Loughgall Lakers 2 - 0 Donegal Celtic Ladies

The Lakers recorded their second league win of the season following this hard fought victory over Donegal Celtic Ladies at Loughgall Country Park.

Few chances were created in the early stages of the game with both defences playing well to clear any danger.  The Lakers first opportunity fell to Rebecca Capper, however after a lovely through ball from Brooke Jordan; the striker was unable to keep her shot on target when put under pressure by the Donegal Celtic defence.  Not long before the half, Loughgall opened the scoring following a corner kick from Amy McCallister.  The winger crossed the ball into the box where Philippa Toal controlled and played back to McCallister, who struck a left footed shot into the top left-hand corner of the net. 

The second half produced more opportunities for the Lakers, the first coming as soon as 3 minutes after the break.  Toal did well to beat her marker before playing the ball into the box where Jordan was unlucky to send her volley just wide of the post.  The second goal of the game came on 54 minutes when a long ball forward from Esther Irwin came off a Donegal Celtic defender and into the path of Capper, allowing the striker to calmly slot past the keeper and into the net.  Donegal Celtic responded immediately with a strong attack; however an excellent save from ‘keeper Michelle Stephens thwarted this when faced with two attackers running in. 

Capper nearly added her second of the game 2 minutes later but was unfortunate to strike over after a goalmouth scramble.  Fellow strike partner Toal also had a chance just before the final whistle but was unable to convert leaving the final score at 2 – 0 to the Lakers.