Lakewood drop opener to Mt. Vernon

Published 10:35 pm Wednesday, March 12, 2008

LAKEWOOD — Lakewood’s Karli Hesselman won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 1 singles, but it wasn’t enough for the Cougars, who dropped their tennis season opener 5-2 to Mount Vernon on Wednesday.

“I was really pleased with Karli’s performance,” Lakewood coach Bob Walker said. “She really steadied and had a nice win.”

Lakewood was playing without twins Jillian and Jocelyn Shafer — the No. 1 doubles team — who were out of town.

“We were a little short-handed today,” Walker added.

The Cougars’ other win came at No. 3 doubles. Freshman Hannah Ross teamed with exchange student Yuka Asano to win 7-5, 6-1, which also pleased Walker.

“They were both playing in their first match ever and it was a nice win for them,” he said.

At Lakewood H.S.

Singles—Hesselman (LW) def. Brookings 6-3, 6-3; Kinsolving (MV) def. Boe, 6-2, 6-2; Walker (MV) def. Prosser 6-3, 6-0; Allison (MV) def. Kibitskaya, 7-5, 6-4. Doubles—Starkovich-Strachilla (MV) def. Steinborn-Nelson, 6-4, 6-1; Barnet-Stransky (MV) def. Griffith-Wendt, 6-1, 6-0; Ross-Asano (LW) def. Brisky-Ellingson, 7-5, 6-1. Records—Mount Vernon 1-0. Lakewood 0-1.

Stanwood 5, Lake Stevens 2: At Lake Stevens, Stanwood won every singles match in straight sets in the Wesco North victory.

At Lake Stevens High School

Singles— Mickels (Stan) def. Young 6-0, 6-0; Hamiter (Stan) def. Pena 6-0, 6-0; Welch (Stan) def. Obayashi 6-3, 6-0; Pollock (Stan) def. Wolcott 6-0, 6-0. Doubles— Jones-Millan (LS) def. Tobin-Winkler 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Iffrig-Boren (LS) def. Hoover-Marriott 6-2, 6-4; Rogers-Daly (Stan) def. Slaker-Evans 6-3, 6-3. Extra— Zingarelli (Stan) def. McAvoy 8-6, 6-4. Records— Stanwood: 1-0, 1-0. Lake Stevens: 0-1, 0-1.

Snohomish 6, Marysville-Pilchuck 1: At Marysville, the doubles team of Kristie Perron and Melissa Cook of Snohomish won the No. 3 match 4-6, 6-2, 7-6.

At Marysville-Pilchuck High School

Singles— Elliott (Sno) def. Bartlett 6-4, 6-2; Anderson (M-P) def. Jorgensen 7-6, 3-6, 6-4; Schilaty (Sno) def. Falenski 6-0, 6-2; LaBerge (Sno) def. Olsen 6-4, 6-3; Doubles— Bjornethun-Melnyk (Sno) def. Bobadilla-Brubaker 6-3, 6-4; Kaltbrunner-Zelmer (Sno) def. Emberg-Famelos 6-0, 6-2; Perron-Cook (Sno) def. Albano-Mullen 4-6, 6-2, 7-6. Records— Snohomish: 1-0 league, 1-0 record. M-P: 0-1, 0-1.

Everett 4, Monroe 3: At Monroe, Everett won three of four singles matches. Monroe’s Katie Robertson won a hard-fought singles match, defeating Mya Nguyen 6-4, 6-7, 6-4.

At Monroe H.S.

Singles—Mills (E) def. Burkhardt 6-1, 6-1; Robertson (M) def. Nguyen 6-4, 6-7, 6-4; Barber (E) def. Nilson 6-1, 6-2; Letourneau (M) def. Winslow 6-3, 6-0; Doubles—Herman-Hopkins (M) def. Lavritzen-Bogart 6-1, 7-6; Hawkins-Davis (M) def. Nasr-Olson 6-2, 6-3; Gordon-Gunning (E) def. Mencia-Hernandez 6-, 6-4. Records—Everett 1-0 league, 1-0 overall. Monroe 0-1, 0-1.

