Coupeville Sports

Maddie Vondrak celebrates another kill Saturday, as Coupeville pounds Orcas Island. (Brian Vick photos)

7-0 and headed home for a huge rumble with King’s.

It was a nice warm-up.

Perhaps playing with one eye on the mega match-up awaiting it, the Coupeville High School volleyball squad made short work of host Orcas Island Saturday afternoon.

Using everyone in uniform, the Wolves stuffed their foes in short order, ringing up a 25-7, 25-15, 25-9 win.

The victory lifts CHS to 7-0, the second-best start in program history behind the 10 wins the 2004 squad began their season with.

Pursuit of win #8 in a row will require a mammoth effort, however, as Coupeville faces a major test Monday when King’s (6-0) comes to town.

The Wolves and Knights sit in a tie atop the North Sound Conference with 3-0 league records, and both teams have blitzed opponents.

Coupeville has won 21 of 23 sets, dropping just a single frame to Cedar Park Christian and Anacortes, while King’s is 18-2, giving up a set to Lakeside and Skyline.

It’s the first of two regular-season meetings between the teams, with a second match in Shoreline Oct. 24.

King’s is the defending league champs, and claimed 3rd place at state in 2018, while Coupeville was conference runner-up last season.

Tip-off Monday is 7 PM in the CHS gym, with JV and C-Team action at 5:15.

While the long trip to Orcas on a weekend day could have made for a potential stumbling block for the Wolves, they quickly tossed that scenario out the window.

Senior captains Scout Smith (27 assists, four service aces, two kills) and Maya Toomey-Stout (10 kills, six aces, four digs) paced the attack.

Zoe Trujillo and Chelsea Prescott rang up eight kills apiece, while Maddie Vondrak pounded six, and freshman Lucy Tenore collected four.

Coupeville was deadly at the service stripe all day, with Vondrak (four aces), Willow Vick (4), Kylie Chernikoff (1), and Raven Vick (1) all chipping in from the line.

Emma Mathusek pulled six digs off the floor, Lucy Sandahl went low for three more, while Vondrak and Tenore soared high at the net to collect a block apiece.