Mia Farris (left) and Madison McMillan are on a five-match winning streak. (Bailey Thule photo)
Methodical and overpowering.
Jumping out to a huge lead Monday, the Coupeville High School varsity volleyball squad mashed visiting Providence Classical Christian in straight sets.
Putting the kibosh on a non-conference foe, the Wolves captured their fifth-straight win, and did so to a 25-13, 25-15, 25-11 tune.
Now 6-4 on the season, Coupeville gets right back at it in less than 24 hours, traveling to Seattle Tuesday to face The Bush School in another non-league rumble.
If the Wolves come out for that one playing like they did against PCC, it’ll be a short, but sweet road trip.
Ever-springy Lyla Stuurmans erupted for the first of her team-high 12 kills during the opening rally Monday, the ball slamming inches away from denting mom Sarah, who was calling lines.
That sent the ball into the hands of Wolf setter Katie Marti, who promptly went off of a giddy rampage, notching 10 consecutive points on her serve to stake CHS to an 11-0 lead.
While things got a little (emphasis on little) bit closer after that, Coupeville was firmly in control of things every second of the way.
Even with Wolf coach Cory Whitmore bounding out of his chair to chastise over-exuberant members of his student section for intruding in the personal space of a rival hitter, the mood was one of almost Zen-like calmness.
Stuurmans, Grey Peabody, and an electric Mia Farris mashed the crud out of the ball all night long, banging the ball off the back line as the visitors could do little but gaze in silent awe.
Lyla Stuurmans launches. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
PCC was unable to force the action on offense and spent much of its time on defense scrambling to keep from getting pegged in the head and shoulders by the Wolf snipers.
Any balls put into play were tracked down by Madison McMillan and Marti, while three different CHS players recorded solo blocks as the net was a no-fly zone.
Those blocks came from Jada Heaton, Teagan Calkins, and Peabody, as Coupeville snuffed out any PCC comeback hopes in short order.
All nine Wolves to hit the floor made an impact, with Taylor Brotemarkle and Issabel Johnson slamming home daggers in the form of service aces.
If one sound could describe Monday’s massacre, though, it would be the sound of a volleyball tearing up a chunk of the floor after being hammered by the aggressive arms of Stuurmans and Farris.
The wham-bam junior duo were in a particularly savage mood, their kills exploding off the polished gym floor.
Followed by quiet smiles as the Wolf markswomen strode away like gunfighters exiting a high noon showdown ready for another shootout at a moment’s notice.
Monday stats:
Taylor Brotemarkle — 1 dig, 1 ace
Teagan Calkins — 2 kills, 2 digs, 2 aces, 1 solo block
Mia Farris — 10 kills, 2 digs, 3 aces
Jada Heaton — 1 solo block
Issabel Johnson — 2 aces
Katie Marti — 1 kill, 6 digs, 25 assists, 7 aces
Madison McMillan — 4 digs, 1 assist, 3 aces
Grey Peabody — 8 kills, 1 solo block
Lyla Stuurmans — 12 kills, 5 digs
