Coupeville Sports

   Tiffany Briscoe delivered 10 service aces Tuesday to spark Coupeville to its first win in league play. (John Fisken photo)

You take W’s any way you get them.

Especially when you’re knee-deep in the battle for a playoff berth.

Getting a boost at a crucial moment, the Coupeville High School volleyball squad dug down and eked out a four-set win at Port Townsend Tuesday night.

The 25-13, 22-25, 30-28, 25-19 victory lifted the Wolves out of the 1A Olympic League cellar, where they had been tied with the Redhawks.

Now 1-2 in league play, 3-8 overall, Coupeville sits in third place, a game behind Chimacum (2-1, 7-6), which lost to Klahowya (3-0, 6-6) in a first-place showdown.

The top three teams in the Olympic League go to the postseason, and all three will host their opening playoff match, so the first goal is to stay ahead of Port Townsend (0-3, 1-8).

Coupeville can make a move on second-place Thursday, when it hosts Chimacum.

After that is a road trip to Klahowya Oct. 26 and the regular-season finale at home Oct. 29 vs. Port Townsend.

Following the oldest rule in the sports cliche book — play them one game at a time — the Wolves took care of business Tuesday.

Which is all that matters.

“It wasn’t pretty … but a win’s a win right?!,” said CHS coach Breanne Smedley. “We were able to finish, which was great.

“We put ourselves in unnecessary situations through our hitting and serving errors,” she added. “However, their ability to fight and close out the game was something that we will build on for Chimacum.”

Coupeville got a big boost from its service game, with Tiffany Briscoe sparking things with ten service aces.

Sydney Autio and Payton Aparicio added nine aces apiece, while Valen Trujillo delivered six and Katrina McGranahan popped for five.

Autio doled out 17 assists, with a variety of Wolves rising to the occasion to put the ball down, hard.

McGranahan led the assault on the stat sheet with nine kills, while McKenzie Bailey, Ally Roberts and Kyla Briscoe each had four.