Ireland 2-3 Scotland
Ireland suffered their third loss in four outings at the EuroHockey Championships in Germany, as Scotland inflicted a 3-2 defeat on Gareth Grundie's charges.
Despite being ranked two place below Ireland in the world rankings at 15, Scotland dominated the early exchanges in this classification encounter, winning the first penalty corner of the game.
Sarah Torrans ran down the first effort, before the second was driven wide of the post.
Elizabeth Murphy was forced into a save early on as Ireland struggled to retain possession against Scotland's high press.
Scotland had two late efforts on goal to break the deadlock before the end of quarter, but both failed to find the back of the net.
Chances were few and far between in the second quarter, with Murphy forced into action in a goalmouth scramble.
Scotland requested a video referral for a foul, which saw them win a penalty corner with 12 seconds remaining in the half, but Ireland defended well as the game remained scoreless.
Ireland took the lead in the third quarter when Katie Mullan, who was free in the circle, drew a foul as she shot at goal.
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Róisín Upton made no mistake with the penalty stroke which followed, firing high into the roof of the net, as Ireland registered their first goal at the tournament.
However, Scotland pressure mounted in the final quarter, with Ireland forced to defend a player down due to an early green card for Emily Kealy.
Ireland conceded a penalty stroke for a coming together in the circle, which Scotland converted via Charlotte Watson to level matters with 11 minutes remaining.
Moments after Scotland equalise, Katie Mullan restores Ireland's lead with a clinical finish from a well-worked move
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Ireland restored their lead less than two minutes later, with Mullan once again at the centre of things, as she clinically fired into the bottom corner.
With eight minutes remaining, Scotland won a penalty corner, and Amy Costello found the net to make it 2-2
Scotland went ahead for the first time after the ball cannoned off the post from a speculative shot from distance, rebounding off Murphy and fall for Heather McEwan to tap home.
Murphy was substituted with five minutes remaining in favour of an extra outfield player, but Scotland held firm to secure the win.
Ireland will face England in their final match in Monchengladbach on Sunday at 8.30am Irish time, with live coverage on the RTÉ News channel and RTÉ Player.
