Madison McMillan chases down a runaway volleyball. (Jackie Saia photo)
Swing for the big dogs, you need to bring your best.
And while the Coupeville High School varsity volleyball spikers played with passion and grit Tuesday, they weren’t able to generate the kind of tsunami needed to swamp three-time defending state champ La Conner.
The Wolves entered the night a half-game up on the Braves in the standings, and exited a half-game behind after falling 25-11, 25-14, 25-11.
The road loss drops Coupeville to 6-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 8-4 overall, while La Conner climbs to 6-0, 10-1.
Both teams have two league matches left on the schedule.
The Wolves host Darrington Oct. 20, while the Braves welcome Friday Harbor to their gym the same night.
Coupeville and La Conner then face off a second time Oct. 25 on Whidbey, with the district playoffs set to go down Nov. 2.
In the three years since they rejoined the NWL, the Wolves have only lost to one conference rival in volleyball, and that would be the hard-hitting, smooth-playing, success-craving Braves.
The mission is still the same for Coupeville — upend the Evil Empire. To do so, everything will have to be clicking.
“We definitely needed to have a sharper game in order to stay up with La Conner,” said CHS coach Cory Whitmore.
“There were times we executed our game plan well and it resulted in defensive stops and/or points for us,” he added.
“But next time we see them we will need to create more chaos and put fire on our attack.”
Lyla Stuurmans gets low. (Jackie Saia photo)
Tuesday stats:
Alita Blouin — 14 digs
Mia Farris — 4 kills, 1 block assist
Maddie Georges — 1 kill, 11 digs, 17 assists, 3 aces, 1 block assist
Taygin Jump — 4 digs
Ryanne Knoblich — 2 kills, 6 digs
Madison McMillan — 6 kills, 5 digs
Jill Prince — 3 kills, 1 dig, 1 block assist
Lyla Stuurmans — 2 kills, 1 dig, 1 block assist
Coupeville Sports 
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