Grey Rische teamed with doubles partner Jimmy Myers for a straight sets win Tuesday at Port Angeles. (John Fisken photo)
Not all losses are equal.
While the final tally of Tuesday’s season-opening boys’ tennis match in Port Angeles didn’t come out Coupeville’s way — the Wolves fell 4-3 to a much-larger school — coach Ken Stange exited fairly satisfied.
“Close match, though,” he said. “Our doubles teams were simply dominant. Today’s match will go a long way toward prepping us for the league matches.”
Coupeville, the defending 1A Olympic League champs, is playing six of its eight non-conference matches this season against 2A schools.
While going up against teams like the Roughriders won’t be easy, the experience should help prepare the Wolves for their showdown with league rivals Klahowya and Chimacum.
CHS won three of four doubles matches Tuesday, with #2 duo William Nelson and Joey Lippo rolling to a 6-0, 6-0 win in less than a half hour of court time.
Port Angeles rallied to the win with stellar play in singles, sweeping all three matches.
The best battle of the day came at first singles, where Wolf Nick Etzell, playing through an injury, managed to stretch his match to a full three sets before running out of steam.
“He put up a heck of a fight on a bad wheel,” Stange said.
Complete results:
Varsity:
1st singles — Nick Etzell lost 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 6-0
2nd singles — Aiden Crimmins lost 6-1, 6-2
3rd singles — Nick Blalock lost 6-0, 6-1
1st doubles — Joseph Wedekind/John McClarin won 6-3, 6-4
2nd doubles — William Nelson/Joey Lippo won 6-0, 6-0
3rd doubles — Grey Rische/Jimmy Myers won 6-3, 6-1
4th doubles — Mason Grove/Tiger Johnson lost 6-4, 6-1
JV:
5th doubles — Jaschon Baumann/Koby Schreiber lost 6-2, 6-0
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