Shorewood tops Shorecrest volleyball team 3-0 in season-opening match

The Shorewood volleyball team defeated Shorecrest 3-0 Tuesday at Shorewood in the season opener for both teams.

Shorewood won by game scores of 25-16, 25-19 and 25-18.

Delaney Hopen had 11 kills and 5 aces for Shorewood; teammate Jane Tarabochia had 6 kills and 3 blocks; Hayley Hodgen had 29 assists and 7 aces; Joely Shepard had 14 digs; and Ellie Rettenmier had 6 kills and 4 aces.

For Shorecrest, Aiko Canfield had 12 assists and 9 digs; Bailey Rutter had 3 kills and 6 digs; and Julia Clack had 11 digs.

The match was a non-league match, with Shorewood playing at Shorecrest in a Western Conference 3A match later in the season, Last year, each team in the Wesco 3A South and North divisions played the other four teams in its own division twice each. This year, each of the 10 Wesco 3A teams will play each of the other nine teams once each, although some pairs of teams, like Shorecrest and Shorewood, may play additional non-counting matches.

The top seven teams qualify for the Northwest District 3A tournament. The eighth tournament berth will go to either the No. 8 Wesco 3A team or Ferndale of the Northwest 3A/2A/1A Conference, depending on which has the better winning percentage in its respective conference.

Shorewood took a 1-0 record into a Thursday match at Stanwood, which had a 0-1 record after a 3-2 home loss at Everett Tuesday.

Shorecrest opened its home season Thursday with a match against Marysville Getchell, which had a 0-1 record after a 3-0 home loss to Glacier Peak Tuesday.

The Shorecrest junior varsity defeated Shorewood 2-1 Tuesday.