Nathan Lamb, seen here blasting a shot in a match earlier this season, put up a ferocious battle against a top-level player Saturday. (Wendy McCormick photo)
The 99% were very proud Saturday.
Nathan Lamb, representing public school excellence, went toe-to-toe with the best from ritzy private school/tennis power The Overlake School and held his own. Swapping cannon shots at each other, Lamb and Grant Gibson, a state tournament caliber player, fought to a virtual standstill, with Gibson eking out a paper-thin 8-6 win.
Lamb’s never-say-die performance, and a similar one from fellow singles player Aaron Curtin, were the brightest highlights in a match where Coupeville got rolled 5-0 by the pride of prep school land. Still, even in defeat, the Wolf netters got to experience a different side of high school tennis.
“Even though most of the boys lost, they got the chance to see how the club players who play 12 months out of the year play tennis,” said Coupeville coach Ken Stange. “It would have taken a great deal of old age and treachery for me to beat the boy Nathan played.”
The Wolves wrap up regular season play with a home match against Friday Harbor. It’s set for 3 PM Friday, Oct. 5 (the same time the Homecoming parade starts a few blocks away) and will be still going on long after the parade wraps up, allowing local fans to hit both.
Results:
Varsity:
4th Doubles — Etzell/Norris lost to Rob Neir/Sean Underwood 8-3
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