Antrim 0-10 Cavan 0-9:A cracking third-quarter display at Casement Park last night earned Antrim victory over Cavan. The teams were level on 0-5 at half-time but Antrim struck three points on the restart.

Michael McCann pointed two frees and Conor Murray scored from play before Martin Reilly notched Cavan's first point, from a free, to leave it 0-8 to 0-6 in favour of Antrim after 48 minutes. McCann sent over two more frees for Antrim to open a four-point gap before Reilly (two) and John McCutcheon left just the minimum between the sides. Cavan had a couple of late efforts but failed to get on terms.

ANTRIM:S McGreevy; T Scullion, P Doherty, A McLean; L Carland, E O'Neill, S Kelly; B Hasson, J Quinn; T O'Neill, J McGourty, S McVeigh; M McCann (0-5, four frees), M Magill (0-1), N Doyle (0-3, frees). Subs:C Murray (0-1) for Doyle inj (40 mins), G Crossey for McVeigh (53 mins), M Cougan for Hasson (59 mins).

CAVAN:James Reilly; D Rooney, John Clarke, K Fannin; J McCutcheon (0-2), A Forde, A Clarke; D Gaffney, M McKeever; James Clarke, R Donohue, M Reilly (0-3, frees); R McCormack (0-2, frees), E Reilly (0-1), Jason Reilly (0-1). Subs:A Fitzpatrick for McCormack (52 mins), B Watters for A Clarke (53 mins).

Referee:E O'Hare (Down).