Coupeville Sports

   Ashley Menges had four kills, four service aces and 22 assists to power the Wolves to a straight-sets victory. (John Fisken photo)

Ashley Menges does not know the meaning of mercy.

Neither do her teammates on the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad, apparently.

Riding a scorching performance from their freshman phenom, who was everywhere and nowhere at once, the Wolves trounced host Chimacum Thursday 25-16, 25-17, 25-17.

“Sweep, sweep, sweep!,” said an elated CHS coach Heidi Wyman. “Chimacum played us really tough tonight, but these young Wolves stayed focused, played together and were dominating at the net!”

“It’s awesome to see how far they have come,” she added. “Even more amazing is where they will be two years from now; very proud of all of them!”

The win, the fifth in their last seven matches, lifted the young Wolves to 5-4 overall, 2-0 in Olympic League play.

The five wins ties the JV spikers with Coupeville’s varsity boys’ tennis squad for the most wins by any Wolf team this fall.

While the netters have likely wrapped up regular season play, unless two postponed matches get rescheduled before postseason play (doubtful), Wyman’s squad has between 2-4 matches left this season.

Coupeville has one more match against both Klahowya and Chimacum and two against Port Townsend.

The RedHawks didn’t have a JV the first time around, so it’s likely the younger Wolves will only get to take the court in half the remaining regular season matches.

They continue to take full advantage of whatever floor time they see, however.

Facing off with Chimacum, who they also beat in a “non-conference” match earlier this season, they dominated, collecting 24 kills (“they were vicious at the net!”) and 19 service aces while averaging 87% from the line.

Menges collected player of the night honors with a stellar performance.

She netted 22 assists, served 93% from the stripe (with four aces) and had “four awesome tips for kills.”

Kenzi LaRue was perfect on serve, while Sarah Wright dropped in six aces.

Allison Wenzel, Kameryn St Onge and LaRue shared the hitting duties, as each player tallied five kills.