First serve . . .
• The Washburn Ichabod women's tennis team opens the MIAA Tournament as the No. 8 seed and they will take on No. 10-nationally ranked Northeastern State in the quarterfinals at 9 a.m. on April 29 in Springfield, Mo.
• The Ichabods are 8-12 and 3-7 in the MIAA earning the No. 8 seed.
• Northeastern State is ranked 10th in the nation with a 17-2 record and leads the all-time series with the Ichabods 12-0 … the RiverHawks have won their last 13 matches entering the MIAA postseason.
• Washburn is 20-11 all-time in the MIAA Tournament and have won the conference tournament five times … Washburn's last MIAA tourney title was during the 2011-12 season.
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Gwen Shepler leads the team with 12 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 10-9 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 11-5 at No. 3 doubles in dual matches.
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Jodie Blackim's 69 career doubles wins is seventh all-time at Washburn.
• Statistically speaking, the Ichabods are a combined 76-93 (.450) in singles play and
48-38 (.558) in doubles action.
Coaching . . .
Former Ichabod tennis player
Lance Lysaught is in his second season as the Ichabod women's head coach. He is 23-43 as a women's collegiate head coach in his fourth season and 12-26 at Washburn.
Up next . . .
The winner of the Washburn/NSU match will advance to take on the winner of the Northwest Missouri/Central Oklahoma match on May 1 at noon. The Ichabods will need to win the tournament to reach the NCAA Tournament.
