EDMOND, Okla. -- The No. 2 seed Ichabods take on the No. 3 seed Griffons in the MIAA Tournament semifinals on April 30 at 10 a.m.

First Serve

• The women's team defeated Emporia State, 4-0, to advance in the tournament
• The Ichabods are 30-2 against Missouri Western, including a 5-2 win over the Griffons on April 12
• Washburn is 4-0 against Missouri Western at neutral site matches. The two teams played each other in the first round 2019 MIAA Tournament. The Ichabods won, 4-0
• 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 Svea Crohn has an overall singles record of 48-34 and a doubles record of 64-18. She is a five-time All-MIAA member and a three-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll member. She received Second Team All-MIAA at No. 3 doubles and honorable mention at No. 3 singles 
• Crohn tied Washburn's single-season doubles winning percentage mark of .895 last season
• Kinsey 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 34-10 overall in singles and 25-10 in doubles. She also earned All-MIAA Second Team 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 an All-MIAA Second Team and Honorable Mention at No. 6 singles
• Isabella Martensson starts her Washburn career 17-7 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 15-6 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 31-10 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 two singles wins away from 50 in her career. She is 9 singles wins from top-15 in school history
• Crohn is 12th in program history in doubles wins with 64 doubles wins. She is three 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 64-18 (.780) 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
• Lynn is three singles wins away from 30. She is also two wins from a career-season high singles wins
• Martensson earned her tenth singles win of the season and her career in the first round of the MIAA Tournament against Emporia State
• Torres is four singles wins away from 30 in her career
• Torres entered Washburn's top-15 in doubles winning percentage with her 31-10 record (.756)

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 semifinals are 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

SECOND ROUND

• Washburn advances to the second round of the MIAA Tournament after beating Emporia State, 4-0
• The Ichabods won the first round and moved onto  the second of the MIAA Tournament for the fifth time in six years
• The team did not accomplish the feat in 2020 due to the season being canceled
• In that span, the Ichabods went winless in the second round of the tournament

PREVIOUS MATCH AGAINST Missouri Western

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

Scouting the Griffons

• The No. 51 Griffons finished the regular season with a 15-4 overall record and 6-2 MIAA record
• The Griffons' conference success led them to be the third seed in the MIAA Tournament. The Griffons defeated Newman, 4-0, to advance in the tournament
• Missouri Western has five players who won 10-plus singles wins and doubles wins. The Griffins also have six players earn All-MIAA honors
• The singles lineup starts with sophomore Anya Chavez, She tallied an 11-7 singles record and a 10-8 doubles record both from the No. 1 spot. Chavez received All-MIAA honorable mention in both positions
• Christian Brothers transfer Esther Guemes excelled in No. 2 singles and doubles for the Griffins. Guemes tallied a 17-1 singles record and a 12-6 doubles record. She is Second Team All-MIAA in singles and honorable mention in doubles
• Junior Claudia Iglesias is Guemes' doubles partner, who also went 12-6 in doubles in addition to her 14-3 singles record. She achieved All-MIAA Second Team at No. 5 singles
• In the middle of the lineup, there is Isabella MacGibbon and Anais Peralta Criado
• MacGibbons compiled a 10-7 singles record and a 10-8 doubles record with Chavez. She earned All-MIAA honorable mention with Chavez at No. 1 doubles
• Criado went 16-2 in singles and 12-2 in doubles with two different partners. She received All-MIAA First Team with Ioanna Lathouri while also earning Second Team at No. 4 singles
• Senior Ioanna Lathouri missed some time this season, but since coming back has gone 4-1 in singles and 7-0 in doubles

Griffons Head Coach Alejandro De la Torre

• Alejandro De la Torre is in his first season as head women's tennis coach at Missouri Western
• De la Torre comes to St. Joseph after two seasons at NCAA DII St. Mary's (TX), where he served as a graduate assistant coach in 2020 and full-time assistant coach in 2021
• During his time there, he helped the women's team to a top-15 ranking and an NCAA Elite Eight appearance while assisting the men in achieving their top-25 ITA ranking as an NCAA South Central Regionals finalist in 2021
• The native of Madrid played collegiate tennis at DII North Greenville (SC), playing in the number one spot for the Crusaders
• De la Torre also serves as a coach for the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Florida and the Rafa Nadal Academy in Spain

 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 No. 4 Central Oklahoma and Northwest Missouri State match in the MIAA Championship on May 1, starting at 10 a.m.