They’re a work in progress.
The Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad is still looking for its first win, but the young Wolf spikers are showing positive growth each time out.
Alita Blouin’s pack of promising players put up a spirited fight Monday, especially in the opening and closing sets, before falling 25-13, 25-6, 15-10 to visiting Cedar Park Christian-Bothell.
The loss to a 1A private school drops the 2B Wolves to 0-5, but they get right back at it with a busy week.
Coupeville’s JV travels to Friday Harbor Wednesday, hosts Concrete Thursday, then jets off to Bellingham Saturday for a tourney hosted by Meridian.
Monday night CHS jumped out to a quick lead on the visiting Eagles, with Cassandra Powers and Emma Leavitt cracking winners to stake the hosts to a 5-2 advantage.
After that, however, CPC, which had a deeper bench and a bevy of tall hitters, seized control of the opening set, and then the match.
Leavitt slowed things down a bit in the first frame, peppering the Eagles with a four-point run at the service stripe, including lacing one serve off of a rival’s chest and face for an ace.
The second set was not quite as competitive, as Cedar Park opened up an 11-0 lead and was in lockdown mode seemingly on every point except one — when Leavitt powered up at the net and punched a winner between a pair of defenders.
Regrouping, the Wolves played their best sustained ball in the final set.
Powers got hot on her serve, pushing CHS out to a 6-0 lead, before the visitors began to chip away at the lead.
Olivia Martin and Scarlett Spencer kept several plays alive by digging balls off the floor, while Leavitt sliced a winner to give Coupeville its final lead at 9-8 before the Eagles pulled away for the sweep.
Blouin sent eight players on the court, and got contributions from all, with Emily Rains, Annabelle Cundiff, Amira Anunciado, and Addison Jacobson also in there swinging away.
Monday stats:
Emma Leavitt — 5 kills, 3 digs, 1 assist, 4 aces
Olivia Martin — 10 digs, 1 assist
Cassandra Powers — 1 kill, 4 digs, 4 assists, 1 ace
Scarlett Spencer — 2 digs

















































