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With the game in her hands, Ontario skip Diana Favel could only watch as her final draw attempt came up heavy.

Her miss handed the 2015 Canadian Masters Curling Championship women鈥檚 title to British Columbia鈥檚 Karen Lepine, whose guarded rock came up inches closer to the button than Favel鈥檚 final stone Sunday.

Favel鈥檚 front-end of Sue Kollar and Edna Legault did sweep the rock early, before watching as the hammer attempt sailed past the button.

鈥淲e talked about the time to throw,鈥濃�坰aid Favel, 64, from the Rideau Curling Club. 鈥淚 was going to throw a 4/10 split and I鈥坱hrew a 4/16 split, so we thought it would be great sweeping weight. ... For some reason, it just seemed to glide.鈥�

The miss handed the 2015 title to Lepine, 63, and her 61-year-old sister Susan Beuk, who played third for the rink representing the Langley Curling Club and Cloverdale Curling Club.

Also part of the B.C. team (9-2) were second Agnes Sigurdson and lead Donna Christian.

鈥淪he hadn鈥檛 drawn for a long time,鈥濃�圠epine said of Favel鈥檚 final shot. 鈥淪he鈥檇 been playing hits. I鈥坔ad a big chunk of that four-foot, so I鈥坱hink I鈥坉id the best I could do. And the girls put my last guard exactly where I wanted it.鈥�

Lepine said the win was her first national title, following runner-up finishes at senior and mixed events.

Favel, who played third on Ontario鈥檚 2013 championship team, was thrown off by Lepine鈥檚 strategy to keep things tight in the final.

鈥淏ased on the way she鈥檇 been playing some other games, I thought there would have been a lot more rocks in play. So I was surprised when she played a pretty open game with me.鈥�

The tightly-played championship contest saw the two rivals limit each other to single points.

Ontario scored first, and the two teams traded points until the sixth, when Favel managed to blank the end.

Lepine tied the game 3-3 in the seventh, handing the hammer back to Favel coming home.

But it wasn鈥檛 meant to be for the Ontario rink, who finished the week with an 8-3 record.

鈥淪ure, you鈥檇 like the cherry on top of the cake, but a game鈥檚 got to go one way or the other,鈥� said Favel.

Lepine said she played a hitting game in order to combat any potential nerves from her team.

鈥淚 wanted to just play it clean,鈥� she said.

Alberta鈥檚 Linda Wagner won bronze 8-5 over Manitoba鈥檚 Pat Malanchuk in a game that took an extra end to decide.

Two Yukon teams competed in the women鈥檚 division. The host team led by Pat Banks finished eighth at 1-8 while Ellen鈥圝ohnson鈥檚 Yukon rink finished last with a record of 0-8.