Amanda d’Almeida and seven Wolf teammates finished their high school soccer days Wednesday. (Robert Pelant photo)
The miracle will have to wait until next season.
Playing without one of its most explosive offensive stars — senior Madison Tisa McPhee, who was out with a broken nose — the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer team was unable to mount much of an offensive charge Wednesday night.
With just one shot on goal, the Wolves fell 6-0 to host Lynden Christian in the first round of the 1A Northwest district tournament, ending their season at 1-16.
The Lyncs, who entered the eight-team tourney as the number one seed, rained down shots on Coupeville from all sides, peppering Wolf goalie McKayla Bailey with 15 shots on goal.
The sophomore, a first-year keeper, made eight strong saves, but it wasn’t enough.
The trio of Haley Hollander, Lexi Vander Griend and Sierra De Vries each recorded two goals apiece as Lynden Christian moved into a semifinal match-up with Blaine, which edged South Whidbey 1-0.
In the other half of the draw, King’s obliterated Friday Harbor 9-0 Wednesday and Meridian bounced Mount Baker 3-0.
The loss was the final high school game for a strong group of Wolf seniors, who led by example all season.
While Coupeville struggled offensively at times, they were very competitive in the second half of the season, grabbing a win over Sultan and pushing several teams to the final minutes of game.
Departing are team captains Amanda d’Almeida, Anna Bailey and Haley Marx, as well as Kelsey Pape, Vanessa Bernales, Rachel Wenzel, Kelsey Miranda and Tisa McPhee.
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