Coupeville Sports

Mia Farris reunites with Scarlett Stuurmans, younger sister of former Coupeville High School teammate Lyla Stuurmans. (Susan Farris photo)

Barring a postseason matchup, they finish in a tie.

Coupeville grads Lyla Stuurmans and Mia Farris met for the fourth time on opposite sides of the net in a college volleyball match Friday, with the former helping Skagit Valley slide past visiting Whatcom in four tense sets.

The Cardinals rallied on the night they honored their sophomores, holding off the Orcas 19-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-18, earning a split in the season series for the second straight year.

Stuurmans and Farris were both CHS Athlete of the Year winners and key players on a Wolf spiker squad which finished fourth at state during their senior season, and now near the end of their runs at their two-year colleges.

Friday night’s win lifts Skagit to 7-4 in Northwest Athletic Conference play, 14-10 overall, while Whatcom slips to 3-7 and 9-17.

Stuurmans and the Cardinals are in third place in the North Region, with one regular season match left to play, while Whatcom and Farris are in fifth, with two contests still on the schedule.

The top four teams make the playoffs.

Lyla Stuurmans acknowledges her fan club. (Sarah Stuurmans photo)

Farris scraped a fair number of balls off the floor while on the road Friday, piling up 19 digs to go with two assists and a service ace.

Across the net Stuurmans racked up seven kills, 15 digs, an assist, an ace, and a block assist in her final regular season home match.

On the season, Farris has tallied 37 kills, 40 assists, 48 aces, 364 digs, two solo blocks, a block assist, and 87.5 points.

Stuurmans has 148 kills, 15 assists, 24 aces, 225 digs, eight solo blocks, 35 block assists, and 197.5 points.

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Lyla Stuurmans (left) and Mia Farris. (Sarah Stuurmans photo)

On to the reunion.

Coupeville grads Lyla Stuurmans and Mia Farris were both in action on college volleyball courts Wednesday night, playing in matches that are the lead-ins to the former Wolves squaring off Friday in Mount Vernon.

The duo, who led the CHS spikers to a 4th place finish at the 2B state tourney as seniors, are now sophomores at Skagit Valley College and Whatcom College, respectively.

The Cardinals, who are 13-10 after falling to Edmonds Wednesday, host the Orcas Friday, who are 9-16 after losing to Everett.

It will be the fourth matchup at the college level for the former Wolf Athlete of the Year winners, with Farris and Whatcom leading 2-1 in the series after winning the first go-round earlier this season.

Wednesday night both SVC and Whatcom ran into high-flying opponents, with the Cardinals coming out on the short end of a 28-26, 25-14, 25-22 score.

Meanwhile the Orcas battled hard in a 29-27, 20-25, 25-16, 25-22 defeat.

Stuurmans picked up four kills, three assists, four service aces, three digs, and eight points, while Farris filled the stat sheet with a kill, two assists, and a match-high 23 digs.

On the season, Stuurmans has 141 kills, 14 assists, 23 aces, 210 digs, eight solo blocks, 34 block assists, and 189 points.

Farris has tallied 37 kills, 38 assists, 47 aces, 345 digs, two solo blocks, a block assist, and 86.5 points.

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Lyla Stuurmans celebrates. (Photo courtesy Sarah Stuurmans)

Different towns, different results.

Coupeville grads Lyla Stuurmans and Mia Farris were both busy playing college volleyball Friday night, with the former getting a win while the latter absorbed a narrow loss with her teammates.

Skagit Valley College swept host Shoreline 25-15, 25-17, 25-21 with Stuurmans racking up four kills, two assists, five digs, a solo block, and five points.

Meanwhile, Farris collected two assists and a team-high 16 digs as Whatcom College was edged 25-19, 25-22, 30-28 by Olympic.

Mia Farris slices ‘n dices at the service line. (Photo courtesy Susan Farris)

SVC has three regular season matches left, while Whatcom has four, with one of those being a meeting October 30 between the former CHS Athlete of the Year winners.

On the season, Stuurmans has racked up 131 kills, 12 assists, 18 aces, 201 digs, 11 solo blocks, 25 block assists, and 172.5 points.

Farris has tallied 37 kills, 35 assists, 45 aces, 315 digs, two solo blocks, a block assist, and 84.5 points.

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Mia Farris (in blue) celebrates with her teammates. (Photo courtesy Susan Farris)

The stats were nice, if not the scores.

Coupeville grads Mia Farris and Lyla Stuurmans put in strong work Friday night, though their college volleyball teams ultimately lost their contests.

Whatcom College fell 22-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-22 in a tight one to Edmonds, with Farris putting up a match-high 23 digs to go with four service aces, two assists, and a kill.

Meanwhile, Stuurmans and Skagit Valley College were nipped in five sets by Bellevue, falling 25-19, 23-25, 24-26, 25-21, 15-12.

The former Wolf ace now wearing the Cardinals colors piled up six kills, two assists, 18 digs, and a solo block.

With the losses, Whatcom sits at 9-14, while SVC is 11-9.

Lyla Stuurmans checks in with the fan club. (Photo courtesy Sarah Stuurmans)

On the season, Farris has tallied 37 kills, 33 assists, 45 aces, 299 digs, two solo blocks, a block assist, and 84.5 points.

For the year, Stuurmans has racked up 117 kills, 10 assists, 17 aces, 182 digs, eight solo blocks, 25 block assists, and 154.5 points.

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