Girls tennis: Wolves rack up five wins before spring break

By Michael Dashiell • April 5, 2023 1:30 am
Sequim gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim High senior Kendall Hastings takes on Port Angeles’ Liberty Lauer on March 29. Hastings won the No. 1 singles match in straight sets (6-1, 6-3) as Sequim swept the Roughriders, 7-0.
Sequim gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim High senior Kendall Hastings takes on Port Angeles’ Liberty Lauer on March 29. Hastings won the No. 1 singles match in straight sets (6-1, 6-3) as Sequim swept the Roughriders, 7-0.

Sequim’s SHS girls tennis squad opened with five wins in eight matches, falling only to Olympic League powerhouses North Kitsap and Bainbridge (twice).

The Wolves opened the season with a 5-2 win at Bremerton on March 15, getting straight set singles victories from No. 2 Payton Smithson and No. 3 Kristine Prorok. The Wolves got a win in No. 1 doubles, with Sydney Hegtvedt and Danielle Herman topping the Knights’ Maisey Monroe and Ana Nunez, 6-0, and 6-1. Also earning wins were Taylor Heting and Kierra Morey at No. 3 doubles and Kendall Day and Sydney Thomas-Harris at No. 4 doubles.

A day later, North Kitsap spoiled Sequim’s home opener with a 6-1 win, with Calleigh Thompson topping Tysa Zetty 6-3, 7-5 in No. 3 singles for SHS’s lone point. Teegan DeVries topped Sequim’s Kendall Hastings 6-4, 6-2 in a match-up of state-caliber players (at last year’s 2A tourney, DeVires placed seventh and Hastings was eighth).

On March 17 in Sequim, 3A Bainbridge swept all but one match in a 6-1 victory with Hastings out-lasting Izzzy Wallin in three sets (6-4, 3-6,6-1) for the lone SHS victory.

Sequim earned its first home win of the season on March 21, a 6-1 decision against North Mason. Hastings, Thompson and Tiffany Lam each earned singles victories, giving up just one point combined in three sets. Hegtvedt and Herman won the closest match, topping Bulldogs Emma Hunt and Ava Oldright 6-4, 7-6 in No. 1 doubles play. Also earning wins were More and Kimberly Heintz in No. 3 doubles and Thomas-Harris and Kendall Day in No. 4 doubles.

On March 27, Sequim earned a close road victory at Olympic, sweeping all doubles matches for a 4-3 victory. The Wolves won a pair of three-set doubles, including Hegvedt and Herman in a 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4 thriller over Trojans Kaylee Cushman and Nya Chride, and Day and Thomas-Harris in a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over Hanna Gerou and Maynella Samonte.

A day later, the Wolves (4-2) picked up its first shutout of the season with a 7-0 sweep against a small Kingston team; the Bucs forfeited four matches. Sequim swept three doubles matches, each in straight sets.

On March 29 against rival Port Angeles, Sequim got dominating play in four matches and clutch, three-set victories in three others for a 7-0 sweep.

Hastings topped PA ace Liberty Lauer 6-1, 6-3, while the Wolves’ Thompson rebounded from a first set loss to top Waverly Mead, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), and Lam earned a three-set win (6-0, 2-6, 6-2) over PA’s Bella Artis. In doubles play, Hegtvedt and Herman out-lasted PA’s top doubles pair of Sarah Hancock and Cindy Liang, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Sequim swept the other doubles matches in straight sets.

In their final match before spring break, Sequim dropped a 5-2 decision at Bainbridge. Hastings won the rematch with Wallin with a 6-0, 6-4 victory. Thompson added a win with a Krystina Walker, 6-1 and 7-6 (7-1), but Bainbridge won at No. 3 singles and swept all four doubles matches.

Sequim (5-3) is back in action April 11 with a home match against Bremerton.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Sydney Hegtvedt returns a shot as she and teammate Dani Herman play a No. 1 doubles match against Port Angeles’ Sarah Hancock and Cindy Liang on March 29. The Sequim duo won in three sets – 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 — as the Wolves swept their rivals at home, 7-0.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Sydney Hegtvedt returns a shot as she and teammate Dani Herman play a No. 1 doubles match against Port Angeles’ Sarah Hancock and Cindy Liang on March 29. The Sequim duo won in three sets – 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 — as the Wolves swept their rivals at home, 7-0.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Sydney Hegtvedt, left, puts away a point as she and teammate Dani Herman take on Port Angeles’ Sarah Hancock and Cindy Liang in a No. 1 doubles match on March 29. The Sequim duo won in three sets – 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 — as the Wolves swept their rivals at home, 7-0.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Sydney Hegtvedt, left, puts away a point as she and teammate Dani Herman take on Port Angeles’ Sarah Hancock and Cindy Liang in a No. 1 doubles match on March 29. The Sequim duo won in three sets – 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 — as the Wolves swept their rivals at home, 7-0.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Amara Gonzalez and Payton Smithson congratulate each other after winning a point in their No. 2 doubles match against Port Angeles’ Kayla Jones and Bridget Weed on March 29. Gonzalez and Smithson won their match, 6-3 and 6-1.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Amara Gonzalez and Payton Smithson congratulate each other after winning a point in their No. 2 doubles match against Port Angeles’ Kayla Jones and Bridget Weed on March 29. Gonzalez and Smithson won their match, 6-3 and 6-1.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Payton Smithson returns a shot in a March 29 match against Port Angeles. She and doubles partner Amara Gonzalez topped Kayla Jones and Bridget Weed, 6-3 and 6-1, and the Wolves won the match, 7-0.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Payton Smithson returns a shot in a March 29 match against Port Angeles. She and doubles partner Amara Gonzalez topped Kayla Jones and Bridget Weed, 6-3 and 6-1, and the Wolves won the match, 7-0.