Coupeville Sports

Lyla Stuurmans (left) and Mia Farris continue to excel at the next level. (Sarah Stuurmans photo)

They can dig it.

Coupeville grads Lyla Stuurmans and Mia Farris were both in action on volleyball courts Friday night, playing key roles for their college spiker teams.

Stuurmans racked up six kills, six digs, and an assist to help Skagit Valley College get to 11-8 on the season with a four-set win over Olympic.

Meanwhile, Farris put up 12 digs, an assist, and a service ace as Whatcom College lost a narrow match to Bellevue to fall to 7-13.

The duo, who were both CHS Athlete of the Year winners during their Cow Town days, are currently college sophomores.

For the year, Stuurmans has 111 kills, eight assists, 17 service aces, 164 digs, seven solo blocks, 25 block assists, and 147.5 points.

Farris has tallied 36 kills, 27 assists, 39 aces, 265 digs, two solo blocks, a block assist, and 77.5 points.

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Lyla Stuurmans (left) and Mia Farris, lifelong friends and volleyball wizards. (Sarah Stuurmans photo)

The Wolves were out in full force at Whatcom College Wednesday night.

Two Coupeville grads were on the volleyball court, and another two were working the sidelines as cheerleaders, as a full-scale CHS reunion went down during a college athletic event.

On the floor, Mia Farris and the host Orcas squared off with Lyla Stuurmans and her Skagit Valley College teammates, with Whatcom pulling out a tense five-set win on Dig Pink Night.

The match went back and forth, before eventually finishing 25-20, 18-25, 28-26, 20-25, 15-13 in favor of Whatcom, a razor-thin margin in which the host team nipped the visitors by a single point, 108-107, if you count it up that way.

The win lifts the Orcas to 8-12 on the season, while SVC drops to 10-8.

While the former Wolf teammates, now college sophomores, played for the third time at the next level (Farris leads 2-1 with one more battle set for October 30 in Mount Vernon), CHS grads Pamela Morrell and Ember Light were also on the scene.

The duo is part of a relaunched Whatcom cheer squad which provided plenty of spirit for fans in the stands.

Ember Light gets a better view of the action. (Photo courtesy Jennifer Morrell)

Stuurmans and Farris, both named as CHS Athlete of the Year winners during their stellar Cow Town high school days, are both filling up the stat sheet this season.

The former collected seven kills, 10 digs, an assist, two solo blocks, and two service aces Wednesday, while the latter had a match-high 29 digs, four assists, and two aces.

For the year, Stuurmans has 105 kills, seven assists, 17 service aces, 158 digs, seven solo blocks, 25 block assists, and 141.5 points.

Farris, who has played multiple positions for the Orcas, has 36 kills, 26 assists, 38 aces, 253 digs, two solo blocks, a block assist, and 76.5 points.

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Lyla Stuurmans hangs out with mom and boyfriend Nick Guay. (Photo courtesy Sarah Stuurmans)

Friday nights are made for sets and spikes.

Playing in two different towns, Coupeville grads Lyla Stuurmans and Mia Farris, key members on the most successful Wolf volleyball team in program history, both racked up stats on the collegiate scene.

Stuurmans picked up three kills and a dig as Skagit Valley College rolled past visiting Edmonds 25-19, 25-23, 25-21 to get to 10-7 on the season.

Meanwhile, Farris collected a team-high 21 digs to go with two assists and a service ace as Whatcom College lost a five-set thriller at Everett.

The Orcas, now 7-12, rallied from two sets down before falling just short, with their hosts escaping with a 25-20, 25-9, 21-25, 15-25, 15-10 victory.

On the season, Stuurmans sits with 98 kills, six assists, 15 service aces, 148 digs, five solo blocks, 25 block assists, and 130.5 points

Farris has piled up 36 kills, 22 assists, 36 aces, 224 digs, two solo blocks, a block assist, and 74.5 points.

The next match for the former CHS Athlete of the Year winners features a reunion, as Skagit travels to Whatcom Wednesday, October 7 for the first of two rumbles between the schools.

Battle #2 goes down in Mount Vernon October 30.

Mia Farris (left) enjoys team photo day. (Photo courtesy Susan Farris)

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