TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 17 Washburn women's tennis heads north to take on Augustana in the final game of its three match road swing on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 10:00 a.m. 

Ichabod Breakdown 

• Washburn finishes off a three match swing away from home with a road contest against Augustana on Sunday at 10 a.m. 
• The Ichabods are coming off a 5-2 road win over Illinois Springfield last Saturday
• Washburn leads the all-time series against the Vikings 3-2, including a 4-3 win over them in the NCAA Central Region Championships last season 
• The Ichabods return six players from last season's roster and add two transfers and one freshman. 
• Washburn is ranked 17th nationally in the latest ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings
• The Ichabods are looking to win back-to-back matches for the first time this season.
• Washburn is coming off a 16-12 season in 2021-22 and the second appearance in the NCAA National Championships in program history.
• The Ichabods were picked first in the MIAA Preseason Coaches poll.

Washburn who's who

• Sonia Smagina enters the spring ranked No. 2 in the nation in singles after transferring from Kansas
• Smagina is joined by Lara Schmid and the pair are ranked No. 9 by the country in doubles
• Maja Jung is ranked No. 43 in the ITA singles rankings
• Smagina leads the Ichabods in singles, going 12-1 on the year and 3-0 in duals all at No. 1
• Jung has gone 9-3 in singles including 4-1 in duals and is 2-0 at No. 2 
• Marta Torres has gone 4-1 in duals including 3-0 at No. 2, she has also won her last three matches
• Casie Curry has five singles wins this season and is 2-0 from No. 3
• Washburn has won 62.3% of its singles matches this season, going 43-26
• The Ichabods are a combined 13-2 at No. 1-3 in duals 
• Schmid and Smagina each lead the Ichabods with 9-2 records in doubles 
• Schmid is 3-0 in duals at No. 1 and No. 2 while Smagina is also 3-0, all from No. 1 
• Maja Jung is 8-1 in doubles action, going 5-0 in duals and is 4-0 at No. 1 
• Torres and Casie Curry are each 7-2 in doubles play, Torres has gone 4-2 at No. 2
• Isabella Martensson is 5-2 in doubles, all with Torres and is 2-1 at No. 2 
• Casie Curry and Maja Jung have a four match winning streak together in doubles, the longest on the team
• Washburn has a 76.5% winning percentage in doubles this season, going 26-8
• The Ichabods are 5-0 at No. 1 doubles this season

Last time on the court

• Washburn took a 5-2 loss to No. 8 Indianapolis and won 5-2 over Illinois Springfield last Friday and Saturday 
• Sonia Smagina and Maja Jung went 2-0 at No. 1 doubles, including a win over the No. 8 ranked doubles pair nationally 
• Smagina went 2-0 at No. 1 singles, with a win over the No. 18 ranked singles opponent
• Marta Torres knocked off the No. 10 ranked singles player against Illinois Springfield
• Isabella Martensson picked up a singles and doubles win against the Prairie Stars 

Milestone markers

• Maja Jung is four wins away from 50 career singles victories and five away from 40 career in doubles
• Marta Torres is seven wins away from 40 career singles wins
• Isabella Martensson is two wins away from 25 career doubles wins

Head coach Kirby Ronning

• Ronning is in his third year as head coach of the Ichabod men's and women's tennis teams
• He has led both teams to the NCAA tournament in both seasons at the helm
• Ronning has a combined record of 68-29 in his two plus seasons at Washburn
• Prior to joining the Ichabods, Ronning spent four seasons as the assistant coach at Azusa Pacific from 2016-2022
• Ronning played for Bethel University (Minn.) for four seasons and was honored with the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Sportsmanship award two times.

The assistants 

• Volunteer assistant Kurt Reid and graduate assistant Miller Zeiders round out the men's coaching staff
• Reid enters his fourth season as an assistant with the Ichabods.
• He started his collegiate tennis career at Tulsa (1977-78) before transferring to Washburn for the 1978-79 season. He wrapped up his career at Kansas State where he graduated with his bachelor's of science degree in 1981.
• Zeiders joins the Ichabods after a four-year career at Washburn from 2018-22
• He finished his career with a 11-3 singles record and was 9-6 in doubles action

Opponent Quick Scout
Match #6 - at Augustana
All about Augustana

• Augustana enters the week 4-0 after a 4-2 win over Nebraska at Kearney last Sunday
• The Vikings will play against Sioux Falls on Saturday morning before taking on the Ichabods 
• Last season Augustana went 21-2 including 11-0 in the NSIC and 11-1 at home, the only loss coming to Washburn in the second round of the NCAA Central Regional 
• Florentila Hadjigeorgiou, Gabriela Jancikova and Senem Ocal lead the Vikings in singles play, each going 3-0 so far on the year from the No. 1, No. 6 and No. 2 spots respectively 
• As a team Augustana is 17-3 in singles play, an 85% win percentage
• The doubles pairing of Gabriela Jancikova and Aleksandra Kistanova are 3-0 this season at No. 2 
• Florentia Hadjigeorgiou and Senem Ocal are ranked the No. 11 doubles pair nationally
• The Vikings are unbeaten this season at No. 2 doubles and No. 1 singles
• Augustana has won 72.7% of its doubles matches, going 8-3

Vikings Staff 

• Marc Kurtz leads Augustana in his 19th season with the Vikings  
• Kurtz has compiled a 273-51 record on the women's side and a 94-157 on the men's side 
• The Viking women have gone undefeated in each of the past 12 NSIC regular seasons, including 11-straight NSIC Tournament Championships and 12 NSIC regular season championships 
• Jared Hofer and Mitch Barr round out the coaching staff  

History with Augustana

• The two teams played twice last season, splitting the matches 1-1
• The Ichabods defeated Augustana 4-3 in the second round of the NCAA Central Region Championships to advance to the NCAA Championships
• The first match was a 7-2 loss for Washburn on April 5, 2014 in Topeka
• The Ichabods are 1-0 all-time on the road against Augustana

Schedule spring forward

• Sunday's match against Augustana will be the final of a three match road swing for Washburn, they will return home to take on Rockhurst next on Feb. 25
• The Ichabods will travel to Florida in March to play three matches in six days 
• Washburn has eight MIAA matches on the slate in the spring.
• The longest home stretch of the season comes from March 23 to March 31 with five matches in that time  
• The match on March 31 against Newman will be senior day for the Ichabods.  
• Washburn wraps up the regular season with two matches in Arkansas, the final regular season game comes on April 15 against Southern Arkansas University
• The Women's MIAA Tournament will take place from April 21-23