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•    The Washburn women's tennis team is set to make its spring season debut Friday against Drury University.
•  The Ichabods are coming off of their best season under head coach Lance Lysaught after finishing the season 13-9, making a trip to the NCAA Regional Tournament.
•  Washburn trails the all-time series with Drury 3-8, losing the past six matchups.
•     In their meeting last season, Drury defeated Washburn 7-2
The Ichabod women have faced McKendree each of the past two seasons, defeating the Bearcats both times.
Last season's matchup against McKendree saw the Ichabods come away with a 9-0 victory.
 Ichabods Preseason Outlook …                                          
•    In the ITA preseason poll, the Ichabods are ranked No. 9 in the Central Region.
•    Two singles players find themselves in the ITA preseason regional rankings; Alexis Czapinski debuts at No. 12 while Logan Morrissey placed herself at No. 15
•    In regional doubles rankings, the team of Czapinski and Morrissey are ranked No. 5.
•  The pair current sits in second-place in the Washburn record books for single season doubles.
 Successful Fall …
•  The Ichabods had multiple first-place finishes in fall season tournaments, including sweeping each singles bracked at the Wheatstate Fall Classic.
•    Alexis Czapinski also won the singles bracket in the Bearcat Invitational, hosted by Northwest Missouri State.
 Impressive ITA Showings …
•     Czapinski and Morrisey each made the round of 16 in the regional singles tournament, as well as the duo making it to the semifinal round of the doubles tournament.
 New Faces …                                                                     
•    The junior Czapinski will be making her first appearance in duals matches Friday, after completing her first fall season as an Ichabod.
Freshman Alysha Nowacki will be making her debut as an Ichabod, as she joins the team for the spring semester.
The coaching staff will also see an addition, as former Ichabod men's player and MVP Matt Barlow joins the coaching ranks under head coach Lance Lysaught. He will assist both the men's and women's teams.