UCD Ladies' Hockey Club is a women's field hockey club based in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown,

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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 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 2015 and

2018 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup The 2018 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup (women), EuroHockey Club Champions Cup was the 46th edition of the premier European competition for women's field hockey clubs. HC 's-Hertogenbosch, HC Den Bosch were the defending champions, having won their ...

History

Irish Senior Cup

UCD first won the Irish Senior Cup in 1951, captained by Patricia Horne. They then had to wait for fifty eight years before winning their second cup. In 2009 Grace O'Flanagan kept goal for UCD as they defeated Pegasus 4–1. With a team that included Dora Gorman,

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, Deirdre Duke and

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, 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 Railway Union. The UCD squad for the final included Chloe Watkins, Anna O'Flanagan, Emily Beatty, Nicola Evans and

Katie Mullan Kathryn "Katie" Mullan (born 7 April 1994) is an Ireland women's field hockey international player from Coleraine, Northern Ireland. She was captain of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. Mullan has also wo ...

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

Gillian Pinder Gillian Pinder (born 5 May 1992) 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. Pinder has also won Irish Senior Cup and Women's Irish Hockey Leag ...

and Deirdre Duke 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, Elena Tice 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 Women's Irish Hockey League title in 2013–14 with a squad that included

, Deirdre Duke, Nicola Evans,

and Emily Beatty. 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 Elena Tice scored two

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s to inflict a first league defeat on Hermes-Monkstown. 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

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. 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 2015 and

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

2018 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup The 2018 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup (women), EuroHockey Club Champions Cup was the 46th edition of the premier European competition for women's field hockey clubs. HC 's-Hertogenbosch, HC Den Bosch were the defending champions, having won their ...

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

Notable players

; Ireland internationals When the Ireland women's national field hockey team won the silver medal at the

2018 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held from 21 July to 5 August 2018 at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London, England. Defending champions t ...

, the squad included nine current or former UCD players. Deirdre Duke, Elena Tice and

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

, Grace O'Flanagan, Emily Beatty,

and Nicola Evans were all UCD graduates. ; Republic of Ireland association football international * Dora Gorman ; Ireland women's rugby union international * Jeamie Deacon

Honours

* Women's Irish Hockey League **''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

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Field hockey clubs in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown University and college field hockey clubs in Ireland