Kameryn St Onge ripped off a series of silky shots Wednesday as she and partner Maggie Crimmins sailed to a straight-sets win. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
It was a genteel beat-down.
In a match where every other sentence began with “thank you” and the sound of laughter-laced conversation drifted from almost every court, Wednesday’s girls tennis match was far from a fight to the death.
Even if one team convincingly crushed the other between the lines.
The victor was a Coupeville High School squad which captured its fourth win in its last five matches, blanking visiting Friday Harbor 5-0.
The non-conference victory, coming against a longtime foe, lifts the Wolves to 4-5 on the season.
Adding two wins in three JV matches (against Friday Harbor’s varsity players), Coupeville was on cruise control all afternoon.
In fact, CHS coach Ken Stange gave his top two players a break, sending doubles duo Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger off to train with a volunteer assistant coach rather than play against Friday Harbor.
The Wolves who did take the court were often deadly efficient, with Kameryn St Onge and Avalon Renninger, in particular, ripping off some extremely-nasty left-handed winners in two different matches.
The biggest drama came at #1 singles, but it didn’t involve any shot-making or rallies.
Instead, it arrived thanks to a broken shoelace which momentarily brought Coupeville ace Claire Mietus down low midway through the second set.
But, after pulling out the remaining lace, moving it around and retying a now much-shorter lace, she was able to keep her shoe on her foot long enough to close out her second win in as many days.
Complete Wednesday results:
Varsity:
1st Singles — Claire Mietus beat Alli Benz 6-2, 6-4
2nd Singles — Genna Wright beat Laurel Robertson 6-2, 6-3
1st Doubles — Avalon Renninger/Tia Wurzrainer beat Midi Thomas/Joely Loucks 6-0, 6-2
2nd Doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Katie Kulseth/Tori Polda 6-2, 7-6(7-5)
3rd Doubles — Jillian Mayne/Zara Bradley beat Rachel Snow/Kai Di Bona 6-0, 6-2
JV:
4th Doubles — Heather Nastali/Megan Behan beat Thomas/Loucks 8-6
5th Doubles — Jaimee Masters/Emily Fiedler lost to Benz/Robertson 6-4
6th Doubles — Nanci Melendrez/Elaira Nicolle beat Di Bona/Snow 7-5
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