Sam Judge playing for Scotland

Edinburgh University women retain pole position in Division One despite slipping to a 2-0 road defeat at close rivals Milne Craig Clydesdale Western.

The students dominated the game according to coach Sam Judge but she felt they lost two soft goals.

The defeat followed a 12-0 thrashing of bottom side Kelburne at Peffermill with Sophie Maunder netting four goals.

Clydesdale Western won 3-1 at Hillhead but Edinburgh are two points ahead but have a better goal difference.

Elsewhere, Grange Edinburgh Ladies lost narrowly 3-2 at GHK but held Hillhead 3-3 at Fettes.

In the men’s title race, Kelburne in line for their 14th straight league title after beating Edinburgh University 3-1 at Peffermill, Davyn Keuter netting for the home side.

A hat-trick of penalty corner conversions by Josh Cairns proved the difference.

Edinburgh University came from 1-0 down to lead 2-1 in the second-half at Clydesdale thanks to goals from Sean Stewart, back after a lengthy spell on the sidelines, and Peter McKnight.

But Clydesdale took advantage of a yellow card to score two seconds from the end of the penalty period to level.

Grange kept in touch with Kelburne thanks to four goals from Irish striker Frank Ryan in an 8-2 win over Uddingston and they beat Hillhead 4-2 also in Edinburgh.

Finally, Dundee Wanderers beat already-relegated Inverleith 2-0 with goals from Bobby Ralph and Callum Ross.

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