Amira Anunciado sends the volleyball flying. (Julie Wheat photo)
This time they put the hammer down. Again, and again.
Bouncing back from a frustrating loss in which they let a prospective win slip away in the late going, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad delivered a stellar team-wide performance Tuesday night.
Getting something positive from all 10 players, the Wolves thunked host La Conner 25-17, 25-14, 27-25 to get to 5-4 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-8 overall.
Alita Blouin’s young, rapidly improving squad has won five of its last eight contests, with two left on the schedule.
CHS closes with home matches against Forks this Friday, October 23, before Friday Harbor visits Cow Town October 27.
Tuesday’s royal rumble showcased the Wolves at their scrappiest, as they fought from behind several times to polish off the Braves.
Coupeville trailed in the early going of the opening set, finally forcing the first tie at 7-7 before claiming its first lead at 12-11 as Emily Rains peppered her foes with a nasty service winner.
Once the Wolves had the advantage they didn’t give it back, with Cassandra Powers, Addison Jacobson, and Rains connecting on winners at the net, while Olivia Martin and Emma Leavitt got scalding hot at the service stripe.
Set #2 was all Coupeville, all the time, with Leavitt twice going off on torrid runs on her serve, while Scarlett Spencer joined in the ace-ace-in-your-face good times.
Powers was busy flexing and destroying, making the net deeply unfriendly for La Conner, with Sabrina Judnich and Jacobson providing able support.
While the third set was just for practice, with the Wolves already having sealed the win, the two teams went toe-to-toe and pushed the frame to extra time.
Both teams held the lead, but not for long, and there were 10 ties with CHS holding off a set point as it closed with three straight points.
The final go-ahead and winning scores were set up by strong serves from Spencer, who whirled and twirled the ball, then flicked deep bombs, while it was an artful tip from Annabelle Cundiff that provided the night’s final point.
The biggest reaction came when Hannah Roberts sprang off the bench and came in to nail her first service ace of the season, earning a joyous hug from Cundiff and much hootin’ and hollerin’ from her teammates.
Tuesday stats:
Annabelle Cundiff — 1 kill
Addison Jacobson — 1 kill, 1 ace
Sabrina Judnich — 1 kill
Emma Leavitt— 13 assists, 9 aces
Olivia Martin — 1 kill, 9 digs
Cassandra Powers — 10 kills
Emily Rains — 2 kills, 1 dig
Hannah Roberts — 1 ace
Scarlett Spencer — 2 aces
