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No rain, all gain!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on April 24, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Claire Mietus teamed with Tia Wurzrainer Monday to pull out a three-set win. (John Fisken photo)

Let them play and they will win.

The rainiest spring in recent memory has played havoc with the schedule for the Coupeville High School girls tennis team.

Maybe that’s changing, though, as Monday provided clear skies and not a single drop of liquid sunshine.

Taking advantage, the Wolf netters played a complete match for the first time in almost two weeks, whacking visiting Friday Harbor 7-0.

The victory, coming against a longtime rival, lifts Coupeville to 3-3 on the season.

The Wolves, who are hoping against hope to play four matches this week, host Chimacum Tuesday, then hit the road Wednesday (South Whidbey) and Thursday (Klahowya).

Their trip to Silverdale could be a two-for-one experience, as the plan is to finish a match that was suspended (by rain, what else) with the Wolves ahead 2-0, then play a regularly scheduled match.

Facing off with Friday Harbor, Coupeville ran away with the match, winning six of seven varsity tilts in straight sets.

With their win, first doubles duo Sage Renninger and Payton Aparicio improved to a flawless 5-0 as a unit this season.

Renninger is actually 6-0, having won a match with lil’ sis Avalon when her normal partner was on vacation.

Complete Monday results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Morgan Timmons 6-0, 6-0

2nd singles — Fanny Deprelle beat Alli Benz 6-0, 6-0

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault beat Val Barrios 6-0, 6-1

1st doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparicio beat Hiro Sarah/Aida Must 6-4, 6-3

2nd doubles — Avalon Renninger/Zoe Trujillo beat Midi Thomas/Mariah Dannaher 6-3, 6-2

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Lucy Urbach/Joely Loucks 6-1, 6-4

4th doubles — Tia Wurzrainer/Claire Mietus beat Isabella Brown/Julia Urbach 5-7, 6-3, 6-4

JV:

5th doubles — Jillian Mayne/Zara Bradley lost to Katy Kulseth/Tori Polda 8-2

6th doubles — Julie Bucio/Nanci Melendrez beat Madeline King/Ren Di Bona 6-1

7th doubles — Heather Nastali/Sophie Furtjes lost to Thomas/Dannaher 6-0

8th doubles — Rubi Melendrez/Bradley lost to Barrios/Polda 6-0

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Rain haunts netters!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on April 18, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Bree Daigneault celebrates a well-played point.  (John Fisken photos)

Bathed in (brief) sunshine, Kameryn St Onge is ready to rock the world.

Valen Trujillo strides into another winner.

Tia Wurzrainer feels the love.

   And then the rain returns, though Zoe Trujillo remains locked-in regardless of the weather.

A wet spring continues to bedevil the Coupeville High School girls tennis squad.

Tuesday’s Olympic League showdown with Klahowya was halted mid-match when bright sunshine turned into a downpour in mere seconds.

A half hour later? The sun was back but the Eagles were well on their way home.

The match will be finished when the two teams meet Apr. 27 in Silverdale.

Unless it rains that day, too…

It was the third straight match affected by the liquid sunshine.

A trip Monday to North Kitsap was called off, then bumped to Thursday.

That comes on the heels of last Friday, when the Wolves had just boarded the ferry to travel over to Chimacum when the cancellation call came.

Tennis has been stung the hardest of any CHS sport by the damp spring weather.

While baseball has played 12 games, soccer 11 and softball nine, tennis is lagging far behind with just five completed matches.

Heck, even track is ahead of the netters now, having competed in six meets.

The constant rain-outs are creating a backlog for the Wolf netters.

If weather permits, they’ll travel to Kingston Wednesday, then North Kitsap Thursday.

Next week, CHS is scheduled to play 4.5 matches in four days — Monday (Friday Harbor) and Tuesday (Chimacum) at home, Wednesday (South Whidbey) and Thursday (Klahowya) on the road.

 

To see more photos from Tuesday’s match (purchases fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes), pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/20162017-Coupeville-Tennis/GT-20170418-vs-Klahowya/

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Netters left high and dry!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , , on April 14, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Sophie Fürtjes didn’t get to play a tennis match Friday, but she did celebrate a birthday. (John Fisken photo)

The spring of our discontent continues.

Another day, another rain-out, but this one was slightly more irritating.

The Coupeville High School girls tennis team was already on the ferry Friday afternoon, anticipating the beat-down they were going to inflict on Chimacum, when the call came that their match was being postponed.

Since it’s a league match, every effort will be made to reschedule.

Weather permitting, the Wolves (1-0 in Olympic League play, 2-3 overall) will play three days in a row to kick off next week.

Coupeville has road non-conference matches at North Kitsap Monday and Kingston Wednesday, wrapped around a home match Tuesday versus league rival Klahowya.

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First blood!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Freshman Tia Wurzrainer teamed with Claire Mietus for a straight-sets win Thursday, lifting Coupeville tennis to a 4-3 win against Klahowya. (John Fisken photo)

The war begins.

With a pair of first-year players rallying to pull out a victory at fourth doubles Thursday, the Coupeville High School girls tennis team drew first blood against Klahowya.

