A (friendly) beat-down!!

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A (friendly) beat-down!!

May 9, 2017 by David Svien

Nicole Lester and Co. poked 13 hits and eked out 15 walks Tuesday in an 18-4 JV win. (John Fisken photo)

Different city, same results.

Capping their season with an exclamation point, the Coupeville High School JV softball sluggers drilled host Burlington-Edison 18-4 Tuesday afternoon.

The win gives the young Wolves a two-game sweep of their 2A opponents and raises their final record to 4-1.

Much like the first time the squads faced — a 20-1 romp in late April in Cow Town — Coupeville had its way with the Tiger pitching staff.

The Wolves crunched 13 hits, led by Emma Mathusek’s four base-knocks, while also picking up 15 walks.

Every one of the nine players Coupeville took on its road trip ended up on base, with Scout Smith a perfect 5-of-5 with three singles and two walks.

Mathusek hammered a triple to go with three singles, Kyla Briscoe punched out three singles and Nicole Lester, Melia Welling and Tamika Nastali added hits of their own.

Working the pitching for all they could get, Jae LeVine (4), Mackenzie Davis (4) and Veronica Crownover (1) accounted for nine walks between them.

With the score running wild, and B-E fairly inexperienced, Coupeville’s coaches were careful to mix things up to keep things competitive.

Starting hurler Scout Smith opened and closed, but gave way mid-game to a pair of first-time pitchers.

Mathusek, a freshman, and LeVine, a senior swinging down from varsity for a day to give the JV enough players to field a team, made their debut in the circle.

By the time she was done, LeVine played five different positions on the day, pitching, catching and doin’ time at every infield spot except third.

While he’s always happy with a win, CHS varsity coach Kevin McGranahan had plenty of other things to be appreciative of after this road trip.

“We stayed after and scrimmaged them for two more innings, so we got our money’s worth today,” he said. “The other coach praised our girls for their sportsmanship and being classy.

“That’s always great to hear from opposing coaches.”