Weekly Notes | MIAA Tournament Bracket

 Warm ups . . . 
•    The Washburn Ichabod women's tennis will wrap up the regular season on April 23 when they will play host to Northwest Missouri at 3 p.m. on the Washburn Tennis Courts.
•    The match will be the final one in Topeka for the Ichabods' lone senior Sophie O'Neill.
•    After the match with the Bearcats, the Ichabods will be the No. 8 seed in the MIAA Tournament and will take on the top-seeded squad of Northeastern State at 11 a.m. on April 25 in the first round of the MIAA Postseason Tournament in Springfield, Mo., at the Cooper Tennis Center.
•    The Ichabods have to win the MIAA Tournament to have any chance of advancing to the NCAA Tournament.

 Drop shots . . . 
•     The Ichabods are looking to make the NCAA Regional tournament for first time since the 2010 season and their 15th time overall.
•     The Ichabod netters are 66-95 overall in singles play while going 37-43 in doubles action.
•     Casyn Buchman leads the team with 19 singles wins this year going 19-7 with an 11-5 mark in dual matches.
•    Buchman has also picked up 22 doubles wins going 22-5 overall. Jodie Blackim also has 22 doubles wins going 22-8 overall. Together, the duo of Buchman and Blackim have gone 20-4 overall with a 10-3 mark in dual matches and a 10-1 record in tournament play. They are 5-1 in conference matches together.
•    The 22 doubles wins are tied for ninth on the Washburn all-time single season chart.
•     The Ichabods have used 14 different doubles combinations this year.

 Up next . . . 
The Ichabods have to win the MIAA Tournament to have any chance of advancing to the NCAA Tournament.