ULSTER Elks and Pegasus are facing relegation battles in the EYHL All Ireland women’s hockey Division 1 after weekend defeats.
Elks’ 5-0 home loss to Dubliners Railway Union mean they drop to seventh in the league table and now sit just three points above the relegation zone.
Pegasus dropped into the relegation zone as they lost 3-2 at home to UCD.
In EYHL2, Ards, who drew 0-0 away to recently crowned Leinster Division 1 champions Muckross at Donnybrook, and Lurgan, have one game each left to play.
Both sides could still finish as high as second with just two points separating them going into the final game.
EYHL WOMEN’S DIVISION 1
PEGASUS 2 UCD 3
PEGASUS took on UCD at Queen’s and went ahead in the 20th minute, Zara Malseed scoring from open play. Sarah McAuley equalised for UCD in the 29th minute. UCD captain Emma Paul gave the visitors the lead when she converted a penalty corner in the 32nd minute, putting UCD 2-1 ahead at half-time.
Sarah McAuley increased the lead for UCD from a converted penalty corner in the 45th minute to leave UCD 3-1 up at the end of the third quarter. Pegasus got a second goal in the fourth quarter from Sophie McDowell in the 63rd minute but it proved to be a consolation goal as UCD ended the game winning 3-2.
ULSTER ELKS 0 RAILWAY UNION 5
LILY Lloyd grabbed a goal for Railway Union from open play in the sixth minute and Sarah Hawkshaw added a second in the 19th minute to give Railway Union a 2-0 lead at half-time. Emma Smyth opened her account in the 50th minute to make it 3-0. Niamh Carey made it 4-0 in the 58th minute and Emma Smyth added a fifth in the 62nd minute. Railway look set to finish second in the EYHL Women’s Division 1 this season following this win.
OTHER RESULTS: EYHL WOMEN’S DIVISION 1: CATHOLIC INSTITUTE 2 OLD ALEXANDRA 1, CORINTHIANS 0 MONKSTOWN 1, PEMBROKE WANDERERS 1 LORETO 1
EYHL WOMEN’S DIVISION 2 POOL A: KILKENNY 0 AVOCA 3, CORK HARLEQUINS 6 GREENFIELDS 0
