EMPORIA, Kan. -- Washburn competes in its last road game of the regular season at Emporia State on Saturday, April 16 at noon.

First Serve

• The women's team stayed undefeated (5-0) in the conference after taking down  Newman, 6-1
• The women's team is tied with Central Oklahoma at the top of the MIAA standings
• The Ichabods have controlled the all-time series with a 35-21 record when facing the Hornets and 15-7 on the road
• Washburn women have won the last five match-ups all by three points or more
• The Ichabod women's tennis team is 12-1 in the conference in the last two seasons

2022 Ichabods

• Junior Svea Crohn has an overall singles record of 45-33 and a doubles record of 60-18. She is a four-time All-MIAA member, three-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll member and received MIAA and ITA Scholar-Athlete honors in 2021
• Crohn tied Washburn's single-season doubles winning percentage mark of .895 last season
• Kinsey Fields has a career singles record of 18-11 and 44-20 doubles record in three seasons. She has earned All-MIAA Honorable Mention at No. 2 doubles, MIAA Academic Honor Roll three times and was an MIAA Scholar-Athlete
• Sydnee Foster in her third year holds a 9-6 singles record and 6-5 in doubles action. She is a two-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll, an ITA Scholar-Athlete and earned the Academic Excellence award
• Maja Jung is 32-8 overall in singles and 25-9 in doubles. She also earned All-MIAA Second Team at No. 5 singles and No. 2 doubles in 2021
• Cadence Lynn is 27-19 in singles and 7-9 in doubles at Washburn. She is a two-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll member and Scholar-Athlete
• Isabella Martensson starts her Washburn career 14-6 in doubles play
• Freshman Issabella Pensavalle comes from Jenks High School, where she placed fourth in the state her freshman year. She is 4-2 in singles and 1-0 in doubles to begin her career
• St. Edward's transfer Lara Schmid is 10-6 in singles play and 12-5 in doubles action as an Ichabod
• Marta Torres has a 24-18 singles record, and a 27-10 doubles record in less than two seasons. She was All-MIAA honorable mention at No. 6 singles and No. 1 doubles last season and was an ITA Scholar-Athlete

Milestone Tracker

• Jung is top 10 on Washburn's all-time career singles winning percentage list (min. 20 wins). She is 32-8 (.800)
• Jung is five doubles wins from 30 in her career
• Crohn is five singles wins away from 50 in her career. She is 12 singles wins from top-15 in school history
• Crohn is tied 15th in program history in doubles wins with 60 doubles wins
• Crohn is in the top-15 for the highest doubles win percentage in school history with a 60-18 (.769) record.
• Fields is six doubles wins away from 50 in her Washburn career. She is two singles wins away from 20
• Torres is three doubles and six singles wins from 30 in her career
• Lynn is three singles wins away from 30. She is also two wins from a career-season high singles wins
• Schmid earned her 10th career singles win at Newman on Thursday

Washburn Notes

CONFERENCE SLATE

• The Ichabods' final six matches are against conference opponents
• The women defeated No. 41 Northwest Missouri, 4-3, and No. 57 Missouri Western, 5-2, and Newman, 6-1, to remain unbeaten in the conference (5-0)
• Washburn plays at Emporia State, then heads home to host Northeastern State and No. 6 Central Oklahoma

DOUBLE 60

• Svea's doubles win at Missouri Western marked her 60th doubles win as an Ichabod
• She became the 15th Washburn women's tennis player to win 60 doubles matches in a career
• Crohn could be the 12th Ichabod with 50 singles wins and 60 doubles wins in a career if she wins five more singles matches

STRONG FINISH

• The Ichabods were once 4-8 back in late March
• Since March 26, Washburn women have won seven of their last eight matches to improve to 11-9
• Three games remaining on the schedule, and two are at home, where the women are 5-2

ON THE ROAD

• The Ichabods finish their regular-season road schedule at Emporia State on Saturday
• Washburn has improved their neutral/road record this season, winning four of five on this road stand
• The Ichabods sit at a 6-7 neutral/road record in 2021-22
• The Ichabods are 4-1 during this road trip, including two ranked wins and three conference wins

Last Match Recap

WICHITA, Kan. – The No. 59 Ichabods surged past another conference opponent with a 6-1 win over Newman. Washburn women are 5-0 against MIAA opponents.

