New Westminster girls’ teams both won silver medals at the B.C. Lacrosse Association provincial youth field championships in Langley over the Family Day long weekend.
The ’Bellies u-15 bantam girls’ team was nipped in overtime by Ridge Meadows 7-5 in the championship final at Willoughby community park on Monday.
The under-12 Salmonbellie girls also lost a squeaker, falling 4-3 to Surrey in the gold-medal final.
The u-15s were unfortunate to come out on the wrong side of extra time with the undefeated regular season champs in the championship game.
In a final game that saw each team exchanging leads, New West led after the first half, but was forced to play catchup in the latter half.
“(The team) worked so hard. I’m so proud of them. They definitely gave them a run for their money,” said 20-year-old coach Alex Lund-Murray.
Andreea Serbanescu was named the player of the game in the championship final and the overall u-15 tournament MVP.
Caitlyn Croxen and Naddy Morrison shared the goalkeeping duties for New West.
Jessica Soenen was the New West team’s Fair Play award winner.
Ridge Meadows won the u-15 league with a 14-0-0 record, while New West was runner-up at 10-4-0.
The two teams did not meet up in earlier group play.
New Westminster went through the early round with a 2-0-1 record. It’s only blemish was a 9-9 tie with Langley.
The u-15s defeated eventual bronze medalist Port Coquitlam 7-5 in their opening game. They also beat consolation finalist Adanacs 8-4 in their final game of Day 2.
“It was a phenomenal last game and a great way to go out,” said Lund-Murray.
Burnaby, which placed third in league play, failed to make it to the final four.
Nicole Kuhn was Burnaby’s Fair Play winner.
In u-12 preliminary round play, Surrey knocked off the New West girls 7-2 in the opening game of Day 2 Sunday morning.
The u-12s were 3-1 in group play, including a 5-1 win over the regular season champions and eventual third-place Ridge Meadows club. They also chalked up victories over Langley and Adanacs #2.
Heidi Sweeney, Olivia Smith and Avery Dean scored goals for New West in the gold-medal final.
Goalie Jenay Rennie of New Westminster was named the u-12 tournament MVP.
New West coach Doug Sweeney was awarded the Fair Play coach.
Ashley Vye was New West’s Fair Play winner.
Courtney Lund-Murray and Nikita Bagg were selected the Fair Play officials at the provincials.
The Salmonbellie boys came away disappointed at this season’s provincials.
The u-19 Tier 1 regular season champions won the league with a 12-1-1 record, but were a modest 2-3 at the B.C.s.
The boys opened with an 8-5 loss to the league runner-up and eventual gold medalists Port Coquitlam.
New West also went down to defeat 6-4 to Langley, which placed third with a 7-5-1 record in the regular season.
In the bronze final, Delta, fourth-place league finishers and earlier 11-5 losers at the provicials, eked out a 13-12 victory over the Royal City club.
