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Young guns, big growth

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 15, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong, making friends and droppin’ spikes. (Michelle Armstrong photo)

Show up ready to go this season, and you’re guaranteed plenty of floor time.

Coupeville High School JV volleyball coach Ashley Menges has a short bench this time around, but that has allowed her to make sure her younger players will finish the campaign as true vets.

The Wolf spikers sit at 2-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-6 overall heading into a home non-conference rumble Monday with Providence Classical Christian.

Tipoff is 5:00 PM, with the varsity following at 6:30.

But, while they dropped their most recent full match, falling 2-1 to Mount Vernon Christian Thursday, that’s still a sign of improvement.

First time around, the Wolf JV was swept 3-0 by MVC.

Carly Burt (left) and Capri Anter are part of a promising pack of spikers. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

That continued growth was on full display Saturday as well, as Coupeville’s young spikers spent most of the day playing at a tournament in Oak Harbor.

With that night’s Homecoming dance on their minds, the Wolves won three of seven sets.

The highlights for a 2B school were a sweep of 1A Nooksack Valley (27-26, 25-23), and a split with 3A Mount Vernon (25-27, 25-16).

Coupeville also played 2A Lynden tough, losing 25-21, 25-15, and fell 25-12 in yet another matchup with MVC.

 

Oak Harbor Tourney stats:

Capri Anter — 14 kills, 16 digs, 1 assist, 7 aces
Haylee Armstrong — 9 kills, 11 digs, 23 assists, 11 aces
Carly Burt — 1 kill, 6 digs
Teagan Calkins — 21 digs, 2 assists
Lexis Drake — 13 kills
Chloe Marzocca — 3 kills, 3 digs, 6 aces
Myra McDonald — 1 kill, 3 aces
Dakota Strong — 8 kills, 5 aces

 

Coupeville varsity coach Cory Whitmore offers some suggestions to the young Wolves during Saturday’s tourney. (Jennifer Marzocca photo)

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Wolf JV fears no school

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Aby Wood “played her best volleyball all season” Saturday in Oak Harbor. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

“I am a very happy coach, and we all had a blast today!”

Coupeville High School JV volleyball guru Ashley Menges got to witness her team play four matches at a tournament in Oak Harbor Saturday — all against schools with much-larger student bodies — and came away thrilled with much of what she saw.

“Oh man, today was crazy!,” she said. “The girls had a great morning!

“Honestly, every girl played so well all day that it’s hard to highlight just one.”

Coupeville, a 2B school, opened pool play against 4A Kamiak and split sets, winning the second one while “making little errors both sets.”

From there, the Wolves battled 1A powerhouse Lynden Christian and 2A Squalicum.

“They played so clean and really forced them to make the errors,” Menges said.

“They made them earn their points, that’s for sure.”

Whether they were winning or losing sets in pool play, the Wolves battled their big-city foes with ferocity.

“Overall, a very strong pool play,” Menges said. “The girls played some of their best volleyball all season.

“Serving was spot on, our serve receive was amazing, and we were just finding the court, letting the other teams make the mistakes.”

Minor injuries and lineup changes hurt Coupeville a bit in its tournament play opener, as the Wolves fell in straight-sets to 2A Anacortes, ending their day.

Mia Farris and the Wolf JV sparkled against big-school competition.

“The girls came into it with tons of energy, clean ball again, and really turned it around; even the ref was impressed!,” Menges said.

She praised Issabel Johnson for “some great serve receive passes, great serves, and even a handful of kills (yes, even as a libero…),” while noting Mia Farris and Jada Heaton “were clean on the net and got some great touches on the ball.

“Madison (McMillan) and Gwen (Gustafson) were great both on the outside and in the back row today,” Menges added. “Katie (Marti) and Taylor (Brotemarkle) both delivered great sets all day, and Aby (Wood) played her best volleyball all season today.”

Coupeville returns to action this Monday, Sept. 27, when it hosts South Whidbey in a non-conference rumble.

JV starts at 4:30, varsity at 6:00.

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