McKenzie Bailey, seen here in an earlier match, teamed with Jazmine Franklin Monday for a big win. (John Fisken photo)
Road Warrior Week kicked off with a bang.
The Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad is slated to play all or part of five matches in the next five days, all on the road.
And the Wolves took care of their tune-up, a trip to Friday Harbor, in style, sweeping their hosts quickly enough Monday that there was no absolutely no worries about getting back to the ferry on time.
The 5-0 decision was the second straight win for CHS, lifting it to 3-3 on the season.
Things get a bit more complicated the rest of the week, as the Wolves travel to Klahowya Tuesday and Granite Falls Friday.
Both of those trips will be super-sized, as Coupeville will play regular matches against both foes, while also trying to wrap up earlier-season matches which were put on hold midway through by weather or ferry concerns.
The Wolves and the Eagles were tied 3-3 back on Mar. 24, and that match will be decided by the end of a first singles match-up between Valen Trujillo and Klahowya’s Sydney Jackson.
When they left off, it was 5-5 in the deciding third set and the two netters had dueled for three-plus hours.
Jackson won the first 7-6(7-0), before Trujillo rebounded to take the second set 6-4.
If Trujillo can pull out the win, and then the Wolves, who were not at full-strength the first time around, win the regularly-scheduled match, it would take them to 3-0 in 1A Olympic League play.
When it caps the week in Granite Falls, Coupeville will carry a 3-1 lead onto the court to start the first non-conference match.
One singles match and two doubles matches were left unfinished when rain sent the teams scrambling way back on Mar. 14.
Survive three bus and ferry trips, and tons o’ tennis, and the Wolves will be rewarded with four of their final five matches at home.
Complete Friday Harbor results:
Varsity:
1st Singles — Valen Trujillo beat Morgan Timmons 8-0
2nd Singles — Sydney Autio beat Madeline King 8-0
1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Yasmin Sarah/Aida Must 8-1
2nd Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Jazmine Franklin beat Julian Urbach/Lucy Urbach 8-3
3rd Doubles — Bree Daigneault/Maggie Crimmins beat Midi Thomas/Mariah Dannaher 8-5
JV:
1st Doubles — Kameryn St Onge/Kenzi LaRue beat Katy Kuleth/Renn DiBona 8-0
2nd Doubles — Julia Borges/Julianne Sem beat Cilena DePue/Nam Ketcharung 8-2
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