Wolf junior Bree Daigneault rolled to a straight-sets win at #2 singles Thursday. (John Fisken photo)
The fate of the world, or at least a tennis match, will hang on a thread for almost a month.
Forced to flee to catch a ferry, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team had to leave Thursday’s conference opener at Klahowya knotted at 3-3, with the deciding match locked at 5-5 in the third set.
That match, a #1 singles bout between Wolf Valen Trujillo and Eagle Sydney Jackson, will be decided Apr. 19 when CHS returns to Silverdale for the second of the school’s three matches this season.
The Wolves (0-1) now have two matches sitting unresolved.
They were leading Granite Falls 3-1 when rain brought an early end to their season opener and will pick things up Apr. 22, when they meet to play a second match.
While Coupeville didn’t get closure Thursday, it did get a huge win at #1 doubles, where sophomores Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger upended an Eagle duo that included one half of last year’s state semifinalists.
Complete (mostly) results:
1st Singles — Valen Trujillo tied with Sydney Jackson 6-7 (0-7), 6-4, 5-5
“This match began at 4:00 and was still going three hours later,” Coupeville coach Ken Stange said. “This is a battle of two contrasting styles. Valen brings power, while Sydney brings consistency.
“I think that when we meet again, Valen will prevail.”
2nd Singles — Bree Daigneault (CHS) beat Lara Hooper 7-5, 6-1
“Bree missed our last match, and she was excited to get out onto the singles court. She did not disappoint.
“It took her a set to find her way, but she really took control in the second set. It was quite impressive.”
3rd Singles — Kenzi LaRue lost to Sophia Kovaleskie 6-2, 6-1
1st Doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparacio beat Shania Rose/Haley Sargent 6-3, 0-6, 7-5
“They’d been looking forward to this match since last year’s league tourney. Rose is a dominant doubles player, and Sage/Payton needed to find ways to keep her from dominating both sides of the court.
“It was easily the most satisfying win of the season for our 1’s, who are now 3-0. It was the kind of win that made the struggles of last season’s 4-9 campaign, at #1 Doubles, worth the trouble.
I could not be more proud of Payton and Sage; they were, as Stuart Scott would have said, cooler than the other side of the pillow!”
2nd Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Jazmine Franklin (CHS) beat Mary Ann Marker/Maddy Reinks 6-3, 6-2
“3-0 on the season — so dominant — they are picking up where they left off last season, when they went 14-2.
“They will bag many wins for our team at #2 Doubles. On any other team, they’d be the 1’s. Our team is fortunate!”
3rd Doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge lost to Taylor Bruce/Emma Lajoie 6-3, 6-3
4th Doubles — Julianne Sem/Julia Borges lost to Desiree Watts/Sarah Ackerman 6-4, 6-0
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