Coupeville Sports

 Freshman Makana Stone popped in Coupeville’s lone goal Tuesday night and came close on a couple of other plays. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Agony upon agony.

Suffering its second straight loss in extra time Tuesday night, the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer team keeps getting closer and closer to that elusive first win, only to see it ripped away at the very last second.

A game ago, it was a ball that dribbled in late in the second overtime against Lakewood. Tuesday it was a mix of questionable calls by the ref, a bit of bad luck, a string of shots that almost went in (but didn’t) and, finally, plain old exhaustion that did in the Wolves.

After battling through 80 minutes of regulation and two five-minute overtimes, they fell in a shoot-out, suffering a 2-1 loss to host South Whidbey. And while it was a moral win, those aren’t always enough.

Now 0-12 with four games remaining — including match-ups with powerhouses Archbishop Thomas Murphy and King’s — Coupeville is still scrambling. Still pushing. Still leaving everything on the field.

And they have hope for the future.

“I’m not a betting man, but if we get South Whidbey again in the district playoffs, I like our chances,” said Coupeville coach Dan d’Almeida.

The Wolves, who have had trouble mounting a sustained offensive charge in some games, did just the opposite in Langley.

Madison Tisa McPhee narrowly missed a goal in the first 15 seconds, Amanda d’Almeida and Haley Marx whipped jet-propelled shots that were just a bit outside and freshman Makana Stone, who scored Coupeville’s goal, had several goosebumps-inducing breakaways.