COMRADES HIT STUDENTS WITH LATE GOAL FLURRY
Three goals in the final 20 minutes helped Ballyclare Comrades defeat Queen's University at The Dub.
Scoreless at the break, the first effort of note arrived midway through the first half when Ian Fletcher fired just over from 25 yards while Ciaran Heggarty fired straight at the keeper soon after, with a later effort being flashed just wide.
The second half followed a similar pattern before, on 72 minutes, Liam McKenna finally broke the deadlock with a 25-yard drive into the top corner.
Heggarty made it 2-0 seven minutes after that after receiving the ball from Adam Gray, before substitute James Clarke pulled one back for the Students within five minutes.
However, Ballyclare restored their two-goal cushion in stoppage time when Andrew Mooney knocked home the rebound after Gray saw his initial penalty saved.
Queen's University: Devine, Corry, Calvert, McManus, S. McGuinness, Bonnes, Middleton, Mulgrew, Glackin, McKenna, Young subs Gawne (not used), O'Hare (replaced Middleton 65), C. McGuinness (not used), Watts (replaced Glackin 74), Brown (not used), Clarke (replaced McKenna 74), Doherty (not used)
Ballyclare Comrades: Ferguson, McKenna, Ramsey, Tully, Dobbin, Beverland, Mathieson, Fletcher, Heggarty, Gray, Donnelly subs Purcell (not used), McDermott (replaced Dobbin 67), McCart (not used), Mooney (replaced Tully 76), McKim (not used), Johnston (not used), Devine (replaced Heggarty 84)