Maya Toomey-Stout gets medieval on the volleyball. (Brian Vick photo)
As tune-ups go, this one went really, really well.
Playing with the big teams at the South Whidbey Invite Saturday, the undefeated Coupeville High School volleyball team won nine of 12 sets.
Facing off with Bremerton, North Mason, Northwest, and Sumner, the Wolves fell only to the last of those teams, and in a close match.
Sumner, which won the tourney, is a large 4A school coached by former South Whidbey standout Allison Wood.
Coupeville volleyball guru Cory Whitmore, who has guided his lil’ 1A squad to a 4-0 record during match play this season, came away pleased with how the Wolves rose to the occasion.
“We had a very productive invitation,” he said. “There were plenty of opportunities to work on tightening up our systems and working on adjustments and I was impressed with the progress we made toward both of these tasks.”
Coupeville played 10 spikers during the tourney, and every one of them had moments in the spotlight.
“It was a big team effort – you can’t compete at a level like we did and see the results we did without contributions from the entire team,” Whitmore said.
“Now back after it in practice as more league games are on the way.”
The Wolves (1-0 in North Sound Conference play) host South Whidbey (1-0, 2-2) Tuesday, then travel to Granite Falls (0-1, 3-2) Thursday, before closing the week Saturday with a non-league clash on Orcas Island.
Stats from the South Whidbey Invite:
Hannah Davidson (19 kills, 5 aces, 2 digs, 2 solo blocks, 1 block assist)
Emma Mathusek (42 digs, 3 assists)
Chelsea Prescott (25 kills, 10 aces, 37 digs, 1 block assist)
Lucy Sandahl (6 aces, 12 digs)
Scout Smith (3 kills, 2 aces, 9 digs, 2 solo blocks, 91 assists)
Maya Toomey-Stout (39 kills, 1 ace, 34 digs)
Zoe Trujillo (11 kills, 2 aces, 3 digs, 3 block assists)
Raven Vick (6 aces, 5 digs)
Willow Vick (5 aces, 1 dig)
Maddie Vondrak (18 kills, 1 dig, 3 block assists)
