Coupeville Sports

Lyla Stuurmans pounds the ball. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Another day, another sweep.

Surviving a trip to the outer islands Tuesday, the Coupeville High School varsity volleyball squad rolled to a win in its conference opener.

Polishing off host Friday Harbor 25-19, 25-12, 25-11, the Wolves get to 2-0 overall, 1-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play.

The CHS spikers also hand their coach a milestone, as the victory is the 90th for Cory Whitmore during his time with the Wolf volleyball program.

Coupeville, coming off a strong showing at the SunDome Volleyball Festival, hasn’t dropped a set in its first two regular season matches.

And while Friday Harbor gave the Wolves a little bit of a battle in the opener, after that Whitmore’s assassins went methodically to work.

“We cleaned it up after a bit of a sloppy first set and took care of business in the second and third,” he said.

Key to the win was Coupeville’s ability to respond strongly on first ball contacts, with senior setter Katie Marti running a fairly clean offense.

Twin terrors Lyla Stuurmans and Teagan Calkins rained down 11 kills apiece, with both big-ball hitters racking up a torrid hitting percentage.

Next up is Coupeville’s home debut Thursday, with the Wolves taking the court against visiting Mount Vernon Christian in another league tilt.

Between then and now, the Wolves will look to fine-tune things, while keeping their eyes firmly focused on the prize.

“We are going to be working on cleaning up our serve for the situations we often face,” Whitmore said.

“But I was happy to see them rally themselves to a higher standard.”

Tuesday stats:

Taylor Brotemarkle — 2 digs
Teagan Calkins — 11 kills
Mia Farris — 5 kills, 3 digs, 1 solo block, 3 aces
Jada Heaton — 4 kills
Katie Marti — 3 kills, 5 digs, 25 assists, 2 aces
Madison McMillan — 1 kill, 7 digs, 8 aces
Lyla Stuurmans — 11 kills, 4 digs, 1 solo block, 6 aces
Tenley Stuurmans — 1 kill, 1 dig, 3 aces