First serve . . .
• The Washburn Ichabod women's tennis team will wrap up the regular season with home matches against Nebraska-Kearney and Southwest Baptist starting Thursday with the Lopers.
• The Ichabods are 8-10 and 3-5 in the MIAA entering the final regular season of play.
• The Ichabods are in eighth place and the top eight teams qualify for the MIAA Tournament starting April 29 in Springfield, Mo.
• The Lopers are 14-4 overall and 6-2 in the MIAA and ranked fourth in the latest NCAA Central Regional Poll.
• Washburn leads the all-time series with the Lopers 14-3, but the Lopers have won the last three meetings.
• Southwest Baptist is ranked No. 11 in the latest ITA National Poll and second in the latest NCAA Central Regional Poll.
• Washburn leads the all-time series 22-4 with the Bearcats, but have lost the last four matches.
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Gwen Shepler leads the team with 11 singles wins and
Jennifer Krause has 10 …
Jodie Blackim has nine and
Whitney Holloman and
Holly Johnston each have eight.
• The Ichabods have used 13 different doubles combinations this season.
• The team of
Ally Burr and
Jodie Blackim have a team-high 13 wins going 10-7 at No. 1 doubles in dual matches.
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Ally Burr's 14 doubles wins are the most by an Ichabod this season.
Jodie Blackim,
Gwen Shepler and
MaKenna Gonzales each have 13 and
Laura Shkembi has 11.
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MaKenna Gonzales and
Laura Shkembi are 11-4 at No. 3 doubles in dual matches.
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Jodie Blackim's 69 career doubles wins is seventh all-time at Washburn … with five more this season she can move into the top five all-time.
• Statistically speaking, the Ichabods are a combined 74-86 (.463) in singles play and
48-32 (.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 23-41 as a women's collegiate head coach in his fourth season and 12-24 at Washburn.
Up next . . .
The Ichabods will need to finish in the top eight in the final standings to reach the MIAA Tournament.
