Great Britain were beaten 7-0 by Italy in a Challenge Game at the Dumfries Ice Bowl ahead of the Women’s World Championship getting under way next week.
It was the first of two warm-up games for GB with a meeting with Kazakhstan to follow on Sunday before the tournament begins on Wednesday.
Matilde Fantin (21:48) and Anna Caumo (30:06) scored powerplay goals to give Italy a two-goal lead, before Kristin Della Rovere made it 3-0 (33:33).
GB swapped netminders at the second intermission with Ella Howard replacing Nicole Jackson.
Kristen Guerriero scored short-handed (41:12) and Kayla Tutino (49:23) was also on target as Italy stepped up the pace in the third period.
Guerriero netted on the powerplay (51:57) and Greta Niccolai scored with just under three minutes remaining (57:24).
GB are hosting the Women’s World Championship Division I Group B in Dumfries next week (9th to 15th April).
Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Korea and Slovenia complete the six-team group with the winners being promoted to the second tier.
Full Schedule
Wednesday 9th April
Kazakhstan v Korea 13:00
Slovenia v Italy 16:30
Great Britain v Latvia 20:00
Thursday 10th April
Italy v Kazakhstan 13:00
Latvia v Slovenia 16:30
Korea v Great Britain 20:00
Saturday 12th April
Korea v Slovenia 13:00
Latvia v Italy 16:30
Kazakhstan v Great Britain 20:00
Sunday 13th April
Italy v Korea 13:00
Latvia v Kazakhstan 16:30
Great Britain v Slovenia 20:00
Tuesday 15th April
Slovenia v Kazakhstan 13:00
Korea v Latvia 16:30
Italy v Great Britain 20:00
Prices
Week Pass (all 15 games) £30
Weekend Pass (6 games) £15
Day Pass (3 games) £10
Under-16s admitted free with paying adult
Entrance is free to all games that face-off at 13:00 throughout the tournament.
