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 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.