KITCHENER, Ont. (October 17, 2014) – With the regular season behind them, the St. Mary’s Eagles and St. David Celtics will tangle on Monday for the right to play in the District 8 field hockey championship and a berth into CWOSSA.

The two teams finished with identical 3-5-1 (7-pts) regular season records and will meet at Woodside Park at 3:00pm on Monday in the District 8 semifinal game The Resurrection Phoenix who finished with a perfect 9-0 record await the winner from that game and will play in the D8 championship set for next Friday (Oct. 24; 5:30pm at St. David CSS).

The semifinal winner will also receive a berth into the 2014 CWOSSA field hockey championship slated for October 29 & 30th at Woodside Park. Resurrection already claimed their berth into the CWOSSA championship by finishing first overall in play and receiving a bye into the championship by right of their first place finish.

The Eagles hold the edge in the season series against the Celtics with a 2-1 advantage. Both teams have traded 1-0 victories with St. Mary’s winning the Sept. 17th meeting and St. David taking last night’s game.

The decisive game which gave the Eagles the No. 2 seed in the playoffs was a 3-1 win back on Oct. 1st. That game saw Kailyn Rodrigues, Kyndra Miller and Christina Sine score for the Eagles while Jenna Berger responded for the Celtics.

For full scores, standings and more visit www.district8.ca