Coupeville Sports

   Raven Vick is a key part of an undefeated Wolf JV volleyball squad. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

   CHS coach Chris Smith is hyper-focused, Maddie Vondrak maybe not so much and Lucy Sandahl (8) makes plans to unleash death ‘n destruction on her volleyball foes.

You can’t beat them, you can only hope to slow them down.

And good luck on that.

Rolling to its fifth straight win Thursday, the undefeated Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad annihilated host Port Townsend.

Getting action for everyone in uniform, Wolf coach Chris Smith led his young warriors to a 25-10, 25-7, 25-23 victory, raising the team’s Olympic League record to 3-0.

It was a savage display of pinpoint serving (with Emma Mathusek especially en fuego) and solid teamwork, all documented by ace sideline reporter Maddie Vondrak.

As the Wolf frosh rehabs an injury, she has stepped forward to track her teammate’s play, and has played an indispensable role for her coach and for writers everywhere.

Vondrak was especially taken with the play of Maya Toomey-Stout (“awesome passes and kills all around”) and Savannah Smith (“a killer kill”) in the early going.

Mathusek “got the lead back with nine serves in a row with the help of Maya’s dominating kill,” while Chelsea Prescott had “a great block” and Lucy Sandahl ripped off winners on seven straight serves, five on aces.

Coupeville put the hammer down hard in the second set, with Mathusek spending a long, successful stretch of time at the service line.

By the time she was done Thursday, the Wolf sophomore had accumulated 12 aces, with the best one “sitting on the net and falling over.”

Prescott “saved the ball from going into the bench” on one wild play, while Toomey-Stout and Raven Vick quickly put away anything Port Townsend could return.

With the match in hand, Chris Smith gave his youngest players serious floor time, and they responded strongly.

Jaimee Masters ran off seven straight winners on serve, Catherine Lhamon and Megan Behan delivered kills and Charlotte Nolle had a sweet save.

The Wolf JV players get a chance to pick up big-time experience Saturday, when they head to Sequim for a tournament.

“As a coaching staff we are excited to focus on the JV this weekend,” said CHS head coach Cory Whitmore.