Warm ups . . .
The No. 38-ranked Washburn Ichabod will look to keep its perfect MIAA record as they will take on No. 22 -ranked Northwest Missouri on Wednesday in St. Joseph. The Ichabods (8-5, 3-0 MIAA) are coming off a 7-2 over No. 49-ranked Nebraska-Kearney. Washburn will then face Truman on April 12 in Topeka before stepping away from MIAA play to host McPherson on Saturday.
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.
• The Bearcats are 13-3 this season and 1-0 in MIAA play.
• NWMSU's lone MIAA win came in a 8-1 win over Lindenwood.
• Truman is 4-5 and 1-3 in the MIAA this season.
• The Bulldogs will take on Quincy on Wednesday before taking on the Ichabods on Friday.
• The Bulldogs are ranked No. 10 in the latest Central Region tennis polls.
• McPherson is 17-5 this season and topped Emporia State 7-2 earlier this spring.
• The Ichabods have used seven different doubles line ups in the 13 matches this season.
• This season as a team the Ichabods are 73-52 in singles matches going 45-31 in the 13 duals while collecting a 34-23 overall record in doubles play with a 23-16 record in dual matches.
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Bobby Florence leads the team with 15 singles wins going 9-4 in dual matches which ties
Chance Joost's nine wins for the dual match high. Joost has 13 singles wins overall this season.
• Florence is 8-3 at No. 5 singles this season while Joost is 8-1 at No. 6 singles.
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Steven Fletcher has a 12-7 overall record in singles while going 3-0 in MIAA play and 7-3 at No. 4 singles.
Washburn will wrap up the home regular season schedule against William Jewell on April 15 before finishing the regular season at Southwest Baptist on April 16.
