South Whidbey tennis team sinks Friday Harbor

Published 4:33 pm Friday, April 4, 2014

South Whidbey swept Friday Harbor in girls tennis Wednesday, winning 5-0 in the non-league match.

The top two doubles matches were close contests. South Whidbey’s Tess Radisch and Bayley Gochanour played together for the first time and recovered from quickly losing the first set 6-1 to Friday Harbor’s Maddy Mainkovic and Ashton Timmons. The Falcon duo went on to win the next two sets 6-0, 6-4, rallying from a 4-1 deficit in the third set.

At second doubles, Falcons Brea Gauger and Alexa Hess beat Wolverines Meggan Anderson and Kendall Calvert 6-3, 6-7 (7-2), 6-1.

Playing up from the junior varsity squad, Falcons Iona Rohan and Clara Martin defeated Wolverines Summer Fox and Sophie Dillery 6-2, 6-2.

The Falcons’ two singles players did not lose a set. Senior Amelia Weeks defeated Friday Harbor’s Sarah Yasmin 6-1, 6-2, and junior Isla Dubendorf defeated Isabel Gabriel 6-0, 6-2.