Niamh Mallon and Aoife Donohue opened the scoring for Galway in the opening three minutes. Orlaith Hull, Derry’s only scorer of the first half replied with Derry’s opening score a minute later.
Galway kept the scoreboard ticking with two Carrie Dolan points - one from a free - and points from Mallon and Olwen Rabbitte and a goal from Mairead Dillion left Galway 1-6 to 0-1 ahead coming up to the midway point of the half.
Hull hit back for Derry with two points either side of a point from Dillion. But it was Galway who finished the half the strongest with points from Mallon (0-4 ), Donohue (0-1 ), Sabina Rabbitte (0-1 ), Dolan (0-1F ) and Ailish O’Reilly (0-2 ) while Donohue and Sabina Rabbitte also raised green flags for Galway leaving the Tribeswomen in the driving seat on a scoreline of 3-16 to 0-3 heading into the half time break.
Mallon slotted over three more points in the opening few minutes of the second half, bringing her tally to 0-9 for the day and extending Galway’s lead to 25 points.
Substitute Caoimhe Kelly got Galway’s fourth major of the day on the 10th minute of the half while Galway captain Dolan followed up with two points. Jackie Donnelly hit back with a point for Derry but it was not enough to keep the tribeswomen at bay. Galway emptied their bench with substitute Niamh Niland also getting her name on the score sheet before the end of the game.
Cliodhna McElhinny replied for Derry near the end but it was not enough as Galway ran out 4-25 to 0-5 winners on the day.
After two games back-to-back, the Galway girls have a break until the June 14 when they will have another away trip to Kilkenny to take on the kittens. After a defeat to Waterford over the weekend, Kilkenny will be hurt and determined to topple Galway’s winning streak.
