PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles won all four doubles matches to claim a 4-3 Olympic League girls tennis victory over Olympic.
It was the first win on the season for the Roughriders, despite dropping all three singles matches to the Trojans in Monday’s match at Port Angeles High School.
Claire Fritschler put up the best singles performance for Port Angeles, falling to Courtney McKee 4-6, 7-6, 1-6.
The Riders’ No. 1 doubles team of McKenna Thompson and Hannah Little teamed to defeat Olympic’s Jessica Peralla and Ally Galeski in a three-set marathon, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7-3).
Port Angeles coach Stephanie Gochnour named Thompson and Little her players of the match after the duo earned the win in the third-set tiebreaker.
The Riders (1-1, 1-2) are back in action today at home against Kingston (1-1, 2-2).
Port Angeles 4, Olympic 3
Match Report
Singles
No. 1: Melina Johnson (Olympic) def. Jessica Zhu (Port Angeles) 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2: Mia Harris (Olympic) def. Audrey Little (Port Angeles) 6-1, 6-0.
No. 3: Courtney McKee (Olympic) def. Claire Fritschler (Port Angeles) 6-4, 6-7, 6-1.
Doubles
No. 1: McKenna Thompson/Hannah Little (Port Angeles) def. Jessica Peralla/Ally Galeski (Olympic) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7-3).
No. 2: Karina Paup-Byrnes/Maddy Woods (Port Angeles) def. Kyilene Trottman/Jeanette Ancero (Olympic) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
No. 3: Ana Haaland/Maria Soule (Port Angeles) def. Zaran Zabir/Juay Nicho (Olympic) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.
No. 4: Nakita Jones/Emily Traughber (Port Angeles) def. Melanie Kristiansen/Jasmine Moding (Olympic) 6-3, 6-3.
Boys Golf
Port Angeles 173, North Mason 198
ALLYN — Mason Jackson earned match medalist honors after shooting a four-over-par 40 and the Roughriders came away with a nine-hole victory after dropping the Bulldogs.
Monday’s match was played on the Generation II nine at Lakeland Village.
“It was a nice win for us after a long travel trip on a tricky course,” Port Angeles coach Mark Mitrovich said.
Alex Atwell fired a 42 for the Riders, while Austin Peterson carded a 45 and Alex Brown posted a 46.
Also competing for Port Angeles was Logan Kovalenko who put up a 51, and Parker Elias who shot a 54.
The Riders (4-0) are off until a road match at Port Townsend (3-0) on Monday, April 13.
Baseball
Quilcene 5, 18
Mount Rainier Lutheran 3, 8
QUILCENE — The Rangers remained unbeaten after taking two from the Hawks.
Eli Harrison recorded 14 strikeouts and allowed just one hit and a walk to earn the win on the mound in the first game of Thursday’s doubleheader.
“[The] first game was a pitching battle between Eli Harrison and Mount Rainier Lutheran’s Jacob Purdue who struck out 11 Quilcene batters,” Rangers coach Darrin Dotson said.
Quilcene (3-0, 4-0) put up three runs in the bottom of the fourth and two more in the bottom of the seventh to pick up the win.
In the second game, the Rangers’ starting pitcher A.J. Prater helped his own cause, with three doubles, a single a walk and five runs.
Quilcene led 14-0 at the end of the fourth when the team subbed in eighth graders to get some game experience.
“[We] gave up eight runs which allowed Mount Rainier Lutheran players to start a chant of ‘come back,’” Dotson said.
“Prater took the hill again in the sixth and was helped by other veteran players to stabilize a well earned victory.”
The Rangers visit Evergreen Lutheran (0-2, 0-3) on Monday.
