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Wolf spikers pile up stats!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on September 25, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Happy birthday, Emma Smith. The CHS junior hits the big 1-7 Monday. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

   And happy birthday to Mikayla Elfrank, who makes it a 2-for-1 special for Wolf spikers, turning 18 on the same day.

She’s back.

The iPad glitch which left sophomore Maya Toomey-Stout AWOL from the Coupeville High School volleyball stats has been fixed, and all is well in the universe.

As the Wolves, 3-1 on the season, prep for their first home match of the season, a titanic match-up with Klahowya Tuesday (4 PM tip), here’s an up-to-the-moment statistical overview.

Leading the way is Ashley Menges, the only Wolf to appear in the top 10 in two categories among all 1A players whose teams have reported stats to MaxPreps.

The junior setter is tied for #7 in service aces and sits #9 in assists.

Stats through 9/25 (four matches):

Sets Played:

Payton Aparicio 11
Kyla Briscoe 11
Hope Lodell 11
Katrina McGranahan 11
Ashley Menges 11
Emma Smith 11
Scout Smith 11
Mikayla Elfrank 10
Lauren Rose 8
Allison Wenzel 7
Maya Toomey-Stout 3

Kills:

McGranahan 15
Elfrank 14
Briscoe 12
Aparicio 10
E. Smith 10
S. Smith 5
Rose 1

Kill Percentage:

Rose 50.0
McGranahan 45.5
Elfrank 41.2
E. Smith 34.5
Briscoe 30.8
Aparicio 30.3
S. Smith 23.8

Hitting Percentage:

Rose .500
McGranahan .303
Aparicio .182
E. Smith .172
Briscoe .154
Elfrank .088

Digs:

Lodell 20
Aparicio 8
Briscoe 7
Rose 7
McGranahan 4
Elfrank 3
Toomey-Stout 3
Menges 2
E. Smith 1
Wenzel 1

Blocks:

Elfrank 8 (#10 in 1A)
McGranahan 5
E. Smith 2
Aparicio 1
S. Smith 1

Service Returns:

Aparicio 47
Lodell 43
Briscoe 28
Toomey-Stout 6
McGranahan 2
Rose 2
Menges 1
E. Smith 1
S. Smith 1
Wenzel 1

Assists:

Menges 33 (#9 in 1A)
Rose 25
S. Smith 7
Elfrank 1

Serving Percentage:

McGranahan 97.4
Rose 97.1
Aparicio 91.4
Briscoe 88.9
Menges 78.6
S. Smith 77.8
Lodell 70.6
Toomey-Stout 66.7
Wenzel 66.7

Service Points:

Aparicio 37
Menges 25
McGranahan 21
Rose 15
Lodell 10
S. Smith 7
Toomey-Stout 6
Briscoe 5
Wenzel 4

Service Aces:

Aparicio 16 (#6 in 1A)
Menges 15 (#7 in 1A)
Lodell 8
McGranahan 6
Rose 6
Toomey-Stout 6
Briscoe 3
S. Smith 3
Wenzel 2

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Call it a win!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Hope Lodell had a team-high 11 digs Thursday as Coupeville swept 2A North Mason in a match ended prematurely. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Official or not, a victory is a victory, never to be turned down.

In my world, at least, the Coupeville High School varsity volleyball squad sits at 3-1 after sweeping 2A North Mason on the road Thursday night.

There is some slight confusion, however, since the non-conference tilt was supposed to be a best-of-five-sets affair and the teams only got two sets finished.

Perhaps not thinking things out all the way, North Mason elected to play the JV match first, and it went long.

Then, after Coupeville won the first two (very long) sets of the varsity match 25-23, 26-24, the clock simply ran out on everyone.

Having traveled 70+ miles to Belfair for the match, the Wolves couldn’t miss their ferry back to Whidbey and were forced to ankle for the exit before they could officially seal the deal.

If it was a league match, the teams would reschedule and restart the match.

Being a non-conference tilt, no one’s headed back to North Mason this season. That’s for sure.

And with CHS in complete control of the match, as well, it would seem pretty safe to stick it in the W column. At least unofficially.

So, in the impartial (ha!) world of Coupeville Sports, the Wolves are 3-1 and finally headed home.

With four matches, and tournament appearances from Langley to Yakima under its belt, Coupeville makes its home debut next Tuesday, Sept. 26.

That match will be a big one, as the Wolves, defending Olympic League champs, clash with arch-rival Klahowya for sole possession of first-place.

KSS (2-0 in league play) holds a half-game lead on CHS (1-0) at the moment.

Wolf coach Cory Whitmore liked the scores Thursday, but would have enjoyed seeing his team get a chance to put a true stamp on a win.

“We did not play particularly consistent tonight in the two sets we did play,” he said. “I think we as a team would have liked another set to end on a strong note.”

Coupeville claimed the edge against North Mason thanks to its passing, Whitmore said.

Hope Lodell, who led the Wolves with 11 digs, and Maya Toomey-Stout both had very high passer ratings, and things flowed from there.

Lauren Rose (nine assists) and Ashley Menges (four) put the ball into play for CHS, with Mikayla Elfrank (five kills), Katrina McGranahan (four) and Scout Smith (three) slamming winners.

Coupeville’s always-strong service game was paced by Payton Aparicio, who recorded a pair of aces from the stripe.

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Another town? Another win!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on September 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   An injury kept Maddie Vondrak on the bench Thursday, but she was invaluable as a sideline reporter. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The road warriors continue to rock.

Half the team has yet to play a high school volleyball match at home, but Coupeville’s JV spikers haven’t let unfamiliar courts throw off their game.

After running host North Mason off the floor to a 25-15, 25-14, 25-27 tune Thursday, the Wolf young guns are a crisp 3-0 on the season.

