ATU Sligo suffered an agonising 0-9 to 0-8 loss in Thursday night’s Sigerson Cup first round match against St Mary’s University College at the Dub Playing Fields in Belfast.
ATU were five points down at half-time (0-7 to 0-2) despite having a couple of good goal chances in that opening half, which they were unable to convert.
However, they showed commendable metal to close the gap in the second half – and the sides were actually level at 0-8 each as the match ticked towards added time.
Despite this defeat, all is not lost for Con O’Meara’s side – as they now get to play NUI Galway in round 2B next week.
Sligo will have home advantage for that game.
There was also disappointment for ATU Sligo Freshers – as they also suffered a one-point lose in their round 1 game – against ATU Galway in Ballinode (0-11 to 0-10).
Sigerson Cup 1st round results
St Mary’s 0-9 ATU Sligo 0-8
University of Limerick 3-12 ATU Donegal 0-8
UCC (holders) 1-10 Ulster University 1-13
UCD 1-22 ATU Galway 1-5
TUS Midlands 3-11 Carlow 2-13
Queen’s 1-10 DCU 2-6
TU Dublin 2-8 NUI Galway 1-10
Maynooth University 4-11 MTU Cork 2-9
Losers Round 2B
ATU Sligo v NUI Galway
ATU Donegal v MTU Cork
