Volleyball Game Preview: Orcas Island Vikings vs. Coupeville Wolves

By Team Reports Oct 26, 2024, 11:31pm

Volleyball Preview: Orcas Island Vikings vs. Coupeville Wolves

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The Orcas Island Vikings will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against the Coupeville Wolves at 3:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Orcas Island sitting on three straight wins and Coupeville on four.

Orcas Island will bounce into Tuesday's contest after beating LaConner, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Orcas Island narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past LaConner 3-2.

The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Orcas Island who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 23-25, 25-19, 19-25, 15-8.

Vera Sasan was the offensive standout of the matchup as she had eight digs and six aces.

Orcas Island was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.

Meanwhile, Coupeville beat Neah Bay 3-1 on Saturday.

Orcas Island's win bumped their record up to 9-7. As for Coupeville, their victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-2-1.

Orcas Island suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Coupeville in their previous matchup on October 3rd. Will Orcas Island have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.

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