Note: As spring sports have been canceled this semester, the athletic communication office will be adding a weekly Washburn Wednesday to the website. Today's edition will be the Washburn men's tennis, women's tennis and golf teams and when they all three squads reached the 2004 NCAA Spring Festival. It was the first time that NCAA Division II had had hosted Olympic-style events in which a number of national championships are held at a single site over several days. The 2004 event was host in Orlando, Fla.
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| Caitlin Day, head coach Jennifer Hastert, Lindsay Sullivan, Erin Underwood, Kris Castillo, Holly Munro, Julie Huyberechts, Sarah Holtz |
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| Head coach Jennifer Hastert, John Johnson, Brett Coleman, Tyler Kinder, Sydney Bwalya, Cole McKinney, Rafael Valdez, Blake Edwards |
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| Paul Resner, Matt Johnston, Chris McGown, Matt Warnock, head coach Doug Hamilton, Garrett Donovan |
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The 2003-04 Lady Blues tennis team has been the only squad to reach the NCAA National Tournament after topping Minnesota Duluth 5-0 in the regional semifinals and Nebraska-Omaha in the regional final 5-1. The squad finished the 2003-04 season with a 22-6 record going 5-1 in the MIAA winning the conference regular season and tournament titles.
The Ichabod men's tennis team was also the first one to reach the NCAA National Tournament going to the round of 16 after defeating St. Cloud State 5-1 and Northwest Missouri 5-4 the following day advancing to Orlando. The 2003-04 team finished the season 18-9 and was second in the MIAA regular season standings.
The Ichabod golf team placed 12
th out of 18 teams at the NCAA National Tournament in DeLand, Fla., at Victoria Hills Golf Club. Matt Warnock led the Ichabods with a 12
th-place finish with a four-round score of 298. Matt Johnston tied for 17
th with a score of 302 while Chris McGown tied for 76
th at 318 and Paul Resner tied for 81
st at 319. Garrett Donovan tied for 93
rd with a score of 325.
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The Ichabods won the MIAA title and the Central Regional title as well with Matt Warnock taking the individual crown as well.
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The appearance was the second at the NCAA National Tournament following their first showing in 2003 where they finished 16
th. Following the 12
th-place finish in 2004, the Ichabods placed 10
th in 2005, a school-best fifth in 2007 followed by a 15
th-place finish in 2008.
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