Allie Hanigan is a crisp 5-2 as Coupeville’s #1 singles player this season. (John Fisken photo)
The rivalry still rages.
Even as more Cascade Conference foes picked up tennis the last two seasons, Coupeville’s most enduring battle has been with non-conference opponent Friday Harbor.
The two schools have gone back and forth for years, and nothing looks like that is going to change anytime soon.
Monday, it was the host Wolverines time to pull out a barn-burner, nipping Coupeville 3-2 to avenge a loss on Whidbey back in March.
Now 3-4 on the season, CHS has a busy week ahead of it, weather permitting, as the Wolves host South Whidbey Tuesday, travel to Granite Falls Wednesday, then host Lakewood Thursday.
Complete Monday results:
Varsity:
1st Singles — Allie Hanigan beat Yasmin Sarah 6-1, 1-6, 10-7
“It was a weird match, to say the least,” said CHS coach Ken Stange. “I don’t quite know what happened to Allie in the second set, but she was able to pull out the third set tiebreaker.
“It’s not easy coming back from losing a 6-1 set,” he added. “Allie is my toughest player, and she never gives in.”
It was the third straight win for Hanigan (5-2 on the year), who earned Player of the Match honors.
2nd Singles — Sydney Autio lost to Roxanne Bormann 6-1, 6-0
Autio, who has been playing doubles after missing the first chunk of the season with an injury, stepped in for Jacki Ginnings, who was ill.
“Sydney is developing a singles game,” Stange said. “She could be a formidable opponent next season. She has all the basic tools in her tennis toolbox. We just have to finish putting it all together.”
1st Doubles — Sydney Aparicio/Samantha Martin lost to Maddy Marinkovich/Ashton Timmons 6-1, 7-5
“Tough match for my 1’s,” Stange said. “Considering that neither had played a regular season varsity match before the start of this season, they are both developing improved games.”
2nd Doubles — Wynter Thorne/McKenzie Bailey lost to Meagan Anderson/Kendall Calvert 6-3, 6-3
3rd Doubles — Micky LeVine/Valen Trujillo beat Sophie Dillery/Summer Fox 6-1, 5-1 (match called a game short due to ferry)
“This was a fun little match,” Stange said. “Valen and Micky are a pair of Energizer bunnies, so to speak.
“They were flying around the court, chasing down loose balls. The other team didn’t even know what hit them!”
JV:
4th Doubles — Ana Luvera/Ivy Luvera beat Samantha Hopkins/Morgan Timmons 6-4
5th Doubles — Haleigh Deasy/Jazmine Franklin beat Zoe Kromer/Sydney Wilson 6-1
6th Doubles — Bree Daigneault/McKenzie Bailey (CHS) beat Crystal Gao/Isabel Brown 6-0
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