Winning 4-3 on the road, the Wolves stretched their unbeaten streak in Olympic League play to 12 matches across three seasons.

Coupeville (1-0 in league, 2-3 overall) jumps right back in the bus Friday to go face Chimacum (0-1, 0-4), while Klahowya (1-1, 2-5) will bide its time.

Beginning their quest to win a third-straight league title, the Wolves had to dig down deep Thursday afternoon.

With the match tied at 3-3, Tia Wurzrainer and Claire Mietus were Coupeville’s final hope.

Not that they knew it until after they finished their straights-set win.

“Luckily for them, they did not know that the team score was knotted up,” CHS coach Ken Stange said. “I was very pleased with their performance today. They remained calm and they stayed consistent.”

Coupeville used its depth to pull out the win, taking three of four doubles matches and getting a huge win from Bree Daigneault at third singles.

“Bree absolutely destroyed her opponent,” Stange said. “She was consistent and she handled the wind very well.”

Top doubles duo Sage Renninger and Payton Aparicio remained perfect (Renninger is 5-0, having played a match with younger sister Avalon when her partner was on vacation), while Kameryn St Onge and Maggie Crimmins were electric as they bageled their foes.

While the Wolves took three defeats, all were close, with second doubles going a full three sets.

“Avalon and Zoe (Trujillo) played a spirited match, but came up just a little bit short,” Stange said. “They are talented freshmen though, and I believe they will flip the scores next time we meet Klahowya.”

With five of six league matches still ahead on the schedule, Coupeville’s three-peat is far from guaranteed, but Stange likes what he’s seen so far.

“As long as our players stay calm and focused, we should be able to defend our league title.”

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo lost to Sydney Jackson 6-2, 7-6(7-5)

2nd singles — Fanny Deprelle lost to Hailey Sargent 6-3, 6-4

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault beat Hannah Catt 6-1, 6-0

1st doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparicio beat Taylor Bruce/Mary Ann Marker 6-2, 6-4

2nd doubles — Avalon Renninger/Zoe Trujillo lost to Sophie Koveleskie/Maddy Rienks 5-7, 6-2, 6-3

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Anna Wells/Emma Parker 6-0, 6-0

4th doubles — Tia Wurzrainer/Claire Mietus beat Kelisha Harris/Kristin Powell 6-1, 6-2

JV:

5th doubles — Julie Bucio/Sophie Furtjes beat Angelina Robinson/Rachelle Adams 6-0

6th doubles — Zara Bradley/Jillian Mayne beat Emma Parker/Emma Heckert 8-1

7th doubles — Heather Nastali/Rubi Melendrez lost to Hannah Catt/Anna Wells 5-1

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Sister power fuels Wolf win!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 30, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Sage (left) and Avalon Renninger played together for the first time Thursday, winning at first doubles. (Photo courtesy Mrs. Anonymous)

   Foreign exchange student Fanny Deprelle battled for more than two-and-a-half-hours to capture her first win on American soil. (John Fisken photo)

It was the perfect way to swing into spring break.

Sweeping all three singles matches Thursday, including one which went almost three hours, and getting a unique win at first doubles, the Coupeville High School netters were in top form.

By the time the Wolves climbed back on the bus for the trip back to Whidbey, they carried the scalp of a large 2A school with them, having pasted Port Angeles 5-2.

The non-conference win lifts CHS to 1-3 on the season and was sweet payback after it fell 4-3 to 2A schools in both its last two matches.

Coupeville is off now until April 10, when it faces, yep, another large 2A school, this time North Kitsap.

The Wolves don’t play their first 1A Olympic League match until April 13.

Thursday, the highlights came at first doubles and second singles.

With normal partner Payton Aparicio not available, Sage Renninger paired up with little sister Avalon instead at first doubles, and the family connection paid off with a sweet straight-sets win.

Sage, a junior, is now 4-0 on the season, best of any Wolf player.

The longest, and most thrilling win, came from the Renninger’s housemate, foreign exchange student Fanny Deprelle, who waged a back-and-forth war before pulling out a three-set thriller.

“Fanny’s match was a doozy,” said Coupeville coach Ken Stange. “She played her equal — someone who can run all day, and return almost every ball.”

Emphasis on “almost,” as Deprelle battled from a set down, forced a third-set tiebreaker and made her housemates, coach and large fan club jump with joy.

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Summer Olsen 6-0, 6-2

2nd singles — Fanny Deprelle beat Hailey Horton 6-7(5-7), 6-2, 10-7

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault beat Kailey Droz 6-3, 6-0

1st doubles — Sage Renninger/Avalon Renninger beat Audrey Little/Emily Traughber 6-2, 7-5

2nd doubles — Zoe Trujillo/Tia Wurzrainer lost to Hanna Brown/Saig Hefton 6-2, 6-4

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Emily Metzler/Camryn Mason 6-2, 6-3

4th doubles — Claire Mietus/Sophie Furtjes lost to Brielle Halberg/Shanzi Cosgrove 6-2, 6-0

JV:

5th doubles — Heather Nastali/Julie Bucio lost to Preetha/Madison 6-0

6th doubles — Zara Bradley/Nanci Melendrez lost to Casandra/Chloe 6-1

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