PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim girls tennis edges Port Angeles 4-3

PORT ANGELES — The Sequim Wolves went on the road and won the first girls tennis rivalry meeting of the against the Port Angeles Roughriders 4-3.

Sequim (3-1) took all three singles matches and the No. 1 doubles match Monday at Port Angeles High School.

Port Angeles (2-3) took the other three doubles contests to keep the score close.

Many of the matches were tightly contested.

Sequim’s Stephanie LaCour needed three sets to dispatch Maddy Woods 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 in the No. 2 singles match.

Tea Gauthun edged Port Angeles Claire Fritschler in No. 3 singles 7-5, 6-4.

Hailey Horton and Lum Fu dropped the first No. 3 doubles set but won the next two for the Riders to beat Andrea Albaugh and Melissa Copeland 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

The closest match came in No. 2 doubles, in which Port Angeles’ Maria Soule and Karina Paup-Byrnes lost the first set via tiebreaker, tooke the second set and then went to a super tiebreaker to defeat Izzy Hugonoit and Kaylee Cassal 6-7(4-7), 6-2, (10-7).

The Wolves and Riders both go on the road today for Olympic League matches.

Sequim is at Klahowya (1-3), while Port Angeles at Kingston (2-1).

Sequim 4, Port Angeles 3

Match Report

Singles

No. 1: Karen Chan (Seq) def. Audrey Little (PA) 6-1, 6-2.

No. 2: Stephanie LaCour (Seq) def. Maddy Woods (PA) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1.

No. 3: Tea Gauthun (Seq) def. Claire Fritschler (PA) 7-5, 6-4.

Doubles

No. 1: Hannah D’Amico/Katey Wake (Seq) def. Patricia Polo/Emily Traughber (PA) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

No. 2: Maria Soule/Karina Paup-Byrnes (PA) def. Izzy Hugonoit/Kaylee Cassal (Seq) 6-7(4-7), 6-2, (10-7).

No. 3: Hailey Horton/Lum Fu (PA) def. Andrea Albaugh/Melissa Copeland (Seq) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

No. 4: Aeverie Politika/Summer Olsen (PA) def. Amanda He/Ashley Rosales (Seq) 6-2, 6-1.

BASEBALL

Sequim 7,Rochester 3

ROCHESTER — The Wolves came from behind twice to beat the Warriors 7-3 in nonleague action.

Sequim plated five runs in the sixth inning of Monday’s game to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 7-3 advantage.

With one out in the sixth, Justin Porter singled, Johnnie Young walked and Nick Faunce reached on an error to load the bases for Sequim.

Gavin Velarde brought in Porter and Young with a single to give the Wolves a 4-3 lead.

Then Evan Hurn drew one of his three walks to load the bases again.

Daniel Harker’s two-out single scored Faunce and Velarde and advanced Hurn to third base. Hurn then stole home to wrap up the scoring.

The Warriors (0-7) opened the scoring with a pair of runs off Faunce in the bottom of the first.

Sequim tied the score two innings later when Nigel Christian doubled in Austin Hilliard, and Jonathan Serrano singled home Christian.

Rochester regained the lead with a run in the bottom of the fifth, but it was short-lived because the Wolves answered with that big sixth inning.

Harker finished with two hits and two RBIs, while Velarde had a hit and drove in two runs.

Sequim batters struck out 13 times.

Faunce earned the win by striking out six, walking two and allowing six hits and three runs in five innings.

The Wolves (1-0, 5-1) continue Olympic League 2A play on the road against Olympic (0-0, 1-1) on Thursday.

Sequim 7, Rochester 3

Sequim 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 ­— 7 9 5

Rochester 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 — 3 8 2

WP- Faunce; LP- Rogers

Pitching Statistics

Sequim: Faunce 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K; Miller 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 K.

Rochester: Rogers 7 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 13 K.

Hitting Statistics

Sequim: Harker 2-4, 2 RBI, SB; Serrano 2-4, RBI; Porter 2-4, R; Velarde 1-4, R, 2 RBI, SB; Christian 1-4, 2B, R, RBI; Hilliard 1-4, R; Hurn 0-1, 3 BB, R, SB.

Rochester: Wordham 2-4, 2B, RBI; Haves 1-4, 2B.

Quilcene 18, Crosspoint 7, 5 innings

BREMERTON — The Rangers opened their SeaTac League slate with a mercy-rule victory over the Warriors.

Eli Harrison had four hits, three runs, three RBIs and four steals for Quilcene in Monday’s victory.

A.J. Prater added three doubles, three runs and three RBIs, and Eli Mahon homered, drove in three runs and scored twice.

Harrison also started for the Rangers and fanned six batters while allowing one hit and one run in two innings.

Quilcene (1-0, 4-1) plays at Oakville on Friday before resuming league play next Monday at home against Seattle Lutheran (0-0, 0-5).

Quilcene 18, Crosspoint 7, 5 innings

Pitching Statistics

Quilcene: Harrison 2 IP, H, 2 BB, 1 R, 6 K; Burnston 2 1/3 IP, 0 H, BB, 3 HBP, 4 R, K; Bruner 2/3 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 R.

Hitting Statistics

Quilcene: Harrison 4-5, 2B, 3 R, 3 RBI; Prater 3-5, 3 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI; Mahon 3-4, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI, SB; Weller 3-5, 2B, R, RBI, SB; Bruner 2-5, 2 R, RBI, 2 SB; Reynolds 2-3, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 SB; Soderberg 1-2, 2 R, RBI, 2 SB; Johnston 1-4, R, 2 SB; Smith 1-2, BB, 2 R, RBI.

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Compiled using team reports.

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