Shorewood finishes with 14-5 volleyball record after two losses in State 3A Tournament

Updated 11-15-2012 6:32pm

Shorewood finished the volleyball season with a 14-5 season record after two losses in the State 3A tournament Friday, Nov. 9 at Saint Martin's University in Lacey.

The Thunderbirds won the Western Conference 3A South with a 7-1 record and had an 11-3 overall regular-season record before winning the Northwest District 3A tournament with three straight victories and losing to state runner-up North Thurston and seventh-place Seattle Prep in the State tournament. North Thurston won its quarterfinal and semifinal matches before losing to Pasco in the championship match.

Northwest District runner-up Stanwood also was eliminated from the State tournament Thursday with two straight losses. Northwest District third-place Glacier Peak went on to place sixth in the state tournament.

Seattle Prep eliminated the T-birds by game scores of 26-24, 26-24 and 25-22.

In Shorewood’s first-round loss to North Thurston, the Thunderbirds lost 25-21, won 25-20, and lost 26-24 and 25-18.

Shorewood senior outside hitter Monica Pastor won a position on the all-Wesco-3A-South first team. Shorewood freshman outside hitter Carly Reece and freshman libero Joely Shepard made the second team, along with Shorecrest middle blocker Diana Conwell. Honorable mention went to Shorewood seniors Ellie Rettenmier, Marianne Kellogg and Stephanie Vollbrecht.