Coupeville Sports

   Kylie Chernikoff was a kill machine Tuesday, helping the Coupeville JV spikers roll to a fourth straight win. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The wait was worth it.

Thanks to trouble catching a ferry, the Klahowya volleyball teams were late arriving in Coupeville Tuesday afternoon, and, once there, both varsity and JV had to play at the same time.

But, while they were denied their moment in the big gym in the season’s first home match, the Wolf JV players didn’t miss a beat, running their record under first-year coach Chris Smith to a glossy 4-0.

Using a mix of aggressive serves and superb play at the net, CHS rolled away with a 25-20, 25-23, 23-25 victory over the Eagles, improving to 2-0 in Olympic League play.

Coupeville spread its highlights among multiple players, with unpaid assistant coach/ace sideline reporter Maddie Vondrak keeping an eagle eye on her teammates while she rehabs an injury.

The Wolf frosh liked Emma Mathusek’s “game-changing passes and killer down-balls,” Zoe Trujillo’s “super hits leading to kills” and Savannah Smith’s “tricky hits and tips” in the opening set.

Lucy Sandahl and Kylie Chernikoff were especially effective at the service stripe, while Chelsea Prescott delivered “aggressive swings and saves off the net.”

Not to be outworked, Raven Vick sacrificed her body for the squad, “hitting the floor in order to save a ball,” earning a nod of approval from Vondrak.

The second and third set were more of the same, with every Wolf firing together, six players working as one.

Jaimee Masters popped in with “tricky tips,” Charlotte Nolle was a steady presence at the net and the kills flew off of the sizzlin’ fingertips of Prescott, Trujillo and Chernikoff.

Vondrak’s scouting reports are impeccable, though she possibly outdid herself when she gushed about “Raven’s killer kill with Lucy’s superior set!”