North Down ladies fourths travelled to Harlequins fourths on Saturday for a Junior Four league game.<\/p>\n
North Down began well, winning a corner in the first ten minutes. Lynsey Stevenson injected to Jo Irwin whose on target strike rebounded off the keeper’s pads to Rachel Bogie.\u00a0 Her strike was again saved by quick reactions from the keeper however, Lynsey Stevenson made no mistake with a third shot to make it 1-0.\u00a0 Quins were fast on the attack but expert tackling from sweeper Maxine Taylor, backed up by a solid defence kept the frustrated Quins at bay.<\/p>\n
An excellent\u00a0one two between Irwin and Stevenson on the right\u00a0set Hilary West free and her pass found Stevenson who added a second. At this point Quins changed their formation and sent on their more experienced players and put North Down under some pressure.\u00a0 They produced some excellent attacking play on their\u00a0left with the winger managing to get along the backline and slip the ball across for a conversion making the score at half time 1-2.<\/p>\n
Harlequins\u2019 frustrations continued into the second half due to some tight marking from midfielders Emma Johnston and Rebecca Martin and the home team lost some discipline becoming very physical and verbal. \u00a0On 49 minutes the Harlequins pressure finally told as they notched an equaliser and with North Down looking unsettled the game could have gone either way. Stevenson was to the fore back in defence as she came to the rescue time after time with clearing tackles at the edge of the North Down circle. With only two minutes to go she managed to produce a break down the right and crack the ball across the circle where Rachel Bogie connected first time and the ball flew through the keeper’s legs for the winner.\u00a0 In the last minute Quins tried their best but the visitors held out for a great win.<\/p>\n
PMB Player of the Match:\u00a0 Lynsey Stevenson<\/p>\n
Report from Beverley Brittain.<\/p>\n
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