Hanna Seiffert prepares to unleash a serve. (John Fisken photos)
CHS coach Ken Stange congratulates Player of the Match Valen Trujillo.
A win?!?! What’s that?!
Snapping a school-wide losing streak that had hit nine straight losses (four in soccer, two each for softball and baseball and one for tennis), the Coupeville High School girl netters thrashed visiting Klahowya 6-1 Thursday.
The Olympic League victory evened the Wolves record at 1-1 overall while giving them a shiny 1-0 mark in conference play.
CHS still has two more matches against Klahowya and three against Chimacum/Port Townsend to play before it can claim any league title banners, but this was a statement. And a very emphatic one.
Coupeville also took all three JV matches, including one in which Bree Daigneault and Haleigh Deasy teamed up to knock off the same Klahowya doubles team that had lost in the second varsity slot.
Super sophomore Valen Trujillo, primarily a doubles phemon, earned her first-ever win in singles play, romping to a hard-fought 6-1, 6-1 win at second singles.
That netted her Player of the Match honors.
“Valen trounced her opponent, using power, placement and conditioning,” Coupeville coach Ken Stange said. “Even though she was cruising easily, she never let off the throttle, hustling for each and every ball.”
With victories in almost every match, the Wolves had numerous heroes on the day.
Along with Trujillo, another player of note was Jazmine Franklin, who teamed up with Wynter Thorne at fourth doubles, garnering a win in her first-ever varsity match.
“Jazmine didn’t disappoint,” Stange said. “It helped that she had a highly-experienced partner at her side. Both Wynter and Jazmine played very well.”
Complete results:
Varsity:
1st Singles — Jacki Ginnings beat Marissa Montano 6-2, 6-1
2nd Singles: Valen Trujillo beat Ally Burchett 6-1, 6-1
3rd Singles — Ana Luvera won by default
1st Doubles — Sage Renninger/Sydney Autio lost to Danielle Frederick/Shania Rose 7-5, 6-2
2nd Doubles — Payton Aparicio/McKenzie Bailey beat Natalie Zimmer/Sydney Jackson 6-2, 6-2
3rd Doubles — Ivy Luvera/Micky LeVine beat Aubrey Williams/Sophie Kovaleskie 6-4, 6-1
4th Doubles — Wynter Thorne/Jazmine Franklin beat Britney Johnson/Maddy Rienks 6-1, 6-0
JV:
Bree Daigneault/Haleigh Deasy beat Zimmer/Jackson 9-7
Ashley Smith/Hanna Seiffert beat Desi Watts/Marianne Marker 8-5
Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St. Onge beat Allison Johnson/Maddy Rienks 8-1
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