Coupeville senior Payton Aparicio eyes a fourth-straight 1A Olympic League team title. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
The road to an Olympic League girls tennis title still goes through Coupeville.
Pulling off the rare two-win afternoon Thursday in Silverdale, the Wolf girls tennis team bounced back into first place and set up a winner-take-all battle May 3 with Chimacum.
CHS drilled Klahowya twice, putting the final stamp on a 4-3 win in a match which began Apr. 17 but was delayed by rain, then romping 5-2 in Thursday’s regularly-scheduled rumble.
With the sweep, Coupeville soars to 4-1 in league play, 6-8 overall, putting itself a half-game up on Chimacum (3-1, 4-6).
Klahowya is mired in the basement at 0-5, 1-12.
Chimacum hosts KSS May 1, and then travels to Whidbey May 3 for the regular season finale.
The stakes in that match are simple — the winning team hoists a league title banner. Either CHS makes it four straight, or the Cowboys finally break through.
After that comes the league tourney May 7, also in Coupeville.
Match 1 (continued from Apr. 17):
Varsity:
1st Singles — Heather Nastali lost to Hailey Sargent 6-0, 6-0
2nd Singles — Nanci Melendrez lost to Maddy Rienks 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
3rd Singles — Megan Behan lost to Anna Wells 6-2, 6-0
1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Taylor Bruce/Marianne Maker 6-3, 7-5
2nd Doubles — Claire Mietus/Tia Wurzrainer beat Kelisha Harris/Kristin Powell 6-4, 7-6(7-1)
3rd Doubles — Jillian Mayne/Zara Bradley beat Emma Heckert/Mia Brill 8-3
4th Doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Genna Wright beat Rachelle Adams/Angelina Robinson 8-2
Match 2:
Varsity:
1st Singles — Claire Mietus lost to Hailey Sargent 6-3, 6-2
2nd Singles — Genna Wright beat Maddy Rienks 7-5, 6-4
3rd Singles — Heather Nastali lost to Anna Wells 6-2, 3-6, 10-7
1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Taylor Bruce/Marianne Maker 6-3, 6-0
2nd Doubles — Avalon Renninger/Tia Wurzrainer beat Kelisha Harris/Kristin Powell 6-3, 6-1
3rd Doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Emma Heckert/Mia Brill 6-3, 6-1
4th Doubles — Zara Bradley/Jillian Mayne beat Angelina Robinson/Helle Larsen 6-3, 6-3
JV:
5th Doubles — Emily Fiedler/Jaimee Masters won 5-3
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