Rushden & Diamonds moved up to ninth in the Blue Square Bet Premier with a comfortable win over Cambridge United.

Aaron O'Connor opened the scoring for the visitors after 14 minutes with a right foot strike from 12 yards out.

Jamie Day doubled Diamonds' lead six minutes later with a fierce drive from just outside the area.

Cambridge threatened after the break, Danny Wright heading over Paul Carden's corner, before O'Connor went close to adding a third from 25 yards.

Rushden & Diamonds manager Justin Edinburgh told BBC Radio Northampton:
"I'm obviously delighted, we were thoroughly professional today.

"We coped with the conditions well, took a 2-0 lead into the break and I then thought we played the game out.

"When you go against the wind I think it helps and that suited us in the first half."

Cambridge Utd: Brown, McAuley, Coulson, Saah, Partridge, Patrick, Berry, Carden, Platt (Ives 46), Wright, Clare (Marriott 77).
Subs Not Used: Roberts, Hughes, Brighton.

Booked: Partridge.

Rushden and Diamonds: Joe Day, Osano, Corcoran, Prosser, Jamie Day, Power (Johnson 84), Mills, Porter, Smith (Charles 61), Gash (Farrell 79), O'Connor.
Subs Not Used: Oshodi, Evans.

Booked: Corcoran, Power.

Goals: O'Connor 14, Jamie Day 21.

Att: 2,366

Ref: Steve Bratt (England).

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