Connor McCormick goes low for a shot in a late-season match. (John Fisken photo)
The streak won’t extend to three.
The Coupeville High School boys’ tennis team sent four players to districts Thursday, but none of them were able to slip through and advance to next spring’s state tourney.
That snapped a two-year run for the Wolves, who sent the doubles duo of Ben Etzell and Aaron Curtin to state in 2014, then returned Curtin as a singles player in 2015.
CHS senior singles sensation Sebastian Davis went the furthest Thursday, narrowly missing a trip to Eastern Washington.
He finished fourth out of eight players, winning two matches at the Sprinker Tennis Center in Tacoma.
That included eliminating his own teammate and fellow Class of 2016 mate Connor McCormick in a loser-out third round match.
The top two finishers advance to state, so Davis is the second alternate.
The grueling all-day affair left Coupeville’s players and coach drained.
“The team walking onto the ferry home looked like the starting of The Walking Dead,” Davis said with a laugh.
Complete district results:
Sebastian Davis:
Beat Luke Pate (Eatonville) 6-0, 6-1
Lost to Wyatt Iverson (Charles Wright) 6-2, 6-2
Beat Connor McCormick (Coupeville) 6-2, 6-2
Lost to Josh Tillman (Vashon Island) 6-2, 6-4
Connor McCormick:
Lost to Tillman (Vashon Island) 6-1, 6-1
Beat Spencer Winters (Klahowya) 6-3, 6-3
Lost to Sebastian Davis (Coupeville) 6-2, 6-2
William Nelson/Joey Lippo:
Lost to Raghav Agrawal/Micah Wibowo (Charles Wright) 6-1, 6-2
Lost to Jack Hannah/Taylor Backus (Cascade Christian) 6-0, 6-4
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