First serve . . .
•    After opening its 2017 spring season 3-2 on the road the Washburn Ichabod women's tennis team will look to remain spotless at home with a noon meeting with Newman at the Topeka Country Club.
•  The Ichabods have posted two sweeps this season and are off to its second-best start to the season under head coach Lance Lysaught.
•  Washburn is 3-0 at home sites this season.
 
Racking up Rankings . . .
•    Washburn heads into its third season under head coach Lance Lysaught led by sophomore Madeline Hill who holds the No. 1 spot in the ITA Division II singles rankings.
•    Hill leads the team with a 21-2 record in singles.
•    Jacqueline Engelbrecht and Hill have teamed up to post a 17-1 doubles record and are currently ranked 12th nationally.
• To go along with its national rankings, Washburn is tabbed 10th in the central region with Hill leading the way at No. 1 in singles. Engelbrecht and Hill are second in doubles in the region behind Northeastern States' Val Efimenko and Molly Worden.
 
The Opps. . .
•  Washburn will closeout its two-match homestand with a matchup against the Newman Jets who are 3-5 on the season.
•  Newman is currently ranked eighth in the south central region.
• Newman is currently on a one-match win streak after defeating Lewis 7-2. Before heading to Topeka, Kan. the Jets will matchup with Friends University on March 3.
• Newman is led by 12th-year head coach Shella Augspurger.

Tournament success. . .
•  The Ichabods closed out the 2016 calendar year with each player picking up at least one flight victory in tournament play.
•    Three Ichabod netters ended 2016 with a spot in a ITA Central Regional final which was capped off with a singles victory by Madeline Hill.
 
The young and the restless. . .
•    With one senior on both the men and women's tennis teams combined the Ichabods have the youngest roster in the MIAA conference.
 
Coaching . . .
•  Former Ichabod tennis player Lance Lysaught is in his third season at the helm of the Ichabod women's tennis program. He is 27-46 as a women's collegiate head coach in his fifth season and 16-29 at Washburn.
• Washburn added former Washburn men's tennis standout, David Price, as the assistant coach to both the men and women's teams during the offseason.
 
Up next . . .
• Washburn will kick off MIAA action on the road in Missouri against Northwest State March 7 and Missouri Western March 12.