Season Stats

MARYVILLE, Mo. -- The No. 38-ranked Washburn Ichabod tennis season came to an end the NCAA Regionals with a 5-1 loss to No. 22-ranked Northwest Missouri. The Ichabods finished the season with a 13-8 overall record going 5-1 in MIAA play.

The Ichabods trailed 2-1 after doubles play as Pascal Laucht and Thilo Schlenker picked up a win taking the match 9-8 winning the tiebreaker 8-6 over Guiherme Narducci and Alvaro Riveros.

At No. 3 doubles, the duo of Bobby Florence and Chance Joost lost in a tiebreaker 7-4 as the Bearcats took the match 9-8 to Northwests' Dylan Bernatzky and Rafael Bugiga. Washburn's No. 1 team of Arek Kozaczuk and Steven Fletcher fell 8-4 to Lluis Altimires and Sergio DeVilchez.

In singles play, the Bearcats took points at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 singles in straight sets to clinch the match and advance to the Sweet 16 at the national tournament in Surprise, Ariz.

Washburn wraps up the season with a 13-8 record while the Bearcats improved to 21-3.


#22 NW Missouri State 5, #38 Washburn 1
Apr 27, 2013 at Maryville, Mo. (Frank Grube Courts) 

Singles competition

1. De Vilchez,Sergio (NWMSU) vs. Kozaczuk,Arek (WU) unfinished

2. Bugiga,Rafael (NWMSU) def. Schlenker,Thilo (WU) 6-0, 6-1

3. Altimires,Lluis (NWMSU) def. Laucht,Pascal (WU) 6-3, 6-1

4. Riveros,Alvaro (NWMSU) def. Fletcher,Steven (WU) 6-2, 6-1

5. Narducci,Guilherme (NWMSU) vs. Florence,Bobby (WU) unfinished

6. Harris,Jason (NWMSU) vs. Joost,Chance (WU) unfinished

Doubles competition

1. Altimires,Lluis/De Vilchez,Sergio (NWMSU) def. Fletcher,Steven/Kozaczuk,Arek (WU) 8-4

2. Laucht,Pascal/Schlenker,Thilo (WU) def. Narducci,Guilherme/Riveros,Alvaro (NWMSU) 9-8

3. Bernatzky,Dylan/Bugiga,Rafael (NWMSU) def. Florence,Bobby/Joost,Chance (WU) 9-8

Match Notes

Washburn 13-8; National ranking #38; Regional ranking #3

NW Missouri State 21-3; National ranking #22; Regional ranking #2

NCAA Central Regional