The end of the season hurt, so Coral Shores' Lady Hurricanes knew it had been a good season. "We wanted this season to go on," said head coach Andy Thiery, "and it's not always like that."</p><p>The Lady Hurricanes (15-9) reached the semifinals of the District 16-3A Tournament, played in Tavernier, but were halted by Gulliver Prep in three games Wednesday.</p><p>Coral Shores battled the Lady Raiders into overtime in the first game before Gulliver pulled out a 26-24 win in a contest that easily could have gone either way.</p><p>Gulliver kept the momentum and completed the best-of-five match by taking the next two games, 25-17 and 25-18.</p><p>"Overall, we played well," Thiery said. "We ran into a team with a seriously good defense."</p><p>"Losing the first game was huge," he said. "Gulliver got a lot of confidence from that, and we never settled down. Mostly, though, it was about Gulliver being solid."</p><p>The Lady Hurricanes didn't lack for effort, diving for digs and contesting shots at the net. Some rallies seemed endless, with Lauren Sanchez and setters feeding hitters Latrice Johnson and Chelsea Russell.</p><p>Coral Shores did not make many errors -- but the ones they did proved costly against Gulliver's steady defense. The Canes committed more serving errors than the Raiders, and landed a few more errant shots outside the court.</p><p>"At one point, Latrice made three fantastic shots in a row, and Gulliver returned them all," Thiery said. "That was indicative of the way it went."</p><p>Johnson had 11 kills in the match, and Russell delivered eight. Logan Spaulding scored three, and Holly Given made two.</p><p>The third-seeded Canes won their tournament opener Tuesday over sixth seed Carrollton, 25-20, 25-20, 25-18. "We didn't play a perfect match but we did more good things than bad," Thiery assessed. "Our top players all played well, and that's all you can ask for."</p><p>Coral Shores graduates six players from the squad that won the unofficial Monroe County championship.</p><p>"This is a good group that worked hard all year," Thiery said. "We have gave it our best shot, but it wasn't quite enough."