MARYVILLE, Mo. -- Washburn competes in first road conference match at No. 41 Northwest Missouri State on Saturday, April 9.

First Serve

• The women's team defeated Southern Arkansas, 7-0 and lost to No. 36 Harding, 4-3
• The women's team is tied with Central Oklahoma and Missouri Western at the top of the MIAA standings
• The Ichabods are 19-24 when playing the Bearcats. The Ichabods won the last two matchups and six of the last seven matches
• During that stretch, the match was decided by one point in four of the seven
• The women's team defeated the Bearcats twice in a week last year. Once on Senior Day and the other in the first round of the MIAA Tournament
• The Ichabod women's tennis team is 9-1 in the conference in the last two seasons

2022 Ichabods

• Junior Svea Crohn has an overall singles record of 43-32 and a doubles record of 59-17. 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 42-19 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 31-6 overall in singles and 23-8 in doubles. She also earned All-MIAA Second Team at No. 5 singles and No. 2 doubles in 2021
• Cadence Lynn is 25-18 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 11-6 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 7-6 in singles play and 9-5 in doubles action as an Ichabod
• Marta Torres has a 22-17 singles record, and a 26-9 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 tied fifth on Washburn's all-time career singles winning percentage list (min. 20 wins). She is 31-6 (.838)
• Jung earned her 30th singles win against Southern Arkansas
• Crohn is seven singles wins away from 50 in her career. She is 14 singles wins from top-15 in school history
• Crohn is tied 15th in program history in doubles wins. She is a doubles win away from 60 and making her only the 15th Ichabod to reach 60 doubles wins
• Crohn is in the top-15 for the highest doubles win percentage in school history with a 59-17 (.776) record.
• Fields is eight doubles wins away from 50 in her Washburn career. She is two singles wins away from 20
• Torres is four doubles wins from 30 in her career
• Schmid is a doubles win from 10 on the season and in her career. Martensson earned her tenth against Southern Arkansas
• Lynn is five singles wins away from 30 and one way from ten this season

Washburn Notes

CONFERENCE SLATE

• The Ichabods' final six matches are against conference opponents
• It will include three top-75 opponents in No. 41 Northwest Missouri, No. 57 Missouri Western and No. 73 Newman
• Washburn women defeated No. 41 Nebraska-Kearney and Fort Hays on March 26 and 27 to start 2-0 in the conference

CROHN/TORRES DOUBLES DOMINANCE

• Crohn and Torres are 12-2 at No. 3 doubles this season
• They have won 10 straight doubles matches with their last loss on February 27
• Torres has a 13-3 doubles record. Her 13 wins ties a career season high
• Crohn can move into Washburn's top-5 No. 3 doubles win with four wins

BACK ON THE ROAD

• The Ichabods continue their six-match road trip consisting of four conference matches, two neutral games and four ranked opponents
• Washburn has struggled on road/neutral matches. The Ichabods are 2-6 in road/neutral matches
• The Ichabods split their neutral sit matches between Southern Arkansas and No. 48 Harding
• The rest of their road games are conference matchups

Last Match Recap

BOLIVAR, Mo. – The Ichabods' win-streak came to an end with a 4-3 lost to No. 48 Harding on Sunday afternoon.

In doubles competition, Svea Crohn and Marta Torres continued to roll at No. 3 doubles. The duo earned their 10th consecutive win with a dominant 6-1 victory over Emily Carpenter and Allison Jenkins. Washburn (8-9) earned the doubles point when Isabella Martensson and Lara Schmid defeated No. 41 Allison Carpenter and Grace Dodd, 6-4.

Kinsey Fields and Maja Jung were down 6-5 at No. 2 doubles before the match went unfinished.

Harding (13-4) struck first in singles play, topping Martensson, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 4 singles. Jung put the Ichabods back in front in a 6-2, 6-2 victory in the second position. The Bisons tied the match at 2-2 with a couple of straight-set victories. Torres fell 7-5, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, and Crohn lost 7-5, 6-3 at No. 3 singles.

The Ichabods led again when Schmid defeated Lindy Carpenter, 6-3, 6-1, from No. 4 singles. In the deciding match, Cadence Lynn dropped the first set 6-3. She fought hard in the second set to keep the Icahbods alive but lost in a second-set tiebreaker, 7-6 (7-2).

The Ichabods have a conference match at Northwest Missouri State on Saturday, April 9, starting at 1 p.m.

Doubles Competition

1. Martensson,Isabella/Schmid,Lara (WU) def. #41 Allison Carpenter/Grace Dodd (HU) 6-4

2. Romane Britt/Lindy Carpenter (HU) vs. #39 Fields,Kinsey/Jung,Maja (WU) 6-5, unfinished

3. Crohn,Svea/Torres,Marta (WU) def. Emily Carpenter/Allison Jenkins (HU) 6-1

Order of Finish: 3,2

Singles Competition

1. Grace Dodd (HU) def. Torres,Marta (WU) 7-5, 6-2

2. Jung,Maja (WU) def. Lina Romero (HU) 6-2, 6-2

3. Romane Britt (HU) def. Crohn,Svea (WU) 7-5, 6-3

4. Emily Carpenter (HU) def. Martensson,Isabella (WU) 6-3, 6-4

5. Schmid,Lara (WU) def. Lindy Carpenter (HU) 6-3, 6-1

6. Allison Carpenter (HU) def. Lynn, Cadence (WU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)

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

Scouting the Bearcat

• No. 41 Northwest Missouri State matched last season's win total of 12 with a 12-5 record
• Northwest lost freshman standout and second team All-MIAA in No. 6 singles Victoria Caster. She went 12-7 in singles last season
• The Bearcats brought back second team All-MIAA Vera Alenicheva and Julia Aliseda
• Alenchiva is 11-5 at No.1 singles and 12-4 mostly from No. 2 doubles
• Aliseda is 12-7 in singles and 13-5 mostly from No. 3 doubles
• Sophomore Sofia Pignataro is having a breakout year. She already topped last year's singles and doubles record, going 9-6 in singles and 12-5 mostly at No. 3 doubles
• Freshmen Carolina Lima de Oliveira has made an impact from the bottom of the lineup. Oliveira is 10-2 from singles positions four through six and 7-8 at No. 1 doubles
• Oliveira's doubles partner Alexandra Dodashev is 3-2 in singles and freshman Tyffain Pais is 5-2 at No. 2 singles

Bearcat Head Coach Mark Rosewell

• Mark Rosewell is in his 38th season as head men's and women's tennis coach
• Rosewell holds a 1,141-546 (.676) mark while coaching at Northwest Missouri
• He is just the second MIAA coach in any sport to reach 1,000 wins
• He has taken the Bearcats to 26 MIAA Regular Season Championships (12 women, 14 men) 10 MIAA Tournament Championships (9 men, 1 women) and 40 NCAA Tournament appearances (21 men, 19 women)
• Rosewell has coached 136 MIAA champions and 87 first team All-MIAA performers
• He has been named MIAA Coach of the Year 27 times
• Previously coached at alma mater, the University of Central Missouri. Rosewell was 22-27 at UCM in his two seasons
• Compiled Central Missouri's best career winning percentage in the 1970s

 Ichabods in the Rankings

• The Ichabods returned to the ITA National Team Rankings top-75 at No. 66
• Torres is ranked No. 6 in the Central Region
• Fields and Jung fell out of the ITA Doubles Rankings. However, Martensson and Schmid made their first appearance at No. 38

Looking Ahead

The Ichabods compete in another conference match at Missouri Western on Thursday, April 12, starting at 1 p.m.