First Serve … 

The Washburn Ichabods (2-0) look to continue their hot start to the spring season as they travel to Oklahoma City, Okla., this weekend to face the Oklahoma Baptist Lady Bison (0-1). The match is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9, with a start time of 2:30 p.m.

Last Week …

• The Ichabods swept the spring opening weekend last week in Springfield, Mo., as the posted wins over No. 22 Cameron and Drury.
• Washburn didn't allow a single point against 22nd-ranked Cameron (0-2) and won the match, 7-0.
• The Ichabods won the doubles point with wins at the 1 and 3 slot.
• In the singles competition, it was all Washburn as they won each match down the lineup. 
• The Ichabods carried their momentum into the following day for the dual against Drury, which Washburn claimed, 4-3.
• After winning the doubles points, the Ichabods split in singles action and took the match.
• Alexis Czapinski (6-2) won both of her matches at No. 2 singles while Svea Crohn (5-3) claimed both of her duals at the No. 5 slot. 

 Ichabods in the Rankings …

• As a team, the Ichabods are ranked No. 6 in the Central Region.
• Reflecting their finish at the ITA National Cup, Morrissey and Czapinski will begin the season as the third-ranked doubles team in all of Division II.
• Additionally, the duo also holds down the top ranking in the Central Region. 
• Individually, Engelbrecht is ranked fouth in the region and 28th in the nation.
• Czapinski also joins the region's top-10 list at No. 9 in women's singles.
• Washburn was picked fourth in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll.

Scouting the Opposition ...
Oklahoma Baptist Lady Bison

• Oklahoma Baptist finished the 2017-18 season with a record of 15-5 and was a perfect 6-0 in Great American Conference matches. The team reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.
• OBU won the 2018 GAC regular season and tournament championship titles and was tabbed to defend the title in the 2019 preseason coaches poll.
• A fellow Central Region team, the Lady Bison are ranked ninth in the region.
• Jason Proctor is in his first season as the head coach for both the men's and women's teams at OBU.
• The Lady Bison are 0-1 after suffering a 5-2 loss in their opening match of the 2019 season to Metropolitan State University of Denver.
• The Ichabods and Lady Bison have only faced twice, but OBU has won both matches.

'Bods and Ends …

• Logan Morrissey won her 50th career doubles match against Cameron.
• The Washburn men's and women's teams defeated Drury on Feb. 3, the first time both Washburn teams have done so since their first-ever meeting in 1997.
• The victory over Drury snapped a seven match losing streak for the women's team.

Coach Lance Lysaught …

• is in his fifth season as the head coach of the Washburn men's and women's tennis teams.
• has never coached a match against Cameron.
• has coached the Washburn women to a 37-44 overall record and is 16-22 in MIAA matches.
• led the Ichabod men to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinal round in 2018, the first time the program had ever advanced beyond the national round of 16.
• was tabbed to start up the men's and women's tennis programs at Ottawa University in 2012 where he was the head coach for two seasons.
• is a former Washburn student-athlete who played tennis for the Ichabods from 1987-91.
• was a two-time District 10 singles champion and an NAIA national qualifier in both singles and doubles over his tenure as a player.

Lysaught by the numbers after four seasons coaching both Washburn men and women

7: All-American awards

5: ITA Central Region Championship titles

1: ITA Women's singles National Champion

1: MIAA Most Valuable Player

33: All-MIAA selections

3: NCAA National Tournament appearances

51: MIAA Academic Honor Roll selections