SECOND HALF GOALS GIVE BANNSIDERS THE EDGE
Two second half goals saw Coleraine claim the points from Carrick Rangers' visit to The Showgrounds.
The sides traded goals around the half-hour mark with Connor Murray's opener - a curling right-foot finish past Ross Glendinning - cancelled out by Paul Heatley just three minutes later when his effort took a deflection on its way past Rory Brown.
The Bannsiders regained the advantage five minutes after the break, however, through Mackenzie Carse when he followed up after Dean Jarvis' initial effort had been kept out by the Carrick keeper.
And Dean Shiels' side made sure of the points with just over a quarter-of-an-hour remaining after Jamie Glackin delivered a corner for substitute Rhyss Campbell to head home at the back post.
Coleraine: Brown, Jarvis, Boyle, Stewart, Scott, Shevlin, Murray, Carse, McClelland, Harkin, Glackin subs Campbell, Spence, Little, McGonigle, Gaston, Devine, Smith
Carrick Rangers: Ross Glendinning, Forsythe, Stewart, Surgenor, Maciulaitis, McCullough, Buchanan-Rolleston, Cherry, Heatley, Reece Glendinning, Gibson subs McCauley, Gordon, McGuckin, Kalla, Andrews, Given, Kelly