Coupeville Sports

  Wolf booters Micky LeVine (left) and Julia Myers have a post-game shake with their #1 fan, Izzy LeVine. (Joline LeVine photo)

It was a loss, but a loss with a lot of upside.

While the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer team got bounced 3-0 on the road Saturday by 2A Sequim, Wolf coach Troy Cowan felt his squad came away with a lot of positives.

Now 1-1 on the season, CHS shuffled players around, tried some new match-ups and gave some of its bench players a shot at the big time.

All things that could benefit the Wolves down the road.

“We learned a lot about ourselves and understand we still have some work to do,” Cowan said. “I told the girls at the end of the game I was proud of them and that we need to remember the season is a marathon, not a sprint and to stay focused on our team goals and let’s do work!!!”

Coupeville came out strong, controlling play for much of the first half.

But, despite playing much of the half on Sequim’s side of the field and getting several good shots on goal, the Wolves weren’t able to get a ball in the back of the net and trailed 1-0.

Their hosts then tacked on two more goals after halftime to put the game on ice.

Even in a loss, the Wolves got strong play up and down their roster.

With senior defender Christine Fields out with an illness, freshman Mckenzie Meyer stepped in and started, making a strong impression on her coach.

“Mckenzie stepped into some big shoes and showed poise, patience and talent well beyond her years,” Cowan said. “She played nearly the entire match and played a nearly flawless performance; her future looks very bright.”

Also getting props was the core of Erin Rosenkranz, Mia Littlejohn and Sage Renninger, as well as two role players (Bree Daigneault and Ana Luvera) who stepped up.

“No big surprise, but Bree Daigneault was fantastic!,” Cowan said. “Bree was incredible, she really sees the whole pitch well and has a great touch.

“Ana is our most versatile player and allows us some great flexibility,” he added. “We put Ana up top today, which was her first time playing forward and she did a phenomenal job.”