Coupeville Sports

Ari Cunningham rises up to deliver a kill. (Julie Wheat photo)

Some joy; some pain.

Playing on Friday Harbor Tuesday afternoon, the Coupeville High School volleyball squads split their showdowns with the host Wolverines as they reached the two-thirds mark of the regular season.

The Wolf varsity, rebuilding after major losses to graduation, hung tough all match, but ultimately fell 25-22, 25-23, 17-25, 25-16, giving the two schools a split in their season series.

With the loss, CHS, the defending Northwest 2B/1B League champs, slips to 1-5 in conference action this time around, 3-6-1 overall.

Coupeville still has a shot to get back to .500 in league play, but needs to win out the remainder of the way, starting with another road trip, this one to play Mount Vernon Christian next Tuesday, Oct. 14.

Meanwhile, the Wolf JV is soaring, having won five of its last six to get to 4-1 in NWL rumbles, 6-2 overall.

Tuesday, the CHS second squad bounced Friday Harbor 25-15, 25-18.

Just getting on the floor against the Wolverines was a bonus as well, as Coupeville’s JV had to sit out the first meeting between the schools due to their rivals not having a full roster at that moment.

Kennedy O’Neill anticipates the arrival of the volleyball. (Jackie Saia photo)

Tuesday stats:

Varsity:

Haylee Armstrong — 7 kills, 6 digs, 1 assist, 3 aces
Teagan Calkins — 13 kills, 12 digs, 3 aces
Ari Cunningham — 3 kills, 2 aces
Lexis Drake — 2 kills, 1 dig, 1 assist, 2 aces
Adeline Maynes — 1 dig, 1 ace
Kennedy O’Neill — 2 aces
Dakota Strong — 2 kills, 1 dig
Tenley Stuurmans — 2 kills, 7 digs, 25 assists, 1 solo block, 4 aces
Sydney Van Dyke — 1 ace

JV:

Adeline Maynes — 12 assists, 2 aces
Isa Mc Fetridge— 3 kills, 1 dig, 3 aces
Kennedy O’Neill — 5 kills, 5 aces
Chelsi Stevens — 3 kills, 3 aces
Sydney Van Dyke — 3 kills