Teagan Calkins (middle) filled up the stat sheet Tuesday in a home win. (Jackie Saia photo)
Get in, get out, make it as painless as possible.
Picking apart a winless Friday Harbor team which couldn’t generate much offense, or make much of a defensive stand, the Coupeville High School varsity volleyball squad rolled to a straight-sets win Tuesday night.
It wasn’t spectacular, but it didn’t need to be.
It was precision work, it came out in favor of the Wolves to a 25-10, 25-9, 25-5 tune, and it handed CHS its first home victory of the season.
Now 1-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 2-4 overall, Coupeville is better than its record might sound.
Three of those losses came in agonizing five-set battle royales, while another one was to undefeated 1B powerhouse Neah Bay.
Squaring off with a Friday Harbor team which slipped to 0-8 on the season, the Wolves controlled every aspect of the match.
“We played clean, we scrambled really well in pursuit of the ball, and we played in our system tonight,” said coach Cory Whitmore as he pondered the sweet idea of an early dinner for once.
Katie Marti got things jumpin’, reeling off four straight points on her serve to begin the night, and it was mostly all gravy and good times from there.
The rallies were short, and generally ended in one way — with a Wolf mashing the life force out of the volleyball.
Whether it was Mia Farris and Lyla Stuurmans flying in from the side to tattoo winners, or young gun Teagan Calkins bounding skyward to crush a spike, the visitors had few answers.
In the middle of things, serene senior Grey Peabody was a tower of power, patrolling the net and refusing entrance to any wayward shots trying to sneak over the barrier.
Grey Peabody accepts the heartfelt thanks of a grateful Wolf Nation. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
The second and third sets were more of the same, plastering a smile on the faces of most Wolf fans as they watched their spikers cruise to a lopsided win.
The Wolves peppered Friday Harbor with 21 official service aces, with Calkins collecting eight of those as mom Jackie Saia nodded along in approval of her daughter’s artistry.
With the win in hand, Coupeville turns its attention to Saturday, when Forks (6-2) arrives in town for a non-conference scrap.
That’s the second match in a run of five-straight home tilts for the Wolves, including the annual cancer awareness night next week.
The event, which raises money for the WhidbeyHealth breast cancer foundation includes a raffle.
Wolf Moms have collected 15 items, including “some really great baskets and gift cards.”
Tickets will be $5 apiece or $20 for five.
Tuesday stats:
Taylor Brotemarkle — 1 dig
Teagan Calkins — 3 kills, 3 digs, 8 aces, 1 block assist
Mia Farris — 6 kills, 4 digs, 4 aces
Jada Heaton — 1 kill, 1 block assist
Issabel Johnson — 1 dig, 1 ace
Katie Marti — 1 kill, 1 dig, 16 assists, 3 aces
Madison McMillan — 2 digs, 3 aces
Grey Peabody — 5 kills
Lyla Stuurmans — 5 kills, 3 digs, 2 aces
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