ItB次元官网网址檚 a bittersweet finale for the Oak Bay Bays soccer team, but the girls will take it.

The Bays won the Ryan Cup as city champions with a 3-0 win over the Lambrick Park Lions on Tuesday.

Scoring for Oak Bay were Megan Kivvel, Sanja Dodos and Shannon Bennett.

The win ends a tough run for Oak Bay, which lost the bronze medal game to Belmont, 2-1, at the AAA Island championships in Campbell River last week.

The loss kept the Bays out of the upcoming AAA provincial finals, May 29 to June 2 at Fleetwood Park in Surrey. Yet here in town, the Bays have earned a second Ryan Cup trophy in as many years, including a semifinal defeat of the reigning AAA provincial champions Claremont Spartans.

The Bays also gave Lambrick its first loss of the season.

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The Grade 11 student is the backbone of the Bays defence, and was part of the Bays 2011 Ryan Cup win over the Glenlyon Norfolk Gryphons as a Grade 10 student. As one of the premier soccer players in her age group, Butler played with the Gorge FC premier women this winter season and is currently with the Peninsula Co-op womenB次元官网网址檚 prospects team in the Pacific Coast Soccer League.

One of LambrickB次元官网网址檚 better scoring chances, a blast from Emma Emzinger, never made it to the net. It careened off ButlerB次元官网网址檚 head instead.

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Coaching Lambrick Park is Melissa Orton, a 2009 grad who came to the team three weeks ago with fellow grad Lauren Goodmanson.

Orton and Goodmanson took over last month. Then Goodmanson, whose sister Sheridan is a Grade 12 player with the Lions, skipped town with the travel bug, Orton was left holding the clipboard on her own.

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The AA girls soccer provincials are May 31 to June 2 in Kamloops.