Bangor 2 v 4 Cookstown
The previous Wednesday night Bangor faced Cookstown at home in a rearranged league fixture and were beaten 4-2.
It could have been much worse for the Seasiders as Cookstown came out of the traps much quicker and played with a tempo and pace that the home side could rarely match.
Cookstown took the lead after just seven minutes when Irish international Andrew Barbour was gifted possession at the top of the circle and he turned, found older brother Phil and he fired home first time past John Tormey.
Bangor struck back straight away when Adam Reading, restored to the starting team despite absconding to Donegal the previous weekend, fired Bangor's first penalty corner under the Cookstown goalkeeper and against the backboards.
The home side had got out of jail once but again they were to wilt in the face of the relentless Cookstown attackers. This time it was a penalty corner and the ball flew into the top left of the net from a Ian Hutchison drag flick.
But, again, Bangor found themselves level when, following a rare attack, they won their second penalty corner and Reading again scored, albeit at the third attempt and after some less than clever defending.
With somehow managing to be level in the game heading towards half-time Bangor should have been to experienced to allow Cookstown to steal the lead again but that's exactly that they did. A cross from the right travelled too far and instead of being cleared a defender dwelt on the ball and Barbour was on hand to tuck it under Tormey.
The second half can best be assigned to the dustbin of Ulster hockey. As so often happens in midweek games both sides ran out of spark and the match descended into a dull midfield battle. Bangor rarely threatened and Cookstown appeared intent to keep their lead with men behind the ball.
They did add one goal that helped the scoreline reflect their superiority when Barbour was again left alone in the circle and he fired past a helpless Tormey to make it 4-2.