EDMOND, Okla. -- Washburn enters the MIAA Tournament as the second seed with a 7-1 conference record. The Ichabods play the seventh seed in Emporia State on April 29, at 10 a.m.

First Serve

• The women's team, for a chance for the MIAA regular-season title, fell to No. 4 Central Oklahoma, 7-0
• The Ichabods are 36-21 against the Hornets, including a 5-2 win over Emporia State a couple of weeks ago on April 16
• The last time the teams faced at a neutral site was in 2012 in Kansas City, Mo.. the Ichabods won, 5-0
• The Ichabod women's tennis team is 14-2 in the conference in the last two seasons. The two losses are against Central Oklahoma

2022 Ichabods

• Senior Crohn has an overall singles record of 47-34 and a doubles record of 63-18. She is a five-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
• Fields has a career singles record of 19-11 and 44-21 doubles record in three seasons. She has earned All-MIAA Honorable Mention at No. 2 doubles twice, 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 33-10 overall in singles and 25-10 in doubles. She also earned All-MIAA Second Team twice at singles and honorable mention at No. 2 doubles twice
• Cadence Lynn is 27-21 in singles and 7-9 in doubles at Washburn. She is a two-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll member, a Scholar-Athlete, and All-MIAA Second Team and Honorable Mention at No. 6 singles
• Isabella Martensson starts her Washburn career 16-7 in doubles play. She received honorable mention at No. 4 singles and No.1 doubles
• Freshman Issabella Pensavalle comes from Jenks High School, where she placed fourth in the state her freshman year. She is 5-2 in singles and 1-0 in doubles to begin her career
• St. Edward's transfer Lara Schmid is 11-7 in singles play and 14-6 in doubles action as an Ichabod. Schmid achieved First Team All-MIAA at No. 5 singles and Honorable Mention at No. 1 doubles
• Marta Torres has a 26-19 singles record, and a 30-10 doubles record in less than two seasons. She received All-MIAA Second Team at No. 1 singles and No. 3 doubles and is a 2021 ITA Scholar-Athlete

Milestone Tracker

• Crohn is three singles wins away from 50 in her career. She is 10 singles wins from top-15 in school history
• Crohn is 12th in program history in doubles wins with 63 doubles wins. She is four doubles wins away from moving into Washburn's top-10
• Crohn is in the top-15 for the highest doubles win percentage in school history with a 63-18 (.778) record
• Fields is six doubles wins away from 50 in her Washburn career. She is one singles win away from 20
• Jung is five doubles wins from 30 in her career and two away from a career-season high
• Jung earned her 17th singles win of the season against Northeastern State. That tops last year's 16 wins
• Lynn is three singles wins away from 30. She is also two wins from a career-season high singles wins
• Martensson is one singles win away from 10 on the season
• Torres earned her 30th doubles win against No. 58 Nikki Boyar and Blythe Buntrock

Washburn Notes

MIAA TOURNAMENT

• The Ichabods enter the MIAA Women's Tennis Tournament as the second seed after going 7-1 in MIAA play
• Eight MIAA women's tennis teams will appear in the tournament hosted by Central Oklahoma at Edmond Center Courts
• The quarterfinals are set for April 29, at 10 a.m. The winners will advance to the semifinals on April 30, starting at the same time
• The MIAA Championship game is on May 1, starting at 10 a.m.
• The conference winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Central Regional

ALL-MIAA TEAMS

• The Ichabods landed seven players on the ALL-MIAA teams
• Freshman Schmid highlighted the group with a First Team All-MIAA honors at No. 5 singles. Schmid compiled an 11-7 singles record and a 7-0 record at No. 5 singles
• The last freshman to achieve first-team recognition was Svea Crohn, following the 2018-19 season
• Washburn placed Torres, Lynn, and Crohn on the All-MIAA Second Team. Torres earned second-team at No.1 singles and with Crohn at No. 3 doubles
• Jung, Crohn, and Martensson achieved honorable mention in singles. Martensson/Schmid and Jung/Kinsey achieved honorable mention in doubles

PREVIOUS MATCH AGAINST Emporia State

EMPORIA, Kan. – The No. 59 Ichabods end their road stretch with a 5-2 victory at Emporia State. Washburn went 5-1 during the road stand and stayed unbeaten in the MIAA.

