Coupeville Sports

McKenzie Bailey soars high in an earlier game. (John Fisken photo)

Revenge comes to those who wait and wait and wait some more.

Bouncing back from a set down Thursday, the Chimacum High School volleyball squad ultimately derailed visiting Coupeville in four sets, preventing the Wolves from putting together a perfect fall season of competition between the two schools.

The 16-25, 25-15, 25-18, 26-24 Cowboy win, coming in the final regular season match-up between the new Olympic League rivals, snapped Coupeville’s streak of eight straight wins over four sports.

The Wolves went 3-0 against Chimacum in boys’ tennis, 2-0 in football, 2-0 in girls’ soccer and had taken the match the first time the two schools faced off in volleyball.

With the loss, CHS dropped into third place in the four team league, with three matches to play.

Now 1-2 in league play, 1-8 overall, Coupeville trails Klahowya (4-0, 12-0) and Chimacum (2-2, 4-7).

The Wolves need to stay ahead of Port Townsend (0-3, 6-5), as the top three teams advance to the postseason.

Coupeville closes with three matches in four days, hosting Klahowya Monday for Senior Night to kick things off.

After that, they travel to Port Townsend Tuesday before reuniting with the Redhawks Thursday on Whidbey.

A second win against Chimacum would have helped their push for a playoff spot, and the Wolves jumped to a quick lead.

But then miscues began to crop up, eventually turning into a never-ending blizzard that thoroughly buried them.

“We had a hard time executing, and we made errors, too many errors; many occurring at critical moments,” said CHS coach Breanne Smedley. “Our defense did a good job of staying disciplined and made some great plays but our errors started to create momentum against us in the second, third, and fourth games.”

Madeline Strasburg flew all over the court, recording 12 kills and 16 digs, while fellow senior Hailey Hammer notched 11 kills and two blocks.

Kacie Kiel filled the stat sheet up (five kills, three service aces, 19 digs), with Valen Trujillo (30 digs) and Lauren Rose (30 assists) making key plays.

The Wolf JV had the night off, as Chimacum doesn’t have enough players to field a second unit.