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Termed "the championship" by head coach Kevin Maloney, Greater Lawrence Tech took home the State Vocational title by defeating Bristol-Plymouth Tech of Taunton, 25-22, 25-16, 25-16 yesterday.

 Trudy Goetchius tallied a team-high 12 kills, 11 blocks and nine digs to lead Greater Lawrence to a 25-22, 25-14, 25-13 win over Blackstone in the semifinals of the vocational school tournament. Paola Gutierrez added 14 service points and five blocks for the Reggies, who host the final today at 3:30 p.m.

Courtney Murach led Methuen in both kills (18) and service points (16) as the Rangers downed Dracut 26-24, 25-20 and 25-17 to clinch their fourth-straight MVC Division 2 Championship. Elaina Guzman added 33 assists for Methuen and Caitlyn Berube totaled 20 digs. 

The North Reading girls volleyball team tuned up for its first Division 2 state tournament, having moved up from Division 3 this year, with a sweep of Lexington. Kirsten Morrison led the Hornets (19-1), who will be seeded first or second, with 13 kills and four blocks.

Behind the efforts of Katie Schwarz and Megan Schwarz, No. 2 Londonderry topped No. 10 Goffstown 25-19, 25-21, 25-18 in the Division 1 quarterfinals.

It was just one month ago that Pinkerton dealt Salem a 3-0 sweep. But the Blue Devils took their revenge in the tournament.

Melissa Ouellet had a team-best eight blocks and nine kills as No. 4 Salem downed No. 5 Pinkerton 25-21, 25-13, 25-27, 25-17 in the Division 1 quarterfinals. Courtney Wright added 12 kills for the winners, while McKayla Floyd led the way with 36 assists for the Astros.

Greater Lawrence its second-straight undefeated season following a 3-0 win over Presentation of Mary. For the season, the Reggies earned a 3-0 shutout in 17 of 18 matches. Paola Gutierrez and Trudy Goetchius led the team all season, said coach Kevin Maloney. Greater Lawrence competes in the Vocational School tourney, starting Tuesday vs. Blackstone Valley. 

Pinkerton faced a early rush by Nashua South, but used the serving of Amber Craghead, who scored "9 straight points to settle them down and get the momentum." said Coach Ralph Van Nostrand. "Volleyball is all about momentum" he added. Although close fought Pinkerton won the final 2 games. Mikayla Floyd had 24 assists and Kacie Connal added 9 kills and 2 blocks.

The Salem Blue Devils had "Our best offensive game of the year", said coach Dan Young. Beating Exeter 3 games to 1 in a highly competitive game. "Earlier in the year we won 3 games to 2", Young said,"I knew going in it would be a hard fought."  Salem's season high was 14 kills, last night they had 18 kills from Nicole Boucher, 16 Kills from Melissa Ouellet and 13 kills from Courtney Wright. Sarah Scott had a season high 49 assists. Salem moves on to play Pinkerton, saturday at 6 p.m.

Methuen ended a 10 year drought, beating rival Chelmsford 3 games to 1 on senior night. Methuen coach Matt Twomey said "they battled hard all night and the seniors stepped up to have big nights." Twomey added, senior Rashidat Agboola had 21 kills, and was only blocked once all night. Senior Catilin Berube had 28 digs and senior Elaina Guzman had a big night with 41 assists.

The number 2 seed Londonderry sweeps the 15th seed Manchester West 3 games to 0 in the Division 1 Girls Volleyball Tournament . Lead by Katie and Megan Schwarz, who combined for 26 kills. Megan also had 7 ace's and Amy Johnson had 31 assists. They play the winner of Alvirne-Goffstown at home at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Monica Lewis continued her red-hot serving, this time scoring 11 straight service points in Whittier's 3-0 win over Chelsea. Tuesday it was 17 straight.

Monica Lewis served for a stunning 17 straight points in Game 1 to power Whittier to a 3-0 win over Northeast.

The Haverhill girls volleyball team won its third match of the season in convincing fashio, whipping Somerville in three straight games. Paige Grant had five kills for the Hillies.