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UPEI Wins Maritime Field Hockey Championship Athletics Main Site University of Prince Edward Island UPEI Home Future Students Current Students Alumni & Friends Parents & Family Staff & Faculty Contacts SuckerfishHome Campus Recreation & Club Sports Athletics Facilities Schedule & Scores Athlete of the Week Contact Us Partnerships Box Office Recruitment Panther Sport TeamsMens Soccer Womens Soccer Womens Rugby Field Hockey Mens Basketball Womens Basketball Mens Hockey Womens Hockey Swimming UPEI Wins Maritime Field Hockey ChampionshipUPEI Field HockeyHeadlines Roster Coaching Staff Schedule & Scores The UPEI Panthers edged the UNB Red Sticks 10 to win the Maritime Field Hockey League championship Sunday on the universitys turf fieldLeague MVP Mikaela Ellis scored the lone goal just over five minutes into the second half Freshman keeper Bethany Nicholson earned the shutoutIt was a really great passing play up the right side said Ellis in describing her goal I came through the middle and they passed it to me and I managed to get it inUPEI started play Sunday with a 10 semifinal win over Saint Marys on a goal in the second half by league allstar Carolyn MacLeod Katie Lezeu had the shutoutIn the other semifinal game Maggie Yeamans had two goals as UNB defeated Dalhousie 21UPEI rookie head coach Sheila Bell said the Panthers and Huskies were wellmatched with all league games ending in scoreless tiesWe had played SMU very well all year but we had trouble putting the ball in the net We knew we could control the ball and give them a good game but we needed to push on the offensive end and score she said It was a total team effort the girls were very prepared and they really executed very well and worked very hard as a group And they ended up getting that one goal and sometimes in field hockey that one goal is enoughUPEI now advances to the OUS Field Hockey championship later this month in London hosted by the University of Western OntarioHowever their place in that tournament was actually secured before they even played in the goldmedal game Of the six Maritime teams only UPEI St Marys and Dalhousie were eligible to advance any farther in Canadian Interuniversity Sport action Following the semifinals UPEI was the only CISeligible team remainingIn the bronze medal game SMU defeated Dalhousie 21 on penalty strokesSaint Marys the defending league champs had entered the weekend of play as the top seed with UPEI seeded No 2 and Dalhousie ranked No 3 However Ellis said the Panthers never felt like underdogsWe knew what we had to do we knew we can compete with any team in the league and we knew the only way we could win was if we worked hard Game 1 SMU 1 UNB 0 Rebecca Pointon Game 2 UPEI 0 DAL 0 Game 3 UNB 2 Acadia 0 Maggie Yeamans Kim Bagol...