TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 17 Washburn women's tennis returns from a three-match road swing to take on the Rockhurst Hawks at the Genesis Tennis Center in Topeka at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Ichabod Breakdown

• Washburn returns home for two matches beginning with a Saturday square-off against Rockhurst at the Genesis Tennis Center beginning at 2 p.m.
• The Ichabods are now 4-2 on the year after a 4-2 road regional win over Augustana last Sunday.
• Washburn leads the all-time series against the Hawks 20-12 but suffered a 4-3 loss in the fall the first time the two matched up. 
• 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 three straight 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 13-1 on the year and 4-0 in duals all at No. 1
• Jung has gone 10-3 in singles including 5-1 in duals and is 2-0 at No. 2 
• Marta Torres has gone 4-2 in duals including 3-1 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 62.2% of its singles matches this season, going 46-28
• The Ichabods are a combined 15-3 at No. 1-3 in duals 
• Smagina leads the Ichabods with a 10-2 record in doubles this season and is 4-0 at No. 1
• Lara Schmid is 9-2 in doubles so far on the year and is 3-0 in duals including 2-0 at No. 2
• Maja Jung is 9-1 in doubles action, going 6-0 in duals and is 5-0 at No. 1 
• Torres and Casie Curry are each 8-2 in doubles play, Torres has gone 4-2 at No. 2
• Isabella Martensson is 6-2 in doubles and is 3-1 in duals 
• Casie Curry and Maja Jung have a four match winning streak together in doubles, the longest on the team
• Washburn has a 78.4% winning percentage in doubles this season, going 29-8

Last time on the court

• Washburn won a 4-2 regional road match against Augustana last Sunday
• It was the smallest margin of victory for the Ichabods this season 
• Sonia Smagina and Maja Jung won a 6-2 decision at No. 1 doubles against Senem Ocal and Florentia Hadjigeor, the No. 11 ranked doubles pair in the nation
• Marta Torres and Casie Curry won the clinching doubles match 6-3 at No. 3
• Smagina and Jung both won two-set matches at No. 1 and No. 3 singles respectively
• Isabella Martensson won a come from behind three-set match at No. 5 to clinch the match.

Milestone markers

• Maja Jung is three wins away from 50 career singles victories and four away from 40 career in doubles
• Marta Torres is seven wins away from 40 career singles wins
• Isabella Martensson is one win 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 70-29 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.
• Zeiders joins the Ichabods after a four-year career at Washburn from 2018-22

Opponent Quick Scout
Match #7 - vs Rockhurst
The Rockhurst Round Up

• Rockhurst enters the week 5-1 after a 7-0 road victory over Midland University last Sunday
• The Hawks are 2-1 on the road in 2022-23 and are finishing out a four match road swing against Washburn 
• Rockhurst defeated the Ichabods 4-3 in the fall to open its season
• The Hawks finished 10-10 last season and were eleminated in the first round of the GLVC Tournament 
• Dani Lentisco and Andrea Dabbah lead Rockhurst in singles victories with 6 and are both 6-0 this season
• Lentisco is perfect at No. 4 while Dabbah is unbeaten at No. 5
• Dina Dudic has also not lost this season, going 4-0 at No. 6
• Sofia Valdespino is 5-1 this season at No. 1 singles 
• Dani Lentisco and Martyna Jankowska pace the Hawks with a 5-1 doubles record and are 4-0 at No. 2 
• Sofia Valdespino and Marina Magai are 3-1 at No. 1
• As a team Rockhurst is 30-5 in singles play, winning at an 85.7% clip
• In doubles the Hawks have gone 12-6 as a team, winning 66.7% of matches  

Rockhurst Staff

• Jamie McDonald leads both the men's and women's tennis teams at Rockhurst after being hired on Jan. 22, 2021.  
• McDonald graduated from Denison University in 2018. He was a three-time All-Conference honoree and team captain in his senior year.
• Both teams qualified for the GLVC tournament in McDonald's first full season at the helm 
• Assistant coach Ryan Moody and manager Chloe Trimpe round out the coaching staff 

History with the Hawks

• Washburn and Rockhurst have played 32 times in program history with the Ichabods leading the all-time series 20-12
• The Ichabods and Hawks played earlier this season, with Rockhurst winning 4-3 over Washburn in Kansas City, Mo.
• It was the first loss of the season for the Ichabods 
• Washburn is 8-9 all-time against Rockhurst in Topeka
• The two programs first played on Sept. 27, 1993 in a 7-2 win for the Ichabods in Topeka
• Before the loss earlier in the season Washburn had won six straight matches over the Hawks

Schedule spring forward

• Saturday's match against Rockhurst will be the first of two straight matches played in the capitol city and a rematch from the fall
• 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