PREP ROUNDUP: Monroe volleyball team gets to 4-0 in North
Published 10:42 pm Thursday, October 14, 2010
LAKE STEVENS — Monroe senior outside hitter Megan Birch had 11 kills and 13 digs to help the Bearcats stay undefeated in conference play with a 3-0 Wesco North win over Lake Stevens Wednesday night at Lake Stevens High School.
Birch teamed with junior Meagan McPhetridge and sophomore setter Kendal Munoz to give Monroe a 25-21, 25-18, 25-21 win.
McPhetridge finished with 12 kills and eight blocks and Munoz dished out 27 assists.
“It was pretty close,” Lake Stevens head coach Amy Wiklund said. “They (Monroe) beat us mentally tonight badly — got in our heads and played good volleyball.”
The win helps Monroe stay atop the Wesco North standings with a 4-0 league record, the Bearcats are 9-1 overall.
Lake Stevens’ (3-2, 6-5) junior Brooke Larsen had eight kills, senior outside hitter Miranda Shultz had seven kills and 5-foot-2 libero Brooke DalGleish had 10 digs.
“They (Monroe) did a good job of putting the ball where we were weak,” Wiklund said. “Unfortunately we didn’t step up like we should have.”
Wiklund said the Vikings stayed with Monroe with a good serve-receive game, but faltered on their own half of the court.
“We played serve-receive really well, (Monroe) didn’t serve us off the court, our defense could have been stronger,” Wiklund said. “(Monroe) played really smart.”
Everett 3, Oak Harbor 0: At Oak Harbor, Emily Liger had 13 kills, six service aces and four digs to help lead Everett to a 25-21, 25-21, 25-19 Wesco North win. Tierney Bagley added 20 assists and Jody Barhanovich had 16 digs for the Seagulls (3-1 league, 6-4 overall). Also for Everett, Molly Burton had 11 kills, Rachel Peterson had six kills and Monica Webber had five kills and eight digs. Kelsey Terrazas-Cooley had 11 digs and two service aces for Oak Harbor (1-4, 3-7). Melany Cone added 23 assists and Marisa Sutherland had six kills for the Wildcats.
Cascade 3, Stanwood 2: At Everett, junior Chelsea Nelson had 14 assists, eight kills and five service aces and Cascade squeezed by Stanwood with a 25-18, 14-25, 25-9, 24-26, 15-6 Wesco North win. Kaitie Brush added nine kills and four blocks, Rebecca Holtgeerts had seven kills and four blocks and Danielle Love had five blocks for the Bruins (2-3 league, 2-8 overall). Esther No also had nine digs for Cascade. Stanwood’s Kelsey Kanehen had 11 kills, sophomore Kaci Jones had six service aces and junior Sarah Titus had 19 digs for the Spartans (1-3, 5-5).
