Coupeville Sports

Marisa Etzell (left) shadows the play in an earlier-season game. (John Fisken photo)

Payback. You knew it was coming.

A day after Coupeville celebrated a 55-14 middle school football massacre of big, bad King’s, the high school versions of the Knights got a measure of sweet revenge against the Wolves.

Thursday night was all about retribution and both the King’s volleyball and girls’ soccer squads laid down some upon the heads of Wolf Nation, romping to lopsided home wins.

The spikers thrashed Coupeville 25-17, 25-11, 25-13 while the booters romped to a 9-0 blowout.

The joint losses dropped both Wolf varsity squads to 1-7 on the season. Both CHS teams travel to Cedarcrest Tuesday, Oct. 8 before beginning home stands.

On the pitch, Coupeville ran into a buzzsaw in Beth Stella, who opened the scoring early and never stopped popping.

Stella recorded a hat trick, while teammates Jubilee Zevenbergen (now that’s a name!) and Anisa Uberuaga each chipped in with a pair of goals as the Knights improved to 6-2 overall, 6-1 in Cascade Conference play.

On the court, the Wolves played better than the final results might indicate, said CHS coach Kirsty Croghan.

“Though the scores and stats may not show it, the girls did good tonight,” Croghan said. “They are working hard at practice to fine-tune our offense and defense and it is starting to click on the court for us.”

Junior Madeline Strasburg put together an impressive stat line, going 7 of 8 at the service stripe (with two aces) and 7 of 7 on service returns. She also uncorked three kills, tying Kacie Kiel for the team lead.

Breeanna Messner was steady, as usual, with a flawless 7 of 7 night on serves, punctuated by a pair of aces, while also going 8 of 11 on defense.

Amanda Fabrizi (11 of 15) and Haley Sherman (8 of 10) paced the Wolf serve returners, while Hailey Hammer had two kills and Sydney Autio doled out 10 assists from her setter position.

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Jacki Ginnings fights for a ball in an earlier season game. (John Fisken photo)

At least they saved some gas money.

Making a joint trip, the Coupeville High School volleyball and girls’ soccer squads both got a chance to visit bucolic Arlington Tuesday. The trip would have been nicer with a victory or two, but it wasn’t to be.

The Wolf booters gave up two early goals en route to losing a close 2-0 game, while the CHS spikers fell in straight sets, losing 25-11, 25-17, 25-15. The losses dropped both teams to 1-6 on the season as they sit halfway through identical four-game road trips.

With upcoming contests at King’s (Thursday, Oct. 3) and Cedarcrest (Tuesday, Oct. 8), neither Wolf squad will play on The Rock again until Oct. 10.

On the pitch Tuesday, the host Cougars got goals from Sophia Morgan and Cassidy Fry in the first half, then held on as freshman goaltender Prestyn LaLone shut down the Wolf sharpshooters.

Meanwhile, at the gym, CHS ran into a Lakewood team that was hitting on all cylinders.

“Lakewood looked great tonight; they were a tough competitor,” said Coupeville coach Kirsty Croghan. “As a team we still need to work to improve on defense and our game at the net.”

Breeanna Messner paced the Wolves, going a perfect 8 of 8 at the service stripe while also clocking in at 20 of 20 on service returns. She was equally adept at the net, smacking a pair of kills, while fellow senior Amanda Fabrizi was 25 of 26 on returns and nailed two aces on her serves.

Also filling up the stat sheet were Hailey Hammer (three kills, 8 of 8 on serves), Allie Hanigan (four kills, two blocks) and Sydney Autio (nine assists).

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