In doubles competition, No. 33 Isabella Martensson and Lara Schmid continued their hot streak against Victoria Mackova and Karen Santiago Sanchez with a 6-3 victory at No. 1 doubles. Svea Crohn and Marta Torres got back to their winning ways, defeating Paige Stranghoner and Andrea Santiago, 7-5.

Maja Jung and Kinsey Fields battled to a tiebreaker but did not finish their match tied, 6-6.

Martensson limited Santiago in a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles. In the third position, Crohn also won in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, over Stranghoner. Washburn clinched its sixth conference win when Torres topped Micaela McSpadden, 6-3, 7-6(2).

Cadence Lynn and Issabella Pensavalle took their matches to a third-set super tiebreaker. Pensavalle grabbed the win over Kelsie Burr, 6-2, 2-6, 1-0(10-5) at the bottom of the lineup. Unfortunately, Lynn's match went the other way, with her losing a tight contest to Mackova, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(10-8).

Emporia State (6-10) earned the final two match points against Lynn and Jung at No. 5 and No. 2 singles.

The Ichabods return home for the final two matches of the regular season. Washburn hosts Northeastern State on Saturday, April 23, at 2 p.m. for senior day.

Doubles Competition

1. #33 Martensson,Isabella/Schmid,Lara (WU) def. Mackova, Victoria/SantiagoSanchez,K (ESU) 6-3

2. Burr, Kelsie/McSpadden, Micaela (ESU) vs. Fields,Kinsey/Jung,Maja (WU) 6-6, unfinished

3. Crohn,Svea/Torres,Marta (WU) def. Stranghoner, Paige/Santiago, Andrea (ESU) 7-5

Order of Finish: 1,3

Singles Competition

1. Torres,Marta (WU) def. McSpadden, Micaela (ESU) 6-3, 7-6

2. SantiagoSanchez,K (ESU) def. Jung,Maja (WU) 7-5, 7-6 (7-4)

3. Crohn,Svea (WU) def. Stranghoner, Paige (ESU) 6-1, 6-1

4. Martensson,Isabella (WU) def. Santiago, Andrea (ESU) 6-2, 6-2

5. Mackova, Victoria (ESU) def. Lynn, Cadence (WU) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)

6. Pensavalle,Issabella (WU) def. Burr, Kelsie (ESU) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-5)

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

Scouting the Hornets

• Emporia State ended the regular season with a 7-12 overall record and a 2-6 MIAA record. The Hornets will appear in the MIAA Tournament as the seventh seed
• Senior Karen Santiago Sanchez led the Hornets in singles wins and tied for the most doubles wins. Sanchez went 8-10 in singles and went 5-3 in the conference. She also compiled a 7-12 doubles record
• Senior Viktoria Mackova went 7-7 in singles and 6-12 in doubles
• Freshmen Andrea Santiago and Paige Stranghoner showed promise as they both compiled seven singles wins
• Stranghoner also contributed in doubles with seven doubles wins
• Another freshman Micaela McSpadden was fifth in singles wins with 6 and tallied six doubles wins

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 an 18-23 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 dropped to No.54 in the latest ITA Team Rankings after going 1-1 on the week
• Torres is ranked No. 6 in the Central Region
• Martensson and Schmid moved up again to No. 24 in the ITA Doubles Rankings
• The Ichabods sit fourth in the NCAA Central Region Rankings

Looking Ahead

The winner will advance to play the winner of Missouri Western and Newman's match on April 30, starting at 10 a.m.