After an impressive run late in the season, taking them all the way into the SeaKing district competition, the Lake Washington girls volleyball team ended the season with a loss to Mercer Island.

The team, facing off against the Islanders in Saturday’s consolation round of districts, lost 3-1.

Lake Washington fell in the first two close matches to Mercer Island with scores of 25-21 and 25-20. The team rallied after a strong third game to win 25-21, but saw the loss of senior libber Katie Harding, who was injured during the game. After her injury the team won, but then fell in the deciding game 25-19.

Earlier in the tournament, the Kangs faced off against Chief Sealth Thursday evening at West Seattle High School in the first round. The Kangs won in five games 3-2 (25-19,  25-11, 23-25, 19-25, 15-13) to escape elimination.

During the matches Jess Lund earned 12 kills and 11 digs, while Maddie Lind had 15 kills and five digs. Maddie Stone added 18 assists, while Maddy Warnick had 26 assists. Claire Adnerson had three kills, Dana Hasert put up 8 kills, as did Eleanor Lyon and Katy Harding had 18 digs.

After beating the Seahawks the team moved on to play Seattle Prep. The Kangs lost to the Panthers 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-14).

Prep’s Olivia Magill had 19 kills during the game, while Lund put up nine for the Kangs. Lind added three more, while Lyon had four overall.

The team entered the KingCo tournament the week before as the No. 4 seed, and battled into the district tournament by beating league opponent Bellevue and Liberty to become the No. 3 seed into the district tournament.

The Kangs never beat Mercer Island this season, falling twice in the regular season before playing them in the post season.

The team was 8-12 overall this year.