The Trinity Western Spartans women鈥檚 soccer team鈥檚 quest for a fourth national championship 鈥� and third in the past four years 鈥� came to an end on the tournament鈥檚 first day.

The Spartans, who were seeded second, lost 1-0 (4-1 in penalty kicks) to the host school, the McGill Martlets.

Trinity Western did win its first consolation game, 1-0 over the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks,  but they dropped the fifth-place match 2-0 to the Alberta Pandas.

Roxburgh was proud of his team鈥檚 resiliency, especially after losing their opener.

鈥淚 am so pleased we picked ourselves up off the carpet after that tough loss to McGill,鈥� he said.

鈥淚t obviously didn鈥檛 end the way we all dreamed it would, but we can take a lot of solace in the fact we had a great season.鈥�

The Canada West champions finished the season 15-3-1 in the regular season and playoffs combined.