Joey Lippo and doubles mate William Nelson are a #1 seed entering Thursday’s Olympic League tourney. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Agony or ecstasy?
You take a look at Monday’s regular-season finale for the Coupeville High School boys tennis team and it could be read either way.
On the one hand, the Wolves fell 4-3 to host South Whidbey, in a non-conference match which essentially was decided by the slimmest of margins — a tie-breaker at #1 doubles which went the wrong way.
But, on the other hand, for Coupeville to come so close to knocking off an especially tough foe, after it got waxed the first time these two squads met this season, is a huge positive.
The Wolves, after surviving a brutal early-season schedule, finished the regular season strongly, winning five of their final seven matches.
Hopefully, that will serve them well as they progress into the postseason.
If the weather cooperates, Coupeville hosts the 1A Olympic League tourney this Thursday, with play kicking off at 10:45 AM.
If rain fouls things up, they’ll try again Saturday.
As the top two teams, Klahowya and Coupeville each get three singles and three doubles duos, while cellar sweller Chimacum/Port Townsend sends two.
The top four finishers on each side at the league tourney advance to districts Oct. 25-26 at the Sprinker Tennis Center in Tacoma.
Complete Monday results:
Varsity:
1st Singles — Pedro Gamarra beat Brent de Wolf 7-6(7-3), 6-2
2nd Singles — Jakobi Baumann beat Charlie Lewarne 6-3, 6-4
3rd Singles — Nile Lockwood lost to Joey Lane 6-0, 2-0 (injury retirement)
1st Doubles — William Nelson/Joey Lippo lost to Levi Buck/Ryan Wenzek 3-6, 6-3, 10-7
2nd Doubles — Nick Etzell/Mason Grove beat Aengus Dubendorf/Larsen Christiansen 7-5, 6-3
3rd Doubles — Drake Borden/Zach Ginnings lost to Michael Lux/Cormac Workman 6-1, 6-1
4th Doubles — Tiger Johnson/Jaschon Baumann lost to Jaden White/Ben Borson 6-1, 7-5
JV:
5th Doubles — Thane Peterson/Koby Schreiber won 6-2
6th Doubles — Harris Sinclair/Borden lost 6-4
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