Great Britain secured the bronze medal on home ice at the Women’s World Championship Division I Group B in Dumfries.
Wins over Kazakhstan (2-0) and Slovenia (8-2), along with a point in an overtime defeat by Korea, saw GB finish on seven points from five matches.
Italy won promotion and the gold medal with Latvia securing silver and second place.
GB were beaten 4-0 by Italy on the final day which meant the Italians went through the entire tournament without conceding a goal.
Nicole Jackson started between the pipes for GB on the night she won her 73rd cap.
Matilde Fantin scored on the powerplay to give Italy a first-period lead (14:58).
Anna Caumo scored twice (32:11 and 35:10) as Italy stretched their advantage to three at the second intermission.
Italy scored the only goal of the third period with Kayla Tutino netting on the powerplay (45:25).
Full Results
Wednesday 9th April
Kazakhstan 4-2 Korea
Slovenia 0-12 Italy
Great Britain 0-3 Latvia
Thursday 10th April
Italy 2-0 Kazakhstan
Latvia 11-2 Slovenia
Korea 3-2 Great Britain
Saturday 12th April
Korea 6-3 Slovenia
Latvia 0-6 Italy
Kazakhstan 0-2 Great Britain
Sunday 13th April
Italy 7-0 Korea
Latvia 7-3 Kazakhstan
Great Britain 8-2 Slovenia
Tuesday 15th April
Slovenia 1-9 Kazakhstan
Korea 1-3 Latvia
Italy 4-0 Great Britain
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