MCGILL 5 ST.FRANCIS-XAVIER 2

1999 02 28 - Varsity Arena 12:00

Fifth Place Game: McGill Martlets 5 St.Francis-Xavier X-Women 2

Period 1 -  5:17  SFX: S. Racicot ( C. Clarke, M. Fortier )
            4:40  MCG: D. Rittmaster ( J. Hornsby, K. O'Reilly )
    Penalties :
         3:54 : MCG  K. O'Reilly - 2 minutes for roughing
         2:28 : MCG  A. Ticmanis - 2 minutes for interference

Period 2 - 11:42  MCG: D. Rittmaster ( C. Bennett )
            7:09  MCG: A. Saba ( C. Gosselin )
            3:27  SFX: S. Racicot ( M. Fortier ) [SH]
            3:09  MCG: D. Rittmaster ( A. Ticmanis, J. Hornsby ) [PP]
    Penalties :
         5:04 : SFX  L. MacDonald - 2 minutes for interference

Period 3 -  2:39  MCG: J. Hornsby
    Penalties :
        15:40 : MCG  A. Saba - 2 minutes for high sticking
        13:58 : MCG  K. O'Reilly - 2 minutes for hooking
         8:43 : SFX  S. Beaton - 2 minutes for roughing
         6:57 : MCG  S. Lomas - 2 minutes for high sticking


Goalie Statistics

Goalie Saves:            Per   1  2  3 Tot.
McGill      : K. St.Pierre  :  3  8 10  21
St.F-Xavier : J. Elliott    :  6 10  7  23

Players of the Game

McGill      : Dana Rittmaster
St.F-Xavier : Sarah Racicot

Summary

TORONTO-The McGill Martlets, making their debut at the CIAU Women's Ice Hockey Championship, defeated the St. Francis Xavier X-Women 5-2 on Sunday afternoon to finish fifth at the national tournament.

For the Martlets, captain Dana Rittmaster scored a hat trick and Julie Hornsby added one goal and two assists. St. F.X. captain Sarah Racicot had two markers in a losing cause.

Later in the afternoon, the OUA champion Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks will play the host Toronto Varsity Blues for the bronze medal. The Hawks finished 14-6 in the regular season, second in the league to Toronto, which had a 16-2-2 record.

Sunday's matches will conclude with the gold medal match between the Concordia Stingers and the Alberta Pandas, which will be televised nationally on TSN at 8 p.m.

The Stingers, the defending national champions, made it to the final by defeating the Blues 3-2 on Thursday and St. F.X. 10-0 on Saturday. The Pandas' road to the final has been tougher, as they defeated McGill and Laurier by 3-2 scores.