Scenarios don’t get much more cut and dry.

Win and it’s an automatic ticket to the district volleyball playoffs.

Lose and the season is over.

Oak Harbor was well aware of the circumstances on Thursday night as was Marysville-Pilchuck.

In a fight for the fourth and final Western Conference North district bid, it was the Tomahawks, however, that came away with a three-game, 25-22, 25-17, 25-16 victory on their home floor.

“They shook us up with their defense,” OHHS head coach Kerri Molitor said. “After that first game our emotions were like ‘oh we might lose.’”

According to Molitor, Oak Harbor was blocking well and playing a strong game at the net, but Marysville managed to get to everything the Wildcats hit.

“That was really frustrating to my team, since we play a big power game,” she said.

The Wildcats, who finished the season 4-4 in league and 8-6, overall, were led at the net by senior Krystal Rousselle with nine kills. Seniors Miranda Thiel and Jennifer Muzzall had six and five kills respectively.

“I’m bummed, I feel like it’s too bad,” Molitor said. “I don’t think we should have put ourselves in that position to have a must-win last night.”

Marysville ended 5-3 in league and will face the number one seed from the WesCo South during the first round of the district tournament, Wednesday, Nov. 2.

OHHS 3, Mount Vernon 0

In what was the final home match for five seniors, the Oak Harbor volleyball team performed to near-perfection on Tuesday night against Mount Vernon.

The Wildcats defeated the Bulldogs in straight games, 25-17, 25-17, 25-16 to stay in playoff contention.

“Typically last home games and all the hoopla really distracts my seniors, but they got all the crying and emotions out of the way early and played great,” Molitor said.

Contributions came from all over the floor for OHHS, which never trailed once in the three games.

Three seniors, Rousselle, Thiel and Muzzall had 10 kills apiece. Muzzall also added five blocks.

“We were moving around, using the middle and the outside,” Molitor said.

Senior setter Ashley Kingma had 28 assists and five aces.

Molitor also praised the play of senior Pristine Santos.

“She played a solid game in the back for us and that’s where everything starts,” Molitor said.