WRAP: HEC Leagues get underway

Compiled by Ladies HEC PRO Marisa Kennedy 

The 2022 HEC Leagues got underway this week with action across six of the seven divisions.

It was a busy week for DCU Dóchas Éireann who had five teams competing in the opening round. DCU DÉ 1 recorded an impressive 4-09 to 0-4 win over Dublin rivals UCD to get their Division 1 title defence off to an ideal start.

The two colleges also met in Division 2 with DCU DÉ once again emerging victorious with a 7-11 to 2-09 victory. The other fixtures in the opening round of Division 2 saw Maynooth University 1 narrowly edging TUS Midlands 1 by two points while Ulster University Jordanstown had eight points to spare over Trinity College 1. Meanwhile, MTU Kerry showed positive early signs with a 3-13 to 1-10 win over UL 2.

DKIT made an impressive start to their Division 3 campaign, firing seven goals past St Mary’s 1 while it was the clash of the neighbours in the division’s other fixture with SETU Carlow comfortably seeing off SETU Waterford on a scoreline of 3-11 to 0-06.

Division 4 saw the third meeting of the week between DCU DÉ and UCD with DCU DÉ 4 securing a 5-19 to 1-01 victory over UCD 3. Meanwhile, Queens’ second team were in action against Ulster University Magee Campus with the Derry side taking home an 11-point win.

There was another strong win for DCU DÉ in Division 5 as their fifth team saw off TUD Blanchardstown by 5-11 to 1-12. The division’s other opening fixture was another all-Dublin affair with three goals apiece recorded by Marino 1 and TUD City Campus 1 with TUD seeing off their rivals by six points.

Division 6 also got underway this week with a DCU DÉ team recording the college’s only loss of the opening round, losing out to TUD City Campus 2 by 6-13 to 4-06. There were goals galore across this division with the highlight being a one-point thriller between Trinity College 2 and RCSI, Trinity edging that game on a scoreline of 4-09 to 5-05. The other results saw ATU Mayo beating out TUS Midlands 2 by 3-09 to 3-06 while Mary Immaculate College Thurles Campus recorded a 3-09 to 3-05 away victory against ATU Sligo 2.

HEC LEAGUES ROUND 1 RESULTS:

Division 1

UCD 1 0-04 DCU DÉ 1 4-09

Division 2

UCD 2 2-09 DCU DÉ 2 7-11

UU Jordanstown 1-16 Trinity College 1 2-05

Maynooth University 1 2-09 TUS Midlands 1 2-07

MTU Kerry 3-13 UL 2 1-10

Division 3

DKIT 7-15 St Mary’s 1 1-12

SETU Carlow 3-11 SETU Waterford 0-06

Division 4

Queen’s University 2 2-06 UU Magee Campus 3-14

UCD 3 1-01 DCU DÉ 4 5-19

Division 5

DCU DÉ 5 5-11 TUD Blanchardstown 1-12

Marino 1 3-11 TUD City Campus 1 3-17

Division 6 

DCU DÉ 6 4-06 TUD City Campus 2 6-13

Trinity College 2 4-09 RCSI 5-05

TUS Midlands 2 3-06 ATU Mayo 3-09

FIXTURES

Wednesday 19^th October 2022

LGFA HEC League Division 1 – Round 1

UG1 (H) v UL, 6.30pm – Updated

UCC1 (H) v MICL1, 7.30pm – Postponed due to Weather

QUB1 (H) v TUD, 7.00pm

LGFA HEC League Division 4 – Round 1

UCC2 (H) v MICL2, 6.00pm – – Postponed due to Weather

LGFA HEC League Division 5 – Round 1

UL4 (H) v MU2, 5.00pm

ATU Galway (H) v TUS Midwest, 4.00pm – Updated

LGFA HEC League Division 7 – Round 1

Marino2 (H) v DCUDÉ7, 6.00pm

DKIT2 (H) v Drogheda IFE, 6.00pm

Cavan Inst (H) v UU5, 6.00pm – Postponed 16^th November

LGFA HEC League Division 7 – Round 2

UU4 (Magee) v UU3 (Coleraine), Faughanvale, 6.45pm – Updated

St. Marys Belfast 2 (H) v QUB3, 6.00pm

 

Thursday 20^th October 2022                                                                                                       

LGFA HEC League Division 7 – Round 1

TUD City Campus3 (H) v TUD Tallaght, 7.00pm