VANCOUVER – The University of Calgary Dinos women's soccer team battled to the very end but saw their championship hopes end in heartbreaking fashion Thursday evening, falling to the Trinity Western Spartans in a dramatic penalty shootout at UBC's Ken Woods Field.

After 120 scoreless minutes in the Canada West semifinal, the match was decided from the spot, where Emily Watchman converted the decisive kick to give the Spartans a 3-2 shootout win.

It was a goalless but entertaining first half, with the best chances falling to the Spartans.

Trinity Western's leading scorer, Mansha Sidhu, didn't miss by much with a seventh-minute curler to the back post. The Spartans came even closer in the 31st minute when Sidhu was played in, but Dinos goalkeeper Lauren Houghton was quickly off her line for a big block. The rebound fell to Sidney Giesbrecht, but her shot went inches past the right post, and the game remained scoreless.

Trinity Western had their best chance a minute later when Sophie Crowther sent a dangerous ball across goal, but Holland Stiel failed to connect on the cross with the goal gaping.

Calgary came out strong to start the second half, and Brooke Batty headed a corner over in the 52nd minute. Trinity Western came close in the 69th minute when Sidhu sent a cross into the box, which was met well by Crowther, but she couldn't get enough power on her shot to trouble Houghton.

The Dinos looked set to grab the opener two minutes later when Isabella Dipalma's brilliant through ball sent Rowyn James in on goal. Still, with Spartans goalkeeper Yasmine Pahal coming out to narrow the angle, she pulled her shot wide.

If that was a close call for Calgary, they had an even closer one two minutes before the end of normal time as Grace Moore was played in superbly, but she put her shot inches past the right post.

The game headed to extra time, and it was Calgary who had the chances to win it as the clock ticked over to triple digits.

Liz Orubor had a shot in the 100th minute, which Pahal couldn't hold, but no Dinos could get onto the loose ball before the danger was cleared. Pahal then came up with a tremendous acrobatic save to deny Moore in the 116th minute, before Moore fired one narrowly over two minutes later.

Despite controlling much of the late play, the Dinos couldn't find the decisive goal, and the match went to penalties.

Both teams traded misses early in the shootout before Trinity Western completed the comeback, with Watchman converting the clinching penalty after Calgary's fifth attempt sailed over the bar.

The Dinos will now face the Mount Royal Cougars in the bronze-medal match on Friday at 1:30 p.m. MT.

Trinity Western advances to the Canada West Championship game against the UBC Thunderbirds later that day at 4:30 p.m. MT.