St Teresa's Convent (Santacruz) crashed at the final hurdle and surrendered their crown to Carmel of St Joseph's (Malad), losing 2-3 in the girls' U-16 Division-I final of the MSSA inter-school hockey tournament at the SAI ground in Kandivli on Saturday.

Defending champions St Teresa's dominated play from the start and created the better chances, but their prodigality in front of the rival goal let them down. Consistent scorers Hetal Goswami, Noella D'Souza and Sanjana Salunkhe were surprisingly off-colour and failed to latch on to the opportunities that came their way. St Teresea's failed to convert as many as eight penalty corners.