No. 33 Isabella Martensson and Lara Schmid quickly wrapped up their doubles match against Antonia Ramos and Ana Zeikidze with a 6-1 victory at No. 1 doubles. Maja Jung and Kinsey Fields grabbed their first ranked win by defeating No. 49 Isabela Bifano and Dana Issabayeva to secure the doubles point.

Marta Torres and Svea Crohn led their doubles match 5-4 before the match was stopped.

In singles competition, Jung gave up just two set points in her 6-1, 6-1 victory over Bifano at the two spot. Cadence Lynn extended the Ichabods' (11-9) lead when she defeated Amber Hands, 6-1, 6-2 at No. 6 singles. Crohn sealed the game with a dominating 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 3 singles.

Schmid won her seventh straight singles match against Ramos, 6-2, 6-1, all after moving to No. 5 singles. Martensson bested Murali, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 4 singles. 

Newman (12-9) denied the Icahbods the sweep with Issabayeva's victory at the top of the lineup.

Washburn competes in its final road regular-season match at Emporia State on Saturday, April 16, starting at noon.

Doubles Competition

Martensson, Isabella/Schmid, Lara (WU) def. Ramos, Antonia/Zeikidze, Ana (NU) 6-1

Fields, Kinsey/Jung, Maja (WU) def. Bifano, Isabela/Issabayeva, Dana (NU) 6-4

Crohn, Svea/Torres, Marta (WU) vs. Brunet, Marie/Murali, Divya (NU) 5-4 uf

Order of Finish: 1,2

Singles Competition

Issabayeva, Dana (NU) def. Torres, Marta (WU) 6-4, 6-2

Jung, Maja (WU) def. Bifano, Isabela (NU) 6-1, 6-1

Crohn, Svea (WU) def. Zeikidze, Ana (NU) 6-0, 6-0

Martensson (WU) def. Murali, Divya (NU) 6-3, 6-2

Schmid, Lara (WU) def. Ramos, Antonia (NU) 6-2, 6-1

Lynn, Cadence (WU) def. Hands, Amber (NU) 6-1, 6-2

Order of Finish: 2,6,3,5,4,1

Scouting the Hornets

• The Hornets are 6-9 overall and 2-4 in the MIAA. Emporia State is currently on a two-match losing streak. Both were sweep
• The team lost two seniors and a graduate student but returns four players and adds five freshmen
• The Hornets lost graduate student Cyrielle Peyroche. She was the only Hornet to have 10 singles wins, and just one of two with 10 doubles wins
• Silvana Caceres was also a huge loss as she went 8-8 in singles and 9-6 in doubles
• Senior Karen Santiago Sanchez returned after her 9-7 singles and 10-6 in doubles in 2020-21. It has not been the same this year as she is 5-8 in singles and 4-10 in doubles
• The freshmen have made the largest impact for the Hornets in 2021-22
• Micaela McSpadden and Paige Stranghoner are both 5-9 in singles. McSpadden is 5-7 in doubles, and Stranghoner is 6-7 in doubles

Hornets Head Coach Les Stafford

• Les Stafford is in his third season head coaching the Hornets' men's and women's tennis programs
• Stafford compiled a 17-20 women's record since being hired before the 2019 season
• He spent 15 years before becoming the head coach as the head tennis pro at Crestview Country Club in Wichita, Kan.
• Stafford spent 14 seasons as the head coach of the women's program at Wichita State from 1990-2004 and was a four-time conference coach of the year
• He went 178-143 in dual match play with four conference tournament championships and one regular-season title
• Stafford was a four-time NAIA National Tournament qualifier during his career with the Hornets
• He went 20-5 in singles while going 20-6 with Ken Hush in doubles in 1979, as they were the first teammates in District 10 history to qualify for singles at nationals in the same year
• He won the No. 1 singles and No.1 doubles championship at the CSIC Tournament his senior year
• He was the No. 1 ranked singles player in the state of Kansas for seven years and was ranked No. 1 in the state in doubles for 15 years

 Ichabods in the Rankings

• The Ichabods' wins over No. 41 Northwest Missouri State and No. 57 Missouri Western pushed them up seven spots in the ITA National Team Rankings to No 59
• Torres is ranked No. 6 in the Central Region
• Martensson and Schmid climbed five places in the ITA National Doubles Rankings to No. 33 after going 2-0 in doubles last week

Looking Ahead

The Ichabods finish the regular season at home against Northeastern State and No. 6 Central Oklahoma on April 23 and April 24