TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 21 Washburn women's tennis begins a three game trip down to Florida with a mid-week matchup against Rollins College at 10 a.m. CT in Winter Park on Wednesday. 

Ichabod Breakdown

• Washburn begins a three match swing in Florida with a morning match against Rollins College on Wednesday.
• The Ichabods are 7-2 on the year after wins over Fort Hays State and No. 22 Nebraska-Kearney over the weekend.
• Rollins College is 5-4 coming off a 7-0 win over Eckerd College March 11. 
• Washburn is 0-1 all time against the Tars, with the match coming in 2008.
• The Ichabods are in the midst of a five match winning streak, the longest of the season so far. 
• Washburn is ranked 21st nationally in the latest ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings
• 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.
• The Ichabods return six players from last season's roster and add two transfers and one freshman. 

Washburn who's who

• Sonia Smagina is ranked No. 2 in the latest ITA singles rankings after advancing to the ITA Cup singles championship in the fall. 
• Smagina is joined by Maja Jung and the pair are ranked No. 9 by the country in doubles
• Smagina and Lara Schmid also have a No. 15 ranking together after qualifying for the ITA Cup in the fall. 
• Maja Jung is ranked No. 33 in the ITA singles rankings
• Smagina leads the Ichabods in singles, going 16-1 on the year and 7-0 in duals all at No. 1
• Jung has gone 13-3 in singles including 8-1 in duals and is 5-0 at No. 2
• Marta Torres has gone 6-2 in duals including 3-1 at No. 2
• Isabella Martensson is 6-4 in singles and has gone 5-1 in duals with a 3-0 record at No. 5
• Washburn has won 64.1% of its singles matches this season, going 59-33
• The Ichabods are a combined 23-4 at No. 1-3 in duals
• Smagina leads the Ichabods with a 13-2 record in doubles this season and is 7-0 at No. 1
• Maja Jung is 12-1 in doubles action, going 9-0 in duals and is 8-0 at No. 1
• Smagina and Jung are 6-0 together in doubles, all at No. 1
• Lara Schmid is 9-2 in doubles so far on the year and is 3-0 in duals
• Torres and Casie Curry are each 10-3 in doubles play, Torres has gone 6-2 at No. 2
• Isabella Martensson is 9-2 in doubles and is 3-1 in duals
• Washburn has a 80.4% winning percentage in doubles this season, going 37-9
• In duals that number goes up to 85.2% for doubles

Last time on the court

• Washburn defeated No. 22 Nebraska at Kearney 4-3 on the road to stay unbeaten at 2-0 in conference play. 
• The Ichabods won two out of three in doubles play. No. 9 ranked Sonia Smagina and Maja Jung won 6-3 while Isabella Martensson and Issabella Pensavalle won 6-1.
• Smagina and Jung each went 2-0 on the day both earning singles wins. 
• Maddie Shelley played her first dual of the spring, winning two sets 6-0 at No. 6
• Washburn lost in singles No. 3-5
• The Ichabods won a fifth match in a row.

Milestone markers

• Maja Jung won her 50th career singles match on Friday, she is one doubles win away from 40 doubles victories 
• Marta Torres is six wins away from 50 career doubles wins 
• Isabella Martensson is three doubles wins away from 30 in her career

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 75-29 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 #10 - at Rollins College
 

TALE ON THE TARS

• Rollins College is 4-2 at home on the year
• The Tars have won four of their last five matches 
• Three of Rollins' four losses this year have come to teams ranked in the top-25 nationally
• Three players sit atop Rollins College's singles wins chart this season, all with five
• Georgina Groth is 5-1 on the year with all five coming at No. 1
• Katie Groves and Polina Vlasova are both 5-3, Groves is 4-1 at No. 1
• Against nationally ranked opponents the Tars are 0-5 in singles play
• Rollins has won 55.6% of its singles matches, going 30-24
• Milla Falster leads the Tars with five doubles wins, she has gone 3-1 from No. 3
• Groth is 3-2 on the year all at No. 1
• Groth and Groves are 3-1 together 
• Rollins is 0-2 in doubles against nationally ranked pairs
• The Tars have won 48.1% of their doubles matches, going 13-14

Rollins College Staff

• Beverly Buckley is in her 37th season as head coach of the Tars
• Since taking over the reigns of the women's program in 1986, Buckley has posted a 518-281 dual match record
• She currently ranks 7th on the Division II all-time wins list. Her historic 500th win came at home against Florida Tech on April 2, 2019. The team competed at the Division I level prior to the 1993-94 campaign
• Buckley has been inducted into the Iowa Tennis Hall of Fame (1991), the Rollins Athletics Hall of Fame (1993), the Missouri Valley USTA Section Hall of Fame (1994)
• Assistant coach Tasi Purcell Batista round out the coaching staff

History with THE TARS

• Washburn and Rollins College have played only one time in program history with the Ichabods trailing 0-1
• The Tars won 9-0 over Washburn on March 19, 2008 in Orlando

Schedule spring forward

• Wednesday's match against Saint Leo will be the first of three matches for the Ichabods in Florida.
• Washburn has six remaining MIAA matches on the slate in the spring.
• 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