While a 2-0 defeat to Goulburn in the grand final ended their tournament it was a 10-0 hammering of Lithgow in their second game that made everyone sit up and take notice.

Coach Graeme Ferguson said he wasn't sure what the fuss was on Saturday when his girls were the ones everyone was talking about.

"We had representatives from Hockey NSW praising how good they were playing and on the second day we were the talk of the town and I thought we must have done something wrong," he said.

"They recognise our association is doing much better especially in our girls rep teams in particular."

The level they played at far exceeded what the coach thought they had in them.

"It was after our 10-0 demolition of Lithgow that no one saw coming that they realised Port Macquarie was a force to be reckoned with."

In six matches, Port Macquarie's only defeat of the tournament came in the final game after they had registered three wins and two draws.

Victories over Manning Valley (2-1), Lithgow (10-0) and New England (1-0) were bookended by a 0-all draw with Orange and a 1-all draw with Central Coast.

The result against Central Coast saw Port Macquarie progress to the grand final as they were the higher-ranked team.

They were just unable to complete the job against their more fancied opponent.

"Goulburn were favourites before the tournament started because they'd made the final the last three years in that division," Ferguson said.

"They snuck a goal 30 seconds before halftime and that put us on the back foot, but we hung in and knew if we got a draw it would be a shoot out to try and win the tournament."

Goulburn put the result beyond doubt late in the match when Port Macquarie were pushing forward trying to force a penalty shoot out.

"We ended up having to push a bit harder to score a goal towards the end and by doing that they scored a goal," Ferguson said.

"We had a crack and had to score one instead of hanging back and losing 1-0."

A sprained ankle minimised the impact star striker Maddie Drewitt had in the semi-final and the grand final, but provided an opportunity for Jade Millward to step up.

Ferguson said she did an impressive job.

"Jade had to step into the position that Maddie normally plays and in the semi-final she controlled our midfield in a position she wouldn't normally play.

"She helped us get that draw we needed and played that position in the grand final too, but they all lifted to a level that I didn't think they had in them."

Meanwhile, Port Macquarie trio Zara Ferguson, Evie Wignall and Teleah Walker have all been selected in the NSW under-15 side for next year's national titles.

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