Coupeville Sports

“2-0, baby!!”

Familiar foes are killing the Wolves.

For the second time in four games, a goaltender who plays select soccer with many of the Coupeville High School girl booters returned in a rival uniform to shut them down offensively.

In the season opener, it was Oak Harbor’s Kenzie Perry and Tuesday night in Langley it was South Whidbey netminder Cassie Neil who denied her once and future teammates.

Turning away the few shots she saw, Neil, who has suited up with many of the Wolves as a member of the Whidbey Islanders select squad, pulled off the shutout, sparking the Falcons to a 2-0 win.

The first victory of the season for South Whidbey, it kept Coupeville still looking for its own breakthrough win. Now 0-4, the Wolves host Sultan Thursday at 6 PM.

Neil got all the offensive support she would need from Falcon senior Madi Boyd, who broke through the Wolf defense twice for goals.

One score was set up by Carmen Colar, while the other was a one-woman show from the redhead with the magical scoring touch.

The Wolves defense did not buckle easily, as goalie Julia Myers made “countless, heart-stopping saves.”

With just one goal in four games, Coupeville will try and shake things up moving forward, said Wolf coach Troy Cowan.

“I told the girls after the match, pick your heads up and let’s go back to work,” Cowan said. “We have to figure out a way to create some offense.

“We have one of the fastest players on the island in forward sensation Makana Stone, but we can’t get her the ball enough,” he added. “So we are going back to the drawing board to redesign our offensive game plan and put some hustle behind our muscle.”