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Tigers taint Coupeville Senior Night | Soccer

Published 8:29 am Friday, October 19, 2012

Amanda d'Almeida fights for control of the ball in Thursday's match with Granite Falls.
Amanda d'Almeida fights for control of the ball in Thursday's match with Granite Falls.

Granite Falls spoiled Senior Night for the Coupeville High School soccer team, beating the Wolves 5-0 Thursday, Oct. 18, at Mickey Clark Field.

Coach Dan d’Almeida said, “We took a big step back; there was a lack of focus.”

The Tigers (8-5, 9-6) scored early. D’Almeida said, “We deflated quickly after that goal.”

He added that his club had played much better the second time through the schedule until last night, putting together a string of strong matches: “Maybe we were overconfident. We didn’t practice very well this week; we need to keep working hard.”

“Give Granite Falls credit,” he said, “they brought a lot of speed out there.”

Coupeville seniors Madison Tisa-McPhee, Kelsey Pape, Vanessa Bernales, Kelsey Miranda, Amanda d’Almeida, Anna Bailey, Haley Marx and Rachel Wenzel played at home for the final time.

Coupeville (1-12, 1-14) closes out the regular season Monday at 6 p.m. at King’s (11-2, 13-2), then enters district play Wednesday, Oct. 24 (time, place and opponent are yet to be determined).