Hearts were defeated 3-2 by Hibernian in the quarter-finals of the Sky Sports cup at Oriam on Sunday.
Eva Olid made three changes from the 3-2 win over Rangers at Oriam last weekend.
Danique Ypema, Sade Adamolekun and Kayla Jardine all returned to the starting eleven.
It was a typically cagey start to proceedings for a derby in the Edinburgh sunshine.
But it was Hearts who struck first in the 12th minute. It was fantastic work from Jess Husband who drove through midfield, shifted it to Slattery who played a great ball over the top for Sade, she dribbled down the left wing and fizzed it across to striker Georgia Timms who slotted home into the bottom left corner for 1-0.
With 25 minutes played, Hibs put the game level. Captain Notley swung in the free-kick on the right and Kathleen McGovern reacted the quickest to poke it home from close range for 1-1.
In the 40th minute, the visitors went ahead. Hibs capitalised on a slack pass at the back for Hearts, Siobhan Hunter nipped in behind and scored into the bottom left corner for 2-1.
Half-time: Hearts 1-2 Hibs
Hibs continued to look threatening in the second half.
In the 51st minute, the corner was whipped in from the right and Eilidh Adams headed past Johnstone into the bottom corner for 3-1.
The striker could have made it a brace not long after as she sent another headed effort wide of the post.
Hearts looked to go at Hibs with some direct play from Lauren Wade and Georgia Timms. The striker sent in the cross from the left looking for Monica Forsyth at the back post, but she couldn’t direct the header on target as it went behind.
The Jambos left it late to pull a goal back. Bayley Hutchison came off the bench to latch on to a through ball in the box, and showed good composure to fire past Schumacher for 3-2.
Ultimately, it wasn’t enough as Hearts’ run in the Sky Sports cup came to an end.
Hearts: Johnstone, Ypema, Husband, Husband, Shore ©, Timms, Adamolekun (Hutchison, 60’), Waldie (Wade, 46’), Jardine (Forsyth, 60’), Johns, Slattery (Andrews, 33’)
Subs: Thomson, Vilao, Hunter, Forsyth, Wade, Halliday, Andrews, Hutchison
Hibs: Schumacher, Gibb, Hunter, Papadopoulos, Fitzgerald, Adams, McGovern, Notley ©, Livingstone, Bowie, Taylor
Subs: Armitage, Herron, Grant, Boughton, Doran-Barr, Boyle, Burchill, Morrison, Reilly
