UCD Ladies' Hockey Club is a

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club based in

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. It is the women's field hockey club of

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. In addition to playing in

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matches with

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and competing in intervarsity tournaments, the club also enter teams in the

Women's Irish Hockey League The Women's Irish Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by Hockey Ireland that features women's teams from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The league was first played for during the 2008–09 season. It replaced the A ...

, the Irish Senior Cup and the Irish Junior Cup. During the 2010s UCD has emerged as one Ireland's strongest teams in women's field hockey, winning three Irish Hockey League titles and four Irish Senior Cups. UCD has also represented

in the

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and

2018 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup The 2018 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup was the 46th edition of the premier European competition for women's field hockey clubs. HC Den Bosch were the defending champions, having won their 15th title in the 2017 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup. The t ...

History

Irish Senior Cup

UCD first won the Irish Senior Cup in 1951, captained by

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. They then had to wait for fifty eight years before winning their second cup. In 2009

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kept goal for UCD as they defeated

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4–1. With a team that included

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, Chloe Watkins,

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and Anna O'Flanagan, UCD won the cup for a third time in 2012, after defeating Loreto 3–2 in the final. UCD where finalists again in 2013 but this time they lost 3–2 to

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. The UCD squad for the final included Chloe Watkins, Anna O'Flanagan,

Emily Beatty Emily Beatty (born 18 August 1993) is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. Beatty has also won Irish Senior Cup and Women's Irish Hockey L ...

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and

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. Nicola Evans and Anna O'Flanagan both scored as UCD defeated Pembroke Wanderers 2–0 in the 2014 final. Katie Mullan, Emily Beatty,

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and

were also members of the winning UCD team. In the 2017 final, Duke scored the winner as UCD defeated

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1–0. Duke also captained the team which also featured Gillian Pinder,

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and Katie Mullan. Duke was again captain when UCD retained the cup in 2018 team after they defeated Pegasus 4–0. Elena Tice and Katie Mullan were also in the team.

Women's Irish Hockey League

UCD won their first

title in 2013–14 with a squad that included

, Anna O'Flanagan and

. The 2013–14 season saw UCD complete a treble. In addition to winning the national league title UCD also won the Women's Leinster Division One title and the Irish Senior Cup. The 2016–17 season saw UCD claim the league title in dramatic fashion as

scored two

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s to inflict a first league defeat on

Hermes-Monkstown Hermes Ladies' Hockey Club was a women's field hockey club based at St. Andrew's College in Booterstown, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The club entered teams in the Women's Irish Hockey League, the Irish Senior Cup and the Irish Junior ...

. The result saw UCD overtake Hermes-Monkstown on the final day of the campaign. The result also saw UCD win their second trophy in six days, adding to the Irish Senior Cup. UCD subsequently completed a treble when they also won the EY Champions Trophy after defeating Hermes-Monkstown in a penalty shoot-out. The 2017–18 season saw UCD retain the league title. Having already won the Irish Senior Cup, UCD also completed a double.

Irish Junior Cup

UCD's second team enter the Irish Junior Cup. They have been finalists on two occasions, winning the cup in 2014 and finishing as runners-up in 2018.

Chilean Cup

The Chilean Cup is a tournament featuring ladies' field hockey teams representing universities from the

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and

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. UCD have been regular finalists and winners. ;Recent appearances

EuroHockey Club Champions Cup

UCD has also represented

in the

and

2015 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup The 2015 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup was the 43rd edition of the premier European competition for women's field hockey clubs. The tournament will be played in Bilthoven, Netherlands between 3 April and 6 April 2015. The hosts SCHC won their fi ...

;Quarter-finals ;Fifth to eighth place classification ;Fifth and sixth place

2018 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup The 2018 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup was the 46th edition of the premier European competition for women's field hockey clubs. HC Den Bosch were the defending champions, having won their 15th title in the 2017 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup. The t ...

;Quarter-finals ;Fifth to eighth place classification ;Seventh and eighth place

Notable players

; Ireland internationals When the

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won the silver medal at the

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, the squad included nine current or former UCD players.

and

were all members of UCD's 2017–18 squad.

, Chloe Watkins,

, Anna O'Flanagan and

were all UCD graduates. ; Republic of Ireland association football international *

; Ireland women's rugby union international *

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Honours

**''Winners'': 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18: 3 * Irish Senior Cup **''Winners'': 1951, 2009, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019-20: 7 **''Runners Up'': 2012–13: 1 * Irish Junior Cup **''Winners'': 2014: 1 **''Runners Up'': 2018: 1 * EY Champions Trophy **''Winners'': 2017

External links

UCD Ladies Hockey Club on Twitter

UCD Ladies Hockey Club on Facebook

UCD Ladies Hockey Club on Instagram

References

{{University College Dublin Women's Irish Hockey League teams Hockey Field hockey clubs in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown University and college field hockey clubs in Ireland