Jade Peabody fires off a serve. (Julie Wheat photos)
They’re in the driver’s seat now.
Taking advantage of weather which improved as the hours crawled by Tuesday, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team managed to play a complete match against visiting Friday Harbor, pulling out a 3-2 win.
The victory lifts the Wolves to 1-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 1-1 overall and puts them ahead in the battle to win a conference crown.
With only two of the seven NWL schools playing the sport, Coupeville and Friday Harbor’s netters square off four times to determine the top dog.
The other three matches between the league rivals are scheduled to go down Apr. 17 and 29 and May 6.
There were serious doubts at the crack of dawn over whether Tuesday’s tilt would be able to be played, with wet courts in Cow Town and rumbling winds swaying the trees back and forth.
But Friday Harbor, wanting to get some court time in, charged on to the ferry and came anyway.
By match time, things had dried considerably, some blue sky had poked through the clouds, and the breeze — while still rumbling — was greatly reduced.
The Wolves swept the singles matches, with Tenley Stuurmans running her mark to 2-0 and Milana Light making her season debut in style, while a doubles victory for Aleksia Jump and Dahlia Miller was the difference in the match.
That duo is also off to a 2-0 start, with Coupeville’s next match a non-conference battle in Port Townsend Monday, Mar. 30, when the Wolves play East Jefferson.
Hailey Goldman teamed up with sister Hazel to win Tuesday afternoon.
Tuesday’s results:
Varsity:
1st Singles — Tenley Stuurmans won 6-0, 6-1
2nd Singles — Milana Light won 6-0, 6-3
1st Doubles — Dahlia Miller/Aleksia Jump won 6-4, 6-2
2nd Doubles — Kauri Hamilton/Jovanah Villagomez lost 6-4, 6-2
3rd Doubles — Rowan Stoner/Jade Peabody lost 6-3, 6-3
JV:
4th Doubles — Hailey Goldman/Hazel Goldman won 8-7
5th Doubles — Savannah Coxsey/Annabelle Cundiff lost 8-7
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