McGill earns berth in CIAU Hockey Championship
       Sarah Lomas ends marathon scoring in 6th overtime period
 
 
        The McGill Martlets will be making their 2nd straight appearance in the
CIAU Women's Hockey Championship February 24th-27th in Montreal.
 
        It wasn't easy, however.
 
        It took 9 periods of hockey before the Martlets, ranked 7th nationally,
defeated University of Quebec at Trois Rivieres 2-1, at McConnell Arena at
McGill, Saturday afternoon in Quebec University Women's Hockey League
semi-final playoff action.
 
        Sarah Lomas ended the 5-hour marathon beating UQTR goalie Stephanie Vinet
with under 5 minutes remaining in the 6th overtime period. The goal came in
the 116th minute of play, the second longest CIAU women's hockey game. York
and Toronto played 121 minutes last weekend in an Ontario semi-final game
that Toronto won 1-0.
 
        McGill has earned an automatic berth in the National Championship,
regardless of what happens in the Quebec League final Sunday afternoon.
McGill visits #1 ranked Concordia at 2:00 p.m.
 
        It's the second straight trip to the CIAU Championship tournament, where
McGill finished 5th in 1999.
 
        The other participants will be host Concordia, Toronto, Guelph, Alberta and
St. Francis Xavier. 5 of these 6 teams competed last season. Guelph makes
its second trip in 3 years.
 
        Check out the CIAU Championship Site at www.ciau.ca
 
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