I had a little anxiety watching the other teams play, but it was out of our hands so we just had to wait,” said Rachel Ager, who plays No. 4 doubles with Avery Edgar.
“It was a little stressful, but we were confident they would win because they were a strong team,” said Adwyn Chowen. Chowen plays No. 1 doubles with Juliet DiGiacomo.
The No. 1 and No. 4 doubles teams that Durango lost to did win their semifinal matches, but the rest of DHS’ team was eliminated when their previous opponents fell in the semis.
Chowen and DiGiacomo started the tournament with a 7-5, 6-4 win against Pueblo West. “It felt really nice,” Chowen said. “Last year (at state) we lost our first one so we both really excited.”
In the quarterfinals they faced the same team from Kent Denver that beat them last year, Meredith Waters and Kendall Adams. “Personally I think we could have played better,” Chowen said. “We played well, they just had really powerful shots.”
Kent beat DHS 6-1, 6-3, but won its semifinal over Mullen 6-0, 6-1, to pull the Demons back in the tournament to face Longmont’s Allison Brause and Stella Rulon.
“They were really fun to play against,” Chowen said. “All of the points lasted a long time and almost all went to deuce. It was one of my favorite matches.”
Longmont won the first set 6-3 and jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the second set before the Demons rallied. Chowen and DiGiacomo cut Longmont’s lead to 5-3 and had game point, but Longmont was able to prevail, 6-3.
“It was exciting from the first to the last point,” said DHS head coach Darren Tarshis.
“We didn’t let the points affect us, we just played our best,” Chowen said.
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