Zara Bradley teamed with Jillian Mayne to pull out a three-set win Tuesday, lifting CHS tennis to its first team victory of the season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
It was a day for surprises.
After non-stop rain soaked the prairie the last couple of days, Tuesday didn’t see a single drop, allowing the Coupeville High School girls tennis team a somewhat unexpected chance to play.
Then, once they took the court, the Wolf netters swept all four doubles matches, winning the final one in a third-set tiebreaker, to stun previously undefeated Granite Falls 4-3.
The non-conference victory, coming against a 2A school, lifts Coupeville to 1-4 on the season.
Their record doesn’t tell the whole tale for the Wolves, as a team repping one of the smallest 1A student bodies in the state has played 80% of it matches so far against 2A schools.
Learning under fire against schools with deep rosters is teaching the CHS netters to persevere, and it paid off handsomely against Granite.
Coupeville’s top two doubles duos swept to quick victories, its #3 unit pulled out a somewhat-tougher battle, and then the #4 tandem won the day.
With the match tied at 3-3, Zara Bradley and Jillian Mayne split the opening two sets of their match with their Tiger foes, then found some magic buried deep within.
The deciding third-set tiebreaker was over quickly, as the Wolf duo scorched Granite Falls 10-1.
With the win, Coupeville heads into its longest break of the season.
The Wolves aren’t scheduled to play again until Apr. 9, when they host another 2A school, North Kitsap.
That kicks off (weather permitting) an epic run of seven matches in nine days, including Coupeville’s first three Olympic League matches (two against Klahowya, one against Chimacum).
Complete Tuesday results:
Varsity:
1st Singles — Claire Mietus lost to Rosie Bradwisch 6-0, 6-1
2nd Singles — Genna Wright lost to Taylor Middleton 6-1, 6-2
3rd Singles — Heather Nastali lost to Brooklyn Lee 7-5, 6-2
1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Hanah White/Sadie Hutchinson 6-1, 6-1
2nd Doubles — Avalon Renninger/Tia Wurzrainer beat Hanna Rossnagle/Miranda Russo 6-0, 6-2
3rd Doubles — Kameryn St Onge/Maggie Crimmins beat Jenasea Hott/Hannah Vadom 6-3, 6-4
4th Doubles — Jillian Mayne/Zara Bradley beat Emily Lundberg/Mackenzy Petit 6-3, 2-6, 10-1
JV:
5th Doubles — Nanci Melendrez/Megan Behan won 8-6
6th Doubles — Jaimee Masters/Emily Fiedler won 6-4
7th doubles — Elaira Nicolle/Claire Mietus lost 6-1
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