Jovanah Villagomez has played strongly this season. (Melanie Wolfe photos)
It was a battle, start to finish.
As the only two teams from the seven-school Northwest 2B/1B League to have full girls’ tennis programs, Coupeville and Friday Harbor get to know each other well over the course of the season.
Wednesday afternoon was the fourth and final regular season clash for the rivals, and the fourth time the match was decided by a narrow 3-2 score.
Unfortunately for CHS, after winning the first meeting in late March, the Wolves came up on the short end of things the next three times out, allowing the Wolverines to claim the conference title.
With the loss Coupeville wraps up team play at 1-3 in NWL action, 4-5 overall, while Friday Harbor, which hosted Wednesday’s rumble, finishes 3-1, 5-3.
The Wolves originally had a home non-conference match scheduled for Thursday, but Forest Ridge had to bow out.
So instead CHS turns towards the postseason, when it will send two singles players and two doubles teams to the District 1/2 tourney.
That event goes down Wednesday, May 13 at the Amy Yee Tennis Center in Seattle, with six schools chasing four tickets to the state tourney.
The top two finishers in both singles and doubles advance to play in Yakima May 22-23.
Coupeville and Friday Harbor will be joined by SeaTac League rivals Puget Sound Adventist, Summit Classical Christian, and the aforementioned Forest Ridge.
Northwest League compatriot La Conner will also be represented at the tourney. The Braves don’t have a full team of their own but have a co-op agreement with Anacortes for regular season play.
Wednesday results:
Varsity:
1st Singles — Tenley Stuurmans won 6-0, 6-0
2nd Singles — Milana Light won 6-2, 6-1
1st Doubles — Savannah Coxsey/Aleksia Jump lost 6-3, 6-0
2nd Doubles — Jade Peabody/Rowan Stoner lost 6-1, 6-3
3rd Doubles — Kauri Hamilton/Jovanah Villagomez lost 6-4, 6-2
JV:
4th Doubles — Lakshmi Erickson/Annabelle Cundiff lost 8-2
5th Doubles — Hazel Goldman/Jade Peabody lost 8-4
Savannah Coxsey angles a return.
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