A heartbreaking loss in the state 4A girls tennis quarterfinals kept Shorewood senior Kari Fiske from snagging a medal at the Vancouver Tennis Center May 25.
Fiske beat Julie Galbraith of Bellarmine Prep 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the opening round to earn a shot at Judy Liening of Todd Beamer in the round of eight.
Fiske won the first set 6-4 and had two match points in the second set. Fiske served for match at 40-30 and on the advantage at deuce, but Liening came back to win it 7-5. In the third set, Liening was “painting the lines,” said Shorewood coach Arnie Moreno. She won it 6-4, took the two-and-a-half hour match and went on to finish fifth in the tournament.
“They were trading great shots back and forth,” Moreno said. “The girl just survived.”
“The way she played, she gave it everything she had,” Moreno said of Fiske.
Fiske had an hour break before she played her third match of the day against Aya Sugimoto of Central Kitsap but didn’t have much left in her tank and lost, 6-3, 6-2. Sugimoto went on to take sixth.
Fiske has signed to play at Portland State University next year.
Shorewood sophomore Anna Chatilo also qualified for state; she lost both her matches 6-0, 6-0. Anna Lambert of Gonzaga Prep beat Chatilo in the first round and Katie Griffith of Ferris beat her in the consolation bracket.
“Ann faced some tough players,” Moreno said. “It was a good tournament for Anna in the respect that she learned a lot.”
Shorewood will try to see if it can win its fourth straight Western Conference South Division title next year, although Edmonds-Woodway looks like it will be the favorite.
“We’re not going to have an empty gas tank next year,” Moreno said. “We’ve got a lot of depth coming back.”
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