First serve . . .
• The Washburn Ichabod women's tennis team will step out of MIAA play for a pair of matches as they will travel to Illinois-Springfield on April 1 and then return to the Washburn Tennis Complex to face McPherson on April 3.
• Washburn enters the match with a 5-6 record.
• It will be the first meeting with the Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars who enter the match with a 6-8 overall record.
• McPherson is 3-3 and the Ichabods lead the series 6-1 and have won the last five meetings.
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Jennifer Krause leads the team with eight singles wins while
Gwen Shepler has seven and
Jodie Blackim,
Whitney Holloman and
Holly Johnston all have six.
• The Ichabods have used 13 different doubles combinations this season.
• The team of
Ally Burr and
Jodie Blackim have a team-high 10 wins going 7-3 at No. 1 doubles in dual matches.
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Ally Burr's 11 doubles wins are the most by an Ichabod this season.
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MaKenna Gonzales and
Laura Shkembi are 7-2 at No. 3 doubles in dual matches.
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Jodie Blackim's 66 career doubles wins is tied for ninth all-time at Washburn and with eight more this season she can move into the top five all-time.
• Statistically speaking, the Ichabods are a combined 55-63 (.466) in singles play and
36-23 (.610) in doubles action.
Coaching . . .
Former Ichabod tennis player
Lance Lysaught is in his second season as the Ichabod women's head coach. He is 20-37 as a women's collegiate head coach in his fourth season and 9-20 at Washburn.
Up next . . .
The Ichabods will have home matches with Nebraska-Kearney on April 5, at Missouri Western on April 7 and back at home on April 9 against Fort Hays State.
