B.C. played the bridesmaid again at the Canadian bantam and midget girls' lacrosse championships last week.
The bantam girls lost for a second time in three games against the defending champions from Ontario, falling 4-3 in the gold-medal final at Queen's Park Arena on Thursday.
B.C.'s midget girls lost the national final 3-1, also to Team Ontario on Thursday.
"When I reflect back on the game, I see we outshot them, we scored first and for the most part outplayed them, and we had more than our fair chance of finishing most of them," said B.C. bantam head coach Duncan Shanks.
But Ontario's Alexis Kinmond had other ideas, potting a natural hat trick for the winners between the first and third periods.
Kaitlin Tse of Ontario scored the game-winning goal midway through the final period.
Jolene Robinson of Burnaby scored her teamleading fifth goal of the tournament from Burnaby's Amie Morrison and Megan Kinna in an attempted comeback.
Bianca Ballarin backstopped B.C. to the silver with 18 saves in goal.
B.C. defeated Ontario on the first day of the fiveday competition. Robinson tallied a late goal in the game. She also shared the Team scoring with Squwey Gottfriedsen and captain Harlowe Steele, all with five goals and nine points.
Emily Manville and Allison Shanks of New Westminster finished the national tournament ninth in overall scoring, with eight points apiece. Naomi Noda was 12th in scoring with six points.
The provincial midget girls were less fortunate, taking a perfect 6-0 record all the way to the final game before falling to Ontario in the gold-medal final.
"(Ontario) changed. They went zone defence. Our girls had to shoot from outside. We hit a few posts, but I'm very proud of our girls. They ran the tournament, but just came out shy," said B.C. head coach Dan Stroup.
New Westminster's Jenna Chernoff registered her eighth point of the nationals, setting up Kaity Vanderkoy for B.C.'s only goal of the final.
B.C. opened up with a 54 win over Ontario on opening day. New Westminster's Shaya Sandhu and Lauren Stewart, with a shorthanded tally, chipped in with B.C.'s scoring.
On the Monday, the host midgets came away with a 4-2 win over Ontario.
Tristan Ranford of New West had a two-point night for B.C., while Chernoff got the game-winner midway through the final frame.
Alberta beat Team Atlantic in both the bantam and midget girls' bronzemedal matches.
Mary McQueen led a seven-player New Westminster contingent with five goals and eight assists.
Sandhu was eighth overall with 12 points, including four goals, while Rianne Wilkinson chipped in with 11 points.
The difference in the final game was the play of Ontario goalie Melissa Harris, who stopped 25 shots for the win.
"Our pick-and-roll game wouldn't work today. but our girls didn't quit. I've very proud of them," Stroup added.
