Donegal 2-7
Cavan 0-8
The Donegal senior ladies side produced a superb second half display on Saturday afternoon to land the National Football League Division 2 title courtesy of a five-point win over Cavan at St Tiernach’s Park in Clones.
Cavan had the wind advantage in Act One and they started the brighter of the two sides, landing the first four scores of this Division 2 decider.
Ella Sheridan got the afternoon’s scoring underway in the opening minute before following this up with another two frees for her side.
Sinead Green put the Breffni County four points ahead when she fired the ball over the bar after 23 minutes however, a pair of fantastic points from Katie Dowds in the closing stages of the half left just two points between the teams at the short whistle.
Half-time: Donegal 0-2-0-4 Cavan
Like the first half, Cavan got the second stanza’s scoring underway , with Ella Sheridan finding the target once again.
However, with the elements now in the favour, James Daly’s outfit responded well and three successive scores courtesy of Susanne White (2) and Ciara McGarvey had them on level terms.
Midway through Act Two, Ardara native Mia Bennett scored a vital goal for Donegal to put them three points ahead before Catherine Dolan replied with a fisted point for the Breffni County to reduce the arrears to two.
Katie Dowds hit back with her third point of the afternoon before Eva Gallagher and Ella Sheridan traded efforts to leave three points between the sides once again.
With five minutes left on the clock, Donegal found the score that sealed victory as Ciara McGarvey played the ball to Katie Dowds who hit the ball home to stretch their advantage to six points.
Cavan pulled a point back through Ella Sheridan late on but the hooter soon sounded which saw James Daly’s side seal the Division 2 silverware following a fine performance.