Warm ups . . .
The No. 38-ranked Washburn Ichabods will open the MIAA Tournament on Saturday, April 20 as the No. 2 seed and will face the winner of the Southwest Baptist/Emporia State match at 9 a.m. at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Mo. The Ichabods and the top-seeded Northwest Missouri State Bearcats received first round byes. The Ichabods went 12-6 during the regular season and 5-1 in MIAA play with their only loss coming to Northwest Missouri.
Bods and ends . . .
• In addition to being ranked No. 38th in the late ITA rankings, the Ichabods are ranked No. 3 in the Central Region rankings behind Ouachita Baptist and Northwest Missouri. Southwest Baptist is ranked No. 4 and ranked fifth is Southeastern Oklahoma. East Central is ranked No. 6 and Nebraska-Kearney is ranked No. 7. Washburn has a 5-2 win over Southeastern Oklahoma and a 5-4 win over East Central.
• Washburn is 11-3 in regional play this season with losses to Northwest Missouri, Ouachita Baptist (5-4) and Drury (7-2).
• The Ichabods were 4-1 last week and have won their last four matches. The lone loss came at Northwest Missouri 5-2 on April 10. Washburn defeated Truman 7-2, McPherson 5-4, William Jewell 6-3 and No. 38 Southwest Baptist in Springfield on Tuesday 5-4.
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Bobby Florence's 47 career singles wins rank 13th on Washburn's all-time win chart.
• Florence is 18-7 overall in singles matches this season and is just six wins behind the most single-season wins in the programs history of 24 held by Santiago Giraldo who was 24-7 in 1996-97 and Ryan Ward who was 24-11 during the 2009-10 season.
• The Ichabods have used seven different doubles line ups in the 18 matches this season.
• This season as a team the Ichabods are 91-62 in singles matches going 63-41 in the 18 duals while collecting a 41-31 overall record in doubles play with a 30-24 record in dual matches.
• The Ichabods are 26-8 in singles play in conference matches and 11-7 in doubles matches during MIAA play.
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Bobby Florence leads the team with 18 singles wins going 12-4 in dual matches.
• The Ichabods have been strong in singles matches this season with Laucht going 11-3 at No. 3 singles, Fletcher going 11-3 at No. 4 singles, Florence going 11-4 at No. 5 singles and Joost going 11-1 at No. 6 singles.
• In MIAA duals, Laucht is a perfect 6-0 at No. 3 singles while Fletcher is 5-0 at No. 4 singles. Florence has gone 5-1 at No. 5 singles and Joost has a 4-0 record at No. 6 singles.
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Steven Fletcher and
Arek Kozaczuk are 16-9 in doubles action this season going 10-8 in dual matches playing the No. 1 spot.
MIAA Tournament schedule . . .
April 19, 2013 (All Matches on 6 courts)
9:00 a.m. #3 Southwest Baptist vs. #6 Emporia State
#4 Nebraska-Kearney vs. #5 Truman
April 20, 2013 (All Matches on 6 courts)
9:00 a.m. #1 Northwest Missouri vs. UNK/TSU
#2 Washburn vs. SBU/ESU
April 21, 2013 (All Matches on 6 courts)
9:00 a.m. Men's 3rd Place
Men's Finals
Up Next. . .
The top four team in the final regional rankings will continue their seasons at the NCAA Central Regional which will start April 26 at two different sites which will be announced next week.
