After securing their berth in next month's provincial championships after a hard-fought victory against Fleetwood Park last week, the Centennial Centaurs win streak came to an end on Monday night.
The Centennial Centaurs outshot, out-chanced and outplayed Panorama Ridge in the semifinal match, but came up short where it counted most -on the scoreboard.
"It was just just one of those days," said coach Larry Moro. "It was our first loss of the year and it was a bit disappointing. But it is better that it happened now rather than later."
In the end the Centaurs fell 1-0 to the Surrey squad, eliminating any chance of going into next month's provincials with a Fraser Valley championship under its belt. Centennial stil has a chance to move on to the bronze medal round with a win over either Lord Tweedsmuir or Fraser Heights on Thursday.
But while the loss is disappointing, Moro said he and his team are keeping things in perspective. His squad dominated most of Monday's matchup, only surrendering a penalty shot early in the second half.
Centennial's forwards kept up the pressure for most of the game but just could not find the back of the net.
"I think the message is we are getting our chances," he said. "It is a bit frustrating but you deal with it and you just move on."
Despite the loss Olivia Agiar and Alya Boulanger both had strong games, Moro said, and will be important parts of the team as it moves into the provincial finals in Kamloops next month.
Centennial started the tournament with a 4-0 win over Brookswood secondary and followed up with a 1-0 victory over Fleetwood Park.
Charles Best secondary, which also secured a B.C. championship berth with a 1-0 victory over Lord Tweedsmuir last week, struggled on Monday.
The Blue Devils lost a tightly played game to South Delta 1-0 in overtime when the teams squared off at Winskill Park turf field.
Best will look to regroup and prepare for the provincials, which are scheduled to begin June 3.
