The PGYSA under-18 Timberwolves may be down, but they're definitely not giving up at the Provincial A Cup championship in Burnaby this week.
The girls' soccer side find themselves with an 0-2 round-robin record after a pair of losses against Upper Vancouver Island Storm and Delta Coastal Selects.
Prince George tackles Port Moody Storm today in their final round-robin match and will play for the bronze medal Sunday morning.
"Port Moody has to win to advance to the gold medal game, they're 1-1," said Timberwolves head coach Frank Rossi. "It'll be a good game for us to try some things and it's all based on goals for and against. We're going to have to play another hard game."
The Twolves found themselves in a hole after the Selects shut them out 2-0 Friday afternoon. Upper Vancouver Island earned a narrow 2-1 victory Thursday afternoon.
"Delta is a very physical team and they wore us down," said Rossi. "They're a big team and we're not used to that. It was a hard-fought game and they wore us down with their size and strength."
The two sides went into half-time all even at 0-0. The Selects scored their first goal 20 minutes into the second half and added the clincher five minutes remaining in the match.
Against Upper Island, the Storm notched their first 15 minutes into the opening frame on a break-away.
Midfielder Maddie Emmons scored the equalizer near the end of the half when she tried to cross the ball and it went off an opposing player and into the net.
Upper Island scored the winner five minutes left in regulation time off a penalty kick on Prince George's 18-yard line after a collision between two players. Twolves goalkeeper Keely Finch got a hand on the kick, but it wasn't enough to prevent it from going into the net.
"It was a well-played game with a lot of movement," said Rossi. "We just can't get over the hump with these [coastal] teams. They have so much depth and our girls played hard."
Prince George's final match is today at 3 p.m. The top-two teams after the round-robin will play for gold.
"All the games have been super close and the effort by our girls has been fabulous," he said. "We have just had trouble putting balls into the net. We know we can play with these teams."
