Back alley brawlers Valen Trujillo (left) and Micky “Two Fists” LeVine rule the tennis courts.
Jacki Ginnings
Ken Stange may need some time to unwind.
The Coupeville High School girls’ tennis coach saw his squad get not one, but two, victories in third set tiebreakers Wednesday, lifting the Wolves to a barn-burner of a 3-2 win over visiting Lakewood.
“It was tense for awhile,” Stange admitted afterwards.
The second straight victory for the CHS netters, as they head towards postseason play, it lifted the Wolves to 5-7 overall, 3-4 in Cascade Conference play.
It also gave Coupeville, the smallest 1A school in the state, a season sweep of one of the biggest 2A schools in the league.
McKenzie Bailey and Samantha Martin were the wrecking machine of the afternoon, strolling to a 45-minute win at first doubles.
“They outmatched the opposition and played very aggressive tennis,” Stange said. “They got off to a hot start, and Lakewood played on their heels for the entire match. It was a strong win for the sophomore duo.”
With three matches in the books, Coupeville trailed 2-1, then rallied in its final two contests.
Sydney Autio and Bree Daigneault, who was making her varsity debut, teamed to pull out a huge doubles win, before Jacki Ginnings iced the win.
Ginnings dropped her opening set at #2 singles, and found herself trailing 5-2 in the second set, then pulled off a comeback for the ages.
Battered by a recent battle with illness, the still-exhausted Wolf junior dug down deeper than deep.
First she roared back to rip off five straight games, then she held on for an epic 10-7 tiebreaker win with both teams (and their coaches) hanging on every shot.
“I told her that we just needed ten more successful extensive rallies–just ten,” Stange said. “She did it!
“Statistically speaking, most three-setters are won by the player/team who won the first set,” he added. “We won two matches today, after losing the first set. We bucked the odds today. The girls played their hearts out!”
Complete results:
Varsity:
1st Singles — Allie Hanigan lost to Christina Barber 6-4, 6-4
2nd Singles — Jacki Ginnings beat Jackie Stover 4-6, 7-5, 10-7
1st Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Samantha Martin beat Alex Wolfe/Maddie DeYoung 6-1, 6-0
2nd Doubles — Sydney Aparicio/Wynter Thorne lost to Kylie Staley/Hannah Krutsinger 6-3, 6-0
3rd Doubles — Sydney Autio/Bree Daigneault beat Lexi Zbiegien/Zaya Tsengelmaa 4-6, 6-3, 10-5
JV:
4th Doubles — Micky LeVine/Valen Trujillo beat Courtney Young/Courtney St. Jean 8-0
5th Doubles — Ana Luvera/Ivy Luvera lost to Gillian Romeis/Paige Boersma 8-0
6th Doubles — Jazmine Franklin/Haleigh Deasy beat Devina Weafer/Anna Drobloes 8-3
7th Doubles — Maureen Rice/Hanigan beat Freddie Strothoff/Kathryn Winder 8-2
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