Michelle Davoren leads the scoring as Dublin club dominate Kildare opponents
Michelle Davoren helped herself to an outstanding haul of 2-3 at Glenisk O’Connor Park on Sunday as Dublin’sThere was just over 30 seconds gone on the clock when Crokes bagged their first goal of this contest, Eabha Rutledge rattling the net from close-range following excellent build-up play from Amy Conroy and Michelle Davoren.
After she had joined Niamh Cotter , Kate Murray and Aoife Kane in registering unanswered points, Michelle Davoren rolled home her second goal of the action on the stroke of 10 minutes.Ulster SFC quarter-final: Ruthless Errigal Ciarán power past Cargin in BelfastThe Davoren double act pushed forward either side of the first-quarter mark as Ailbhe and Michelle found the range to create even more daylight between themselves and the Kildare champions.
Eadestown were without the services of inter-county triumvirate Grace Clifford, Aoife Clifford and Ruth Sargent for this game – Sargent was a late withdrawal through injury – but they eventually added their second score of the action when substitute Misha Magee expertly split the posts from a tight right-hand angle in the 53rd minute.
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