We took in a spooktactular Ulster Hockey Women’s Premier League game between Ulster University Elks and Lisnagarvey at the UUJ Sports Arena on Friday evening against the backdrop of multiple fireworks lighting up the sky.

A hard working Elks side dominated the opening two quarters and they must be wondering how they only had a 1 – 0 lead at the break after enjoying approximately 80% territory and possession.

The Elks goal, from Lucy Craig, came after 10 minutes, from their second penalty corner, but they really should have gone into the second half with a comfortable lead.

Lisnagarvey were a completely different prospect in the second half which they edged. They never got to the heights that the Elks got to, with their all over press, in the first half, but Garvey showed more composure coming out of defence in the last two quarters and will probably be disappointed they didn’t pick up a draw after topping the territory stats in the later stages.

As it was, it was the right result, the Elks all over game doing enough to deserve all the points at the final whistle.

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