ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Ichabods stay undefeated in conference play with a 5-2 win at No. 57 Missouri Western. Washburn women's tennis moved to 4-0 in the MIAA.
In doubles competition,
Isabella Martensson and
Lara Schmid topped Anya Chavez and Isabella MacGibbon, 6-4, for their sixth straight doubles win. The Griffins (13-4) evened it with a 6-3 win at No. 3 doubles.
The doubles point came down to the No. 2 doubles match.
Maja Jung and
Kinsey Fields' 6-4 victory clinched Washburn's fifth straight doubles point.
Marta Torres bounced back in a strong, 6-3, 6-1 performance over Chavez in the first position. Missouri Western, down 2-0, won in straight sets at No. 4 singles. SveaCrohn pushed the Washburn (10-9) lead back up to two by defeating MacGibbons, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, in the third spot. The Griffons fought back with another straight-set victory at No. 2 singles.
Schmid earned the deciding point against IoannaLathouri with a 6-3, 7-5, victory at No. 5 singles. Schmid extends her singles win streak to six matches. At the bottom of the lineup,
Cadence Lynn won her first set 6-3, then lost the second set 6-4. Since Washburn had secured the victory,
Cadence Lynn played in a third-set super tiebreaker which she narrowly passed Iglesias, Claudia, 11-9, for the win.
The Ichabod women's team heads to Wichita, Kan., to play Newman on Thursday, April 14, starting at 1 p.m.
Doubles Competition
- Martensson, Isabella/Schmid, Lara (WU) def. Chavez, Anya/MacGibbon, Isabella (MWSU) 6-4
- Fields, Kinsey/Jung, Maja (WU) def. Guemes, Esther/Iglesias, Claudia (MWSU) 6-4
- Lathouri, Ioanna/Criado, Anais Peralta (MWSU) def. Crohn, Svea/Torres, Marta (WU) 6-3
Order of Finish: 1,3,2
Singles Competition
- Torres, Marta (WU) def. Chavez, Anya (MWSU) 6-3, 6-1
- Guemes, Esther (MWSU) def. Jung, Maja (WU) 7-6 (5), 7-5
- Crohn, Svea (WU) def. MacGibbon, Isabella (MWSU) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
- Criado, Anais Peralta (MWSU) def. Martensson, Isabella (WU) 6-3, 7-5
- Schmid, Lara (WU) def. Lathouri, Ioanna (MWSU) 6-3, 7-5
- Lynn, Cadence (WU) def. Iglesias, Claudia (MWSU) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (9)
Order of Finish: 1,4,3,2,5,6