Heidi Meyers delivered a run of winners at the service line Tuesday, as the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad scorched visiting Cedar Park Christian. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
It started with a bang and ended with a bang.
In between, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad dominated play Tuesday against visiting Cedar Park Christian, rolling to a straight-sets win.
The 25-20, 25-21, 25-16 victory lifts the Wolf young guns to 1-0 in North Sound Conference play, 2-1 overall.
The match was fairly evenly played, but Coupeville time and again did what it had to do at the exact right moments to carry the day.
Things got off to a nice start, with Maddie Georges ripping off four service points to open the match, thanks to some help from Lucy Tenore and Taygin Jump.
Like a Viking warrior stalking the net, Tenore struck first, rising up into the rafters on the opening point, then lashing a solid kill that scattered her foes in all directions.
Not to be outdone, the multi-talented Jump finished off the next three points by herself, and all with different shots.
The first was a little bump on the run, as she dropped the ball into a small gap between two Cedar Park players.
After that, Jump ripped a spike which singed the top of the net as it slid over, followed up by a slicer which caught the back line for another winner.
CPC fought back, and actually took the lead for a bit in the opening set, overcoming wicked winners from Tenore and Kylie Chernikoff.
But, eventually, the Wolves turned the flow of the tide for good, thanks to strong serving from Heidi Meyers, an artful winner or two off of the fingers of Anya Leavell, and then some highlight reel work from the pumped-up Chernikoff.
She crushed one winner to knot the set up at 18-18, then put CHS ahead for good with a run of sizzlin’ aces at the service stripe.
The second set was almost a mirror image of the first, with the two teams battling in the center of the ring, exchanging body blows, until Coupeville flipped a switch.
Tenore and Chernikoff were a two-woman wreckin’ crew at the net, spraying nasty kills in all directions, while this time around it was Jaimee Masters who had an impressive run on serve.
While the win was already in the bag for the Wolves after taking the first two sets, the teams opted to play a third frame for extra floor time.
Alita Blouin opened the set with a gorgeous spike for a winner which she delivered while hanging out in midair in the back half of her side of the court.
After that, Chernikoff decided to see how many heads she could crack by peppering balls at any Cedar Park players in her way.
With Georges flipping perfectly-placed sets, and Ivy Leedy chipping in with a couple nice hustle plays, the Wolves eventually had everything clicking in the final set, strolling in for the sweet sweep.
Cedar Park put up a fight on a couple of intense rallies, but deflated after Jump flicked a tip for a winner and Chernikoff smashed a hole through the center of the universe on her final kill.
Just to make sure the visitors knew they had been fully and completely beaten, the hometown Wolves closed the match with back-to-back service aces from Masters, which sent her great-grandparents home happy.
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