Maggie Crimmins teamed with Kameryn St Onge to pull out a doubles win Monday. (John Fisken)
Everything went to plan.
Playing on its home courts Monday, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad enjoyed sunny skies, warm weather, no breeze and a chance to paddle an opponent.
Facing a Friday Harbor team that was very young and very much in the development stage, the Wolves romped to a 6-1 win, their first official victory of the season.
Coupeville now sits at 1-1, with two matches (a 3-1 lead over Granite Falls and a 3-3 tie with Klahowya) still waiting to be finished later in the season.
The Wolves hit the road Wednesday to face Island arch-rival South Whidbey in Langley, then sit until Apr. 12.
Facing off with a green Wolverine squad (more than half its players are newcomers and the coach is in his first season), Coupeville put them down quickly.
Only two varsity matches resembled anything close to a battle.
Playing pro sets instead of the normal best two-of-three sets format to allow Friday Harbor time to ankle to the ferry, Coupeville dropped two or fewer games in five of seven contests.
Best moments:
Valen Trujillo dropping a series of lobs over her opponents head, artfully using her shot-making skills to baffle her foe.
Bree Daigneault rolling her eyes way into the back of her head and moaning “Moooooooooooommmmm, you’re making me nervous,” and then immediately proving she wasn’t really all that nervous by whipping a winner down the line.
The entire CHS squad proving once again it is the kindest, politest, most considerate tennis squad I have ever witnessed, stopping to compliment their opponents on almost every shot, even when the Wolves were rolling.
When I played at Tumwater High School back in the day, we took great delight in hitting our own teammates during practice and once set off a near-riot while in Aberdeen.
Monday, almost to a girl, the Wolves went out of their way to personally thank the Friday Harbor girls for making the trip to Whidbey.
Kids today, so much classier than we ever were…
Complete results:
Varsity:
1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Morgan Timmons 8-0
2nd singles — Sydney Autio beat Alli Benz 8-1
3rd singles — Bree Dagineault beat Madeline King 8-2
1st doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Jillian Urbach/Lucy Urbach 8-0
2nd doubles — Jazmine Franklin/McKenzie Bailey beat Midi Thomas/Mariah Dannibar 8-2
3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Katy Kalseth/Joely Loucks 8-6
4th doubles — Julia Borges/Julianne Sem lost to Morgan Timmons/Isabelle Brown 8-3
JV:
5th doubles — Kenzi LaRue/Jazmine Franklin lost to Yasmin Sara/Calina DePue 6-4
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