After wrapping up the regular season on Monday night, both Kirkland volleyball teams are preparing for the post season which begins this Thursday.

Last Wednesday, the Juanita volleyball team lost to Interlake 3-1. After winning the first game 25-18, the team from Kirkland fell in a close second game 27-25, before Interlake opened the gap with a 25-19 win in game three and 25-21 in game four.

Lake Washington earned a conference win, beating Sammamish Wednesday in a three game match. Lake Washington won 25-12, 25-9 and 25-4 for the league win.

Jess Lund had five kills, as did Maddie Lind and Dana Hasert.

Monday, Oct. 24 Juanita and Lake Washington faced off in the final game of the regular season. Lake Washington won the meeting 3-0. The Kangs took game one with a 25-8 score, while winning games two and three 25-14 and 25-19.

During the matches, Lund had five kills and four aces, while Lind had seven kills and five aces. Maddie Stone added six assists and three aces for the team, while Maddy Warnick had 10 assists and three digs. Hasert put up four kills and Katy Harding added five digs and five aces.

This weekend marks the beginning of the post season for volleyball, with the KingCo tournament. The top six teams play for four spots into the SeaKing district tournament next week. The first round of games took place on Thursday, Oct. 27, after Reporter deadline. Juanita faced off against Liberty on Thursday night, while Lake Washington faced Bellevue. The winners of both games moved forward Thursday to face either Mercer Island or Mount Si. The losers of the second round of Thursday games plays at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Sammamish High School, while the winners will play on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.