Coupeville Sports

Joey Lippo teamed with fellow Wolf frosh William Nelson to grab the deciding win Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

The freshmen came through with the clincher.

With Tuesday’s home match against non-conference foe North Mason knotted at 3-3, William Nelson and Joey Lippo were the last Wolves standing.

Even though no one told them how important their #3 doubles match was until later, the duo were on-point, drilling their foes in straight sets and lifting the Wolves to their first team win of the still-young season.

“William and Joey, my fab frosh duo, have gelled and are playing more like a single player, as opposed to a doubles team,” CHS coach Ken Stange said. “This should bode well as we finish the season, and as they move toward their sophomore campaign.

“If I can keep them together as a pair, they could do some serious damage in the coming years.”

The 4-3 victory improved Coupeville to 1-4 heading into a road match against a combined Chimacum/Port Townsend squad Thursday.

Using balance across the boards, the Wolves won two singles matches (Sebastian Davis, Kyle Bodamer) and two doubles matches, while surviving missing half of their top doubles duo.

Loren Nelson was out sick, but Jimmy Myers vaulted up from the JV and combined with Connor McCormick for a win.

While Stange was impressed with all of his winners (“Sebastian played extremely consistent tennis and Kyle was on and off the court before I could even watch more than a few points”), he gave the biggest props to a duo that barely came out on the short end of the stick.

Joseph Wedekind and John McClarin split sets at #1 doubles before falling in a dramatic 10-8 tiebreaker. The Wolves had the lead at 8-7, but couldn’t find a final shot to put the match away.

“Even though they lost, John and Joseph provided the day’s most dramatic match,” Stange said.

“After last season, I watched those two young men play tennis almost every day, rain or shine. They even tried taking up court space during the girls’ season,” he added. “They then played all summer long. I really admire their effort and work ethic.”

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Aaron Curtin lost to Beau Eddy 6-3, 6-3

2nd Singles — Sebastian Davis beat Danny Plankenhorn 6-0, 6-3

3rd Singles — Kyle Bodamer beat Blake Manke 6-0, 6-0

1st Doubles — Joseph Wedekind/John McClarin lost to Erik Villar/Steven Settlemeir 4-6, 6-1, 10-8

2nd Doubles — Grey Rische/Jared Helmstadter lost to Cole Tilten/Tanner Hill 6-3, 6-3

3rd Doubles — William Nelson/Joey Lippo beat Jared Curtis/Brad Billington 6-2, 6-2

4th Doubles — Connor McCormick/Jimmy Myers beat Nick Vatour/Justin Rock 6-1, 6-0

JV:

Alex Schmakeit/Jeremiah Pace beat Zack Gamblin/Aiden Wielander 6-1

Ethan Spark/Ethan Marx beat Dalton Emmerick/Christian Kluseman 6-0

Lilan Sekigawa/Nick Dion lost to Tanner Hall/Levi Handyside 6-2

Nick Etzell/Spark beat Dalton Emmerick/Christian Kluseman 6-0

**The Wolf duos of Garrett Compton/Geoffrey McClarin and Brian Shank/Aiden Crimmins had their matches called midway through, when North Mason had to leave to catch a ferry.