Kamiak 4, Shorecrest 3: At Mukilteo, Shorecrest’s Belinda Pan won the No. 4 singles match 6-0, 6-0 in the Wesco South meet.

At Kamiak H.S.

Singles—Baik (K) def. Owen 6-1, 6-2; Lee (K) def. Monson 6-2, 6-0; Olsen (SC) def. Shin 6-4, 6-1; Pan (SC) def. Oh 6-0, 6-0; Doubles—Simpson-Izawa (SC) def. Staton-Fredericks 6-4, 6-4; Ahn-Gabel (K) def. Jacobsen-Smith 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Jacobsen-Thorsen (K) def. Allison-Logan 6-0, 6-2; Extra—Kwok-Chao (K) def. Shaffen-Foster 8-3; Mack-Ku (SC) def. Kim-Kim 8-4. Records—Shorecrest 0-1 league, 0-1 overall. Kamiak 1-0, 1-0.

Mountlake Terrace 5, Lynnwood 2: At Mountlake Terrace, Teryn Bouche, Hailey Reutimann, Ann Truong and Alexa Stead swept the singles matches to lead Mountlake Terrace to victory.

At M. Terrace H.S.

Singles—Bouche (MT) def. McCartney 6-4, 6-3; Reutimann (MT) def. White 6-0, 6-0; Truong (MT) def. Magnenat 6-7, 7-6, 7-6; Stead (MT) won by default; Doubles—Higuera-Zanduin (L) def. L. Juretich-A. Juretich 7-5, 6-2; Weaver-Anderson (L) def. Binder-Erickson 7-6, 6-7, 7-6; Rash-Loch (MT) def. Diuliao-Lee 7-5, 6-1. Records—Lynnwood 0-1 league, 0-1 overall. M. Terrace 1-0, 1-0.

Edmonds-Woodway 6, Meadowdale 1: At Edmonds, Amanda Waldron of Edmonds-Woodway defeated Maya Rankonch 6-0, 0-6, 6-0 in the No. 3 singles match.

At Edmonds-Woodway H.S.

Singles—Kearsley (E-W) def. Bates 6-0, 6-1; Nelson (E-W) def. Dyson 6-1, 6-1; Waldron (E-W) def. Rankonch 6-0, 0-6, 6-0; Steiner (E-W) def. Land 6-4, 6-3; Doubles— Tumbuga-Sijalka (M) def. Huang-Wugh 6-4, 6-3; Smalley-Miller (E-W) def. Shek-Yi 7-6, 4-6, 6-2; Roben-Fine (E-W) def. Dyer-Woo 7-5, 6-3. Records—Meadowdale 0-1 league, 0-1 overall. E-W 1-0, 1-0.

South Whidbey 7, Anacortes 0: At South Whidbey, the Falcons defeat Anacortes in their season opener.

At South Whidbey H.S.

Singles—Newman (SW) def. Grimes 6-0, 6-0; Wheeler (SW) def. Stephens 6-0, 6-0; Craig (SW) def. Jo 6-0, 6-3; Hough (SW) def. Huff 6-2, 6-0. Doubles—Comfort-Zalewski (SW) def. Cole-Lycette 6-0, 6-2; Gemkow-Metz (SW) def. Krawczyk-Winston 6-2, 6-4; Iverson-Holt def. Levine-Boyd. Team records—South Whidbey 1-0 overall. Anacortes 0-1.

Cascade 4, Oak Harbor 3: At Everett, Oak Harbor won the first three matches but Cascade won the final singles match and swept the doubles matches in the Wesco North meet.

At Cascade H.S.

Singles—Merriman (OH) def. Taylore 6-3, 6-3; Jansen (OH) def. Chhom 6-3, 6-3; Newton (OH) def. Policarpio 2-6, 6-1, 6-4; Pederson (C) def. Neilon 6-3, 7-5; Doubles—Matsuzawa-Mack (C) def. Rico-Deleon 6-0, 6-4; Terry-Randell (C) def. Morgan-Green 6-1, 6-0; Mallos-Loomis (C) def. Flores-Jaquimac 6-3, 6-2. Records—Oak Harbor 0-1 league, 0-1 overall. Cascade 1-0, 1-0.