First serve . . .
•    Washburn women's tennis resumes action on the road when it travels to Missouri Western and Emporia State this week.
•  The Ichabods look to halt a four-match slide adter dropping four of its last five contest.
•  WU leads the all-time series with Missouri Western 24-2 after losing the last meetings 3-6.
•  Washburn leads the all-time series with Emporia State 31-21 after winning the last Turnpike Tussle in a 6-3 decision..
 
Racking up Rankings . . .
•    Washburn heads into its third season under head coach Lance Lysaught led by sophomore Madeline Hill who holds the No. 8 spot in the ITA Division II singles rankings.
•    Hill leads the team with a 30-2 record in singles.
•    Jacqueline Engelbrecht and Hill have teamed up and are ranked 7th nationally.
• To go along with its national rankings, Washburn is tabbed 8th in the central region with Hill leading the way at No. 1 in singles. Engelbrecht and Hill are first in doubles in the region.
 
The Opps. . .
•  Missouri Western is currently 4-13 on the season and 0-5 in conference play.
• The Griffons are led by Joanna Roman Abreu who boast an overall record of 8-4 with time spent at No. 2,3,4, and 5 singles.
•  Emporia State heads into the with a 6-6 record including a 3-4 record in MIAA play.
• Kaley Clark and Tawni Griffey leads the Hornets with identical 15-8 records in singles.

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.
record watch. . .
• Madeline Hill smashed the single-season win record in singles with her win over No. 30 Molly Worden of Northeastern State.
• The sophomore now boast a school record 30 wins with only a pair of losses.
 
Coaching . . .
•  Former Ichabod tennis player Lance Lysaught is in his third season at the helm of the Ichabod women's tennis program. He is 31-51 as a women's collegiate head coach in his fifth season and 20-34 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 close out the 2016-17 regular season with a senior day match against Bake University followed by the season finale at Rokhurst.