The conditions were appalling at the Dub tonight. Presseye / Matt Mackey/INPHO Presseye / Matt Mackey/INPHO / Matt Mackey/INPHO

IT Sligo 1-9
Queen’s University 0-8

IT SLIGO PROGRESSED through to the quarter-final of the Sigerson Cup last night but only after the teams were forced to play extra-time in sub-zero temperatures in Belfast.

Groundsmen at the Dub were busy marking the snow-covered pitch with shovels minutes before throw-in, and the visitors started strongly with an early goal from Evan Regan before taking a 1-2 to 0-4 lead into the half-time break.

Queen’s dragged themselves back into the tie in the second half and the teams were level 0-7 to 1-4  heading into extra-time. Ryan Murray then missed penalty for the home side and Sligo sealed a four-point victory. They face UCC at the quarter-final stage.

Queens' Tony Donnelly and Sligo's Bredy Burns. Presseye / Matt Mackey/INPHO Presseye / Matt Mackey/INPHO / Matt Mackey/INPHO

Scorers for IT Sligo: Evan Regan 1-4 (0-3f, 0-1 ’45), Daniel McKenna 0-2 (0-1f), Cathal Mulryan, Brendan Gallagher, James Shaughnessy 0-1 each.

Scorers for Queen’s: Ciaran O’Hanlon 0-6 (0-1f), Ryan Murray, Tony Donnelly 0-1 each.

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