HIGHLIGHTS | Limerick fall to impressive Antrim in Ladies National League semi-final

Last year’s Junior All-Ireland champions hit the ground running with a pair of first half goals putting them on their way.

The Limerick Ladies Footballers league run came to an end on Sunday afternoon following a 3-16 to 1-11 defeat to Antrim in the last four.

Antrim were deserving of the victory with their first-half performance going a long way in determining the result as they led 2-12 to 0-5 at the turn of ends.

Limerick actually got off the mark quicker with a brace of points to begin the contest. But Antrim drewl level with a pair before the impressive Orlaith Prenter found the bottom corner.

That was in the midst of 1-6 without reply for the Ulster side before Karen O’Leary ended Limerick’s wait for a score on the quarter hour mark.

Prenter then turned provider in the 25th minute for Antrim’s second goal as Theresa Mellon added the finish that had Antrim 2-8 to 0-4 in front.

By the half-time whistle they had stretched that into a 13-point advantage.

Needing to eat into the lead on the restart, Limerick did just that with Cathy Mee’s goal on 43 minutes reducing the margin to 2-13 to 1-9.

But Prenter helped Antrim extend their lead once again before Grainne McLoughlin had their third goal to kill off any hopes of a Limerick comeback as they now turn attention to the championship kick off.

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