Shorewood opens state volleyball tournament Friday against North Thursday

Shorewood will open play in the state 3A volleyball tournament against North Thurston Friday at 11:45 a.m. at Saint Martin’s University in Lacy, north of Olympia.

As Northwest District 3A champion, Shorewood will be the official home team, even though the match will be played less than two miles from North Thurston High School.

The winner will advance to a quarterfinal match Friday evening against the winner of a match between Columbia River of Vancouver and Seattle Prep. Losers of the same two first-round matches will meet in a Friday evening elimination match.

North Thurston comes into the tournament after a 3-2 loss Saturday to cross-town rival Timberline in the West Central/Southwest bi-district tournament.

Shorewood comes off a 3-0 victory Thursday over Stanwood in the Northwest District 3A championship match at Glacier Peak High School. Shorewood won by game scores of 25-20, 25-19 and 25-11. For Shorewood, Monica Postor had 23 digs and 10 kills; Ellie Rettenmier had 10 kills and 12 digs; Marianne Kellogg had 33 assists; Delaney Hopen had 13 digs and eight kills; and Joely Shepard had 19 digs.