And now, finally, their new players will get a chance to play in front of their home fans for the first time, when Coupeville hosts Klahowya next Tuesday, Sept. 26.

While the trek to the wilds of Belfair (72.6 miles one way) made for a long day, CHS pulled things together quickly against their 2A opponents.

“The JV played well today after enduring the long trip to North Mason,” said Wolf coach Chris Smith. “Our bus legs had us playing a little slow out of the gate but we mustered up the energy.”

Raven Vick put the punctuation mark on both of the first two sets, ending the first with a service ace and the second with an emphatic kill.

Camped on the bench for a night with an ankle injury, Maddie Vondrak put in time as an unpaid assistant coach, and she was a treasure trove of info.

Documenting the Wolves high points (of which there were many), she hailed Chelsea Prescott, Maya Toomey-Stout and Zoe Trujillo for “aggressive swings” and Lucy Sandahl for “awesome sets and passes.”

Coupeville passed the ball strongly all night, with Emma Mathusek, Vick and Trujillo leading the way.

The Wolves stayed on the attack in the second set, with Sandahl firing multiple aces to key the offense.

Prescott was a constant threat, praised by Vondrak for “always reading, looking for spots when serving/hitting, reaching when hitting and nice covering.”

Her other fellow freshmen were on top of their game, as well, with Kylie Chernikoff delivering “an awesome hit on the 17th point,” while Savannah Smith had “good reads and transitions.”

With the win in hand for Coupeville, the two teams opted to play a largely meaningless third set, then promptly went to war whether it mattered or not.

Vondrak gushed over her teammates hustle and refusal to let plays die, even when the ball was seemingly dead in the net.

Whether it was Mathusek’s “awesome down-balls,” Sandahl dealing with “tricky tips,” or Chernikoff and Prescott spraying service aces, everyone chipped in on the victory.

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Stats for everyone (not named Maya)!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Maya “I have no use for your stinkin’ stats!!” Toomey-Stout. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Gazelle is too fast for the stat-keepers.

We know super sophomore Maya Toomey-Stout has been tearing up the volleyball court for Coupeville High School this fall — she torched Chimacum for five service aces alone.

But she’s nowhere to be seen when you look at the CHS stat sheet on MaxPreps, which is a surprising (and probably completely accidental) oversight.

To make up for that, she gets to grace our first volleyball stats story with her picture.

We know you exist, Maya, even if MaxPreps tries to insist otherwise.

Free The Gazelle!

Or at least free her stats…

Anyway, as the Coupeville spikers head off to North Mason today for a non-conference match, the fourth straight road trip for the Wolves, here’s a look at up-to-the-moment stats.

Stats through 9/20 (three matches):

Sets Played:

Payton Aparicio 9
Kyla Briscoe 9
Hope Lodell 9
Katrina McGranahan 9
Ashley Menges 9
Emma Smith 9
Scout Smith 9
Mikayla Elfrank 8
Allison Wenzel 7
Lauren Rose 6

Kills:

McGranahan 11
Briscoe 10
Aparicio 9
Elfrank 9
E. Smith 9
S. Smith 5

Kill Percentage:

McGranahan 52.4
Aparicio 47.4
Elfrank 39.1
E. Smith 37.5
Briscoe 34.5
S. Smith 23.8

Hitting Percentage:

McGranahan .476
Aparicio .474
E. Smith .208
Briscoe .172
Elfrank .087

Digs:

Lodell 9
Briscoe 7
Aparicio 6
Rose 3
Elfrank 2
McGranahan 2
Menges 1
E. Smith 1
Wenzel 1

Blocks:

Elfrank 7
McGranahan 4
E. Smith 2
S. Smith 1

Service Returns:

Aparicio 32
Lodell 26
Briscoe 20
Menges 1
McGranahan 1
E. Smith 1
S. Smith 1
Wenzel 1

Assists:

Menges 24
Rose 21
S. Smith 7
Elfrank 1

Serving Percentage:

McGranahan 96.6
Rose 95.7
Aparicio 91.7
Briscoe 88.9
Menges 81.1
S. Smith 77.8
Lodell 70.6
Wenzel 66.7

Service Points:

Aparicio 37
Menges 25
McGranahan 21
Rose 15
Lodell 10
S. Smith 7
Briscoe 5
Wenzel 4

Service Aces:

Menges 15
Aparicio 14
Lodell 8
McGranahan 5
Rose 5
Briscoe 3
S. Smith 3
Wenzel 2

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Let the spikes fly!!

Posted in Middle School, Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville Middle School volleyball coach Casie Greve surveys the action Wednesday in Sequim. (Kimberly Bepler photos)

The Wolf 7th graders are ready to make their debut.

The 8th graders are back for another go-round.

“Here we go, Wolves! Here we go!!”

Catch a rising star. (Amanda Rogers photo)

The season has begun, in a hail of spikes, sets and hours spent on a bus.

The Coupeville Middle School volleyball squads rambled down to Sequim Wednesday, where they put up a strong fight before falling to a much-bigger rival.

Their hosts feed a 2A high school, something the Wolves, who will one day play for a tiny 1A high school, will face often this year.

Even without the advantage of numbers, and with their legs possibly affected by bus lag, the Wolves were scrappers.

The 8th grade squad won the first set 25-23, before being nipped in sets two and three, while the CMS 7th graders lost in straight sets.

Both teams had at least one player go off on long, successful runs at the service stripe, as well.

Lucy Tenore opened the 7th grade match with a run of eight straight points, while Kylie Van Velkinburgh had a similar streak during the 8th grade clash.

After another road trip Monday, Sept. 25 — this one a much-shorter jump over to Port Townsend — CMS makes its home debut Thursday, Sept. 28 against Stevens.

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