The Meadows’ girls tennis team had to wait three extra days before it could defend its Class 4A state championship after weather in Reno impacted last week’s state tournament and moved the championship match between the Mustangs and Doral Academy to Las Vegas on Monday.

The wait, which turned into a stressful one into the evening Monday, proved to be worth the wait for The Meadows.

Monday’s eventual meeting between Doral Academy and The Meadows went to a tiebreaker after the tiebreaker round.

After both teams were tied with a 9-9 team score through three rounds of play and split the tiebreaker round matches 3-3, The Meadows won the title on total points scored in the tiebreaker round (34-27) on its home court.

“My heart was beating real fast,” The Meadows coach Averiana Mitchell said. “It was definitely a tough watch toward the end. Just a nail-biting kind of finish going on there.…