordan, Laua Lee Walsh (0-1), Karen Hegarty (0-4, 2 f). Subs: Ellen Cronin for Claf- fey (34 mins), Ciara Blundell for Jordan (44 mins), Anna Jones for Coyle (54 mins).
REFEREE: Gerry Carmody (Roscommon).
But once Tracey Leonard equalised Galway assumed control, and while in the ascendency they scored five points in a row, giving them a strong advantage at the inter-
val.roisin Leonard and Olivia divilly combined to give Galway a two-point lead, and Leanne Coen scored twice more as Stephen Glennon’s side finally saw daylight between them and their hosts at half-time.
But that four-point lead was halved on the
DIVISION 1
Team
1 DUBLIN
2 CORK
3 MAYO
4 GALWAY
5 DONEGAL
6 MONAGHAN 7 2 0 5 89 47 +42 6 7 WESTMEATH 7 1 0 6 18 27 −9 3 8 KERRY 7 0 0 7 75 130 −55 0
PWDLPFPAPDPts
Qualify/Relegation
Advance Semi
Advance Semi
Advance Semi
Advance Semi
RelegatetoDiv2
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750213097+3315
7502120102+1815
741211197+1413
741215389+6413
Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2018. Source: ladiesgaelic.ie
LIDL IRELAND LADIES NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
QUARTER-FINAL
SHARP-SHOOTER: Galway forward Tracey
Leonard continued her great scoring exploits against
Westmeath.
Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach/ SPORTSFILE
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