BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — North’s Ella Sanman was in a bit of a predicament Tuesday.

The Vikings’ top golfer entered the ninth and final hole of her team’s match with Gig Harbor with the potential to attain her best score of the season. But an off-drive sent her ball away from Meadowmeer’s par five ninth and onto an adjacent fairway.

The quick-thinking Sanman decided that maybe the No. 9 fairway wasn’t worth going back to, so she tried another — Meadowmeer’s adjacent and parallel hole No. 1 right next door.

“I had a bad drive,” Sanman said, “but then I was able to come right down the fairway on No. 1. I chipped on (the green) and putted and made it for a birdie.”

Impromptu decisions like Sanman’s led the Vikings to their first-ever victory over the Tides, a team that’s lost only one other time since Gig Harbor coach Dave Fiorino started with the team six years ago.

“Their team played extremely well,” Fiorino said. “It really surprised me. They’ve got some real talent here.”

For Vikings coach Brian Bignold, the win was the biggest hurdle for NK he wanted to clear during the season.

“It was really my number one goal I wanted to accomplish,” Bignold said. “I put out the goal of 130 (points) and that was my expectation. And they met it.”

The previous year, North had fallen to the Tides by 127-97 margin, with many of the Vikings in awe of Gig’s ability to rack up points.

“I just remember their one and two (players) were in the 30s and we thought, ‘Oh my gosh, they’re pros,’” Sanman commented.

This year, it was finally NK’s turn to take down the Tides, winning 131 to 114, with Sanman scoring 34 points and teammate Miquela Pendleton scoring 32.

“Everything’s starting to come together,” said Pendleton, who improved her point score by five from last week’s win over South Kitsap.

If North Kitsap can beat Central Kitsap next Tuesday at Meadowmeer, it can seal a Narrows Bridge Division Title. The team would then play the Narrows Bay Division’s best and defending state champs Bellarmine in a match for the league title.

“I wish them well against Bellarmine,” coach Fiorino said. “If they play like they did today, they’re going to do extremely well.”

Bignold said he wants to make sure they qualify to play Bellarmine in the first place, but he has a bit of a conflict regarding his schedule.

“My wife is giving birth on Tuesday,” Bignold said. “But I’m going to make the match.”

No problem, said Bignold. Anything to take North all the way.

“I want to make sure we’re not going to stumble,” he said. “I’ll hold their hands all the way to the finish line.”