Soccer Preview: Coupeville vs. Orcas Island
The Coupeville Wolves will face off against the Orcas Island Vikings at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Coupeville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Washington's top teams: LaConner, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Coupeville was ranked 13th). Coupeville narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past LaConner 2-1.
Meanwhile, Orcas Island had already won 13 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.9 goals) and they went ahead and made it 14 on Friday. They put the hurt on the Lions with a sharp 4-1 win. Considering the Vikings have won ten games by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Cedar Park Christian with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kevin Ibarra (2),
Anthony Conejo Medina, and
Joaquin Shanks Morales.
The victory got Coupeville back to even at 5-5-1. As for Orcas Island, their win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-1.
Coupeville might still be hurting after the 10-1 defeat they got from Orcas Island when the teams last played back in October of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Coupeville was down 6-0.
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