The Rams were eliminated from the state playoffs in the 2A West Region championship game Tuesday night, falling at West Henderson 25-20, 25-18 and 25-23.
Seniors like Jordan Raye, Jana Matthews and Meme Brown have been a part of Starmount teams that have played in three straight Final Four games.
Last season, the Rams beat West Henderson and advanced to the 2A state title game. This year and in 2006, West Henderson beat them for the West Region crown.
Starmount (22-7) certainly didn't go down without a fight Tuesday night against a team that has yet to lose this season. West Henderson will take a 25-0 record into the state title match Saturday in Raleigh.
The Falcons used 11 service aces to keep the Rams off balance. At other times, Starmount struggled to keep balls in play and make good passes.
Brown led the Rams in kills Tuesday night, recording 17, along with three blocks and three aces. Matthews had 11 kills, one block, one ace, one assist and 11 digs. She put all 14 of her serves successfully into play.
Raye, the reigning Mountain Valley 2A Player of the Year, provided 27 assists in her high school volleyball finale. She also had two kills, eight digs, two blocks and an ace.
Taylor Moxley, another senior who earned a starting role this season at libero, provided an ace and 15 digs.
Others getting into the stat book for the Rams included Brett Doss (two kills, one dig, one assist), Rosie Crissman (one kill, one assist), Ashley Wilkins (one ace, five digs) and Cory Hutchens (five digs).
Starmount is 13-3 in state playoff matches the past three seasons. During that span, the Rams have compiled a 79-15 overall record, earning three conference tournament titles, two outright regular season conference titles and one shared regular season conference title (with Forbush in 2006).
Other seniors this season included Rachel Dobson and Lauren Cook.
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