First serve . . .
• The Washburn Ichabod women's tennis team returns to MIAA play with two matches this week starting on Wednesday with Emporia State at the Washburn Tennis Complex. Washburn will then travel to Lindenwood on Saturday.
• Washburn enters the match with a 4-4 record after going 0-2 in a pair of matches in Florida.
• Washburn leads the all-time series with Emporia State 30-21, but ESU has won the last two.
• The Ichabods and Lion are tied 2-2 in four all-time meetings and Washburn won last season in Topeka 8-1.
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Jennifer Krause leads the team with seven singles wins while
Jodie Blackim,
Ally Burr,
Whitney Holloman,
Holly Johnston,
Gwen Shepler and
Ashlynn Sutton each have five wins.
• The Ichabods have used 13 different doubles combinations this season.
• The team of
Ally Burr and
Jodie Blackim have a team-high eight wins going 5-2 at No. 1 doubles in dual matches.
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Ally Burr's nine doubles wins are the most by an Ichabod this season.
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MaKenna Gonzales and
Laura Shkembi are 4-2 at No. 3 doubles.
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Jodie Blackim's 64 career doubles wins is 10th all-time at Washburn and with five more this season she can move into seventh all-time.
• Statistically speaking, the Ichabods are a combined 49-51 (.490) in singles play and
30-20 (.600) in doubles action.
Coaching . . .
Former Ichabod tennis player
Lance Lysaught is in his second season as the Ichabod women's head coach. He is 19-35 as a women's collegiate head coach in his fourth season and 8-18 at Washburn.
Up next . . .
The Ichabods will return to the court at Northwest Missouri on March 28 and then face Rockhurst on March 30 and Illinois Springfield on April 1. Washburn will then have home matches with McPherson on April 3, Nebraska-Kearney on April 5, at Missouri Western on April 7 and back at home on April 9 against Fort Hays State.
