Simon Fraser University lost its final B.C. Intercollegiate hockey game of the season and in doing so wound up in fourth place.
The Clan club hockey team dropped a 5-4 decision to the University of Victoria, giving up third place to the Vancouver Island club in the process.
SFU opened the scoring in the first five minutes on a goal by Jono Ceci. The fourth-year senior tied the game 2-2 with his 12th goal of the season and second of the game on the power play to start the middle period.
Less than a minute later, Trent Murdoch gave the home team a 3-2 advantage, but Victoria answered later in the frame to pull even heading into the final period.
The two teams swapped goals in the third, including a game-tying counter by Graham Smerek, but Cameron Rowat of UVic tallied the game-winner with an unassisted marker with less than four minutes left on the clock.
Finishing fourth, pits SFU against regular season winner Trinity Western University in the best-of-three semifinal, which begins Thursday at the Langley Events Centre.
SFU closed out the regular season with back-to-back wins over TWU at home.
Game 2 is back at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on Friday at 7 p.m. If necessary, a Game 3 is back in Langley on Saturday, also at 7 p.m.
Victoria takes on Selkirk College in the other semifinal.
