Mayo ladies team to face Galway named

LIAM McHale has named an unchanged side to start the second round of Mayo's Division 1 league campaign tomorrow. 

Both Galway and Mayo have made no changes to their previous starting lineups in what will be their first competitive meeting since last year's All-Ireland quarter-finals. 

Mayo travel to Ballinasloe tomorrow (Saturday) to face a Galway team who are also in search of their first win of the year. 

Galway lost out to Cork in Bishopstown, as Mayo came up short against Meath in a high-scoring encounter at the University of Galway Connacht GAA Air Dome.

The pressure is on both sides now to pick up valuable points, with the bottom two teams in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 set for relegation this year.

New senior panel members Fionnuala McLaughlin and Alana Fitzpatrick have been rewarded with their impressive displays against Meath with starting berths against a Galway side still awaiting the return of several All-Ireland winning Kilkerrin-Clonberne players. 

Throw-in in Duggan Park, Ballinasloe, is at 3.15pm. The game will be broadcast live on TG4.  

Mayo: Lisa Reid; Lucy Wallace, Nicola O’Malley, Saoirse Lally (capt.); Kathryn Sullivan, Danielle Caldwell, Jenna Mortimer; Amy Geraghty, Hannah Reape; Fionnuala McLaughlin, Alana Fitzpatrick, Maria Cannon; Tara Needham, Fiona McHale, Lisa Cafferky.

Galway: D Gower; M Jordan, S Ní Loingsigh, E Gavin; K Geraghty, C Trill, A Ní Cheallaigh; M Glynn, L Coen; M Walsh, A Davoren (capt.), S Hynes; C McCarthy, A O’Rourke, A Molloy.