Amanda d’Almeida, seen here against South Whidbey, put up a strong fight Thursday. (John Fisken photo)
Julia Myers returned to the hard court after recovering from a knee injury that cost her the entire soccer season. (Robyn Myers photo)
Time to take a vacation.
After suffering its second blowout loss in as many days Thursday, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team is ready for spring break and some time off.
With their next match nearly two weeks away (April 9), the Wolves will have time to regroup, get some practice in and, hopefully, rediscover the mojo that carried them to a 4-0 start on the season.
Because whatever they had in the first weeks of the season was missing against Blaine.
Despite enduring the epic journey necessary to come down from up Canada way, the Borderites exhibited not a trace of bus-lag as they dumped the Wolves 5-0 in the varsity match, before winning seven of eight in JV action.
The two varsity singles matches were close, and went on long after all three doubles matches had summarily ended. Amanda d’Almeida and Allie Hanigan battled hard in a losing cause.
“Amanda and Allie had their moments,” said Wolf coach Ken Stange. “Good thing it’s spring break. A few practices and a few days off will be good. I think the girls were still a little shell-shocked from yesterday’s beat down (against South Whidbey).
“It’s easy to get an inflated ego after going 4-0 against Friday Harbor, ATM, and Lakewood.”
Perhaps lost in the defeat were two small moments that meant a lot.
The match marked the varsity debut of Maureen Rice and the first action of the season for Julia Myers, who teamed with Iris Ryckaert at first doubles after “recovering from her 371st knee operation.”
Complete results:
Varsity:
1st Singles — Amanda d’Almeida lost to Saskia Dolk 6-4, 6-2
2nd Singles — Allie Hanigan lost to Elizabeth Berry 6-2, 7-5
1st Doubles — Julia Myers/Iris Ryckaert lost to Emily Grayston/Alex Henderson 6-0, 6-0
2nd Doubles — Micky LeVine/Jacki Ginnings lost to Alicia Allison/Shirin Roth-Lerner 6-0, 6-1
3rd Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Maureen Rice lost to Mandy Hayes/Emily Roe 6-1, 6-2
JV:
4th Doubles — Ivy Luvera/Emily Gallahar lost 8-1
5th Doubles — Mary Massengale/Samantha Martin lost 8-1
6th Doubles — Sydney Autio/Joye Jackson lost 8-1
7th Doubles — Anna King/Miranda Kortuem lost 8-2
8th Doubles — Julianne Sem/McKenzie Rice lost 8-1
9th Doubles — Julia Jones/Samantha Thomson lost 8-1
10th Doubles — Haleigh Deasy/Micky LeVine lost 8-5
11th Doubles — Ana Luvera/Emily Gallahar won 8-5
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