TOPEKA, Kan. -- Washburn men's tennis finishes its spring road trip across Florida with two more ranked matches, first against No. 21 Flagler College on Sunday before taking on No. 20 Florida Southern on Monday.

Ichabod Breakdown

• Washburn will finish its trip to Florida with a Sunday match against No. 21 Flagler College and a Monday matinee against No. 20 Florida Southern.
• The Ichabods are 7-3 on the year after a 7-0 loss to No. 12 Rollins College.
• Flagler College is 8-4 entering the match while Florida Southern is 12-3 going into the weekend. 
• Washburn is 1-0 all-time against the Saints and 0-2 against the Moccasins. 
• The Ichabods fell out of the latest ITA rankings after being ranked No. 44 the week prior.
• Washburn was picked to finish second in the MIAA/GAC Preseason Coaches Poll 
• The Ichabods went 17-6 in 2021-22 and earned a second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament. 
• The Ichabods return eight players from last seasons roster and add one transfer and one freshman. 

Washburn who's who

• Washburn is 7-3 on the season and has lost its last two matches to ranked opponents
• The Ichabods have a 2-2 record in true road contests
• In the latest ITA rankings Tim Hammes was ranked No. 58 in the nation
• Sebastian Pjontek rejoined the rankings, landing at No. 70
• In doubles Hammes is joined by Pjontek and the duo are ranked No. 30
• Hammes and Santiago Rendon recieved a No. 34 ranking 
• Daniel Harkin and Yoshinobu Nakatsuji are the No. 37 ranked pairing 
• Santiago Rendon leads the Ichabods with 12 singles victories going 12-5 on the year and has won five of his last six matches.
• Bird has a 10-4 record in singles play, is 7-2 in duals. He has gone 2-0 at No. 3.
• Hammes is 6-3 from the No. 1 spot in singles
• Daniel Harkin has won three of his last four matches with a 3-1 record in duals
• The Ichabods have won 55.5% of their singles matches going 55-45
• Hammes leads Washburn with 13 doubles wins, going 8-1 in duals and 4-1 at No. 2
• Bird has a 10-4 doubles record this season and is 7-2 in duals. Him and Yoshinobu Nakatsuji 5-2 together.
• Overalla Pjontek is 7-5 in doubles and has gone 2-2 from No. 1 
• Moritz Pieper is 6-4 in doubles action, going 3-2 in duals 
• Washburn has gone 9-1 this season at No. 2 doubles
• The Ichabods have won 59.6% of doubles matches this season with a 31-21 record
• In duals Washburn's doubles winning percentage is 67.9%

Last time on the court

• Washburn lost to No. 1 Saint Leo University 6-1 on Wednesday and lost to No. 12 Rollins College on Thursday
• The Ichabods won one of three doubles matches in both contests
• Sebastian Pjontek and Miquel Perez defeated the No. 15 ranked doubles pair against the Lions
• Santiago Rendon won a third set super tiebreaker at No. 3 against Saint Leo
• Rendon and Tim Hammes won at No. 2 doubles against the Tars, the only victory for Washburn in the match.

Milestone markers

• Tim Hammes is three singles victories away from 30 in his career
• Miquel Perez is one singles wins away from 30 in his career
• Daniel Bird is three wins away from 30 career doubles victories
• Noah Neideck needs one more singles victory to reach 10 career 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 76-31 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
• Volunteer assistant Kurt Reid and graduate assistant Raul-Alin Dicu round out the men's coaching staff

Schedule spring forward

• Washburn's matches against Flagler and Florida Southern will complete a four match road swing and set up a four match homestand.
• Washburn has three remaining MIAA matches on the slate in the spring.
• The final home game of the season is March 31 against Newman which will be senior day.
• 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 Men's MIAA Tournament will take place from April 19-21

Opponent Quick Scout
Match #11 - at No. 21 Flagler College

Scouting the Saints

• Flagler College is ranked No. 21 in the latest ITA national rankings
• The Saint are 8-4 on the season after a 5-2 win over Jefferson on Friday
• Flagler is 6-1 when playing at the Flager Tennis Center
• Nikita Tatyanin is ranked No. 27 in the latest ITA singles rankings
• Jacopo Denitto leads the Saints with an 18-5 singles record, going 7-3 from No. 2
• Philipp Lemken is 17-5 on the year and has played in five different positions
• Tatyanin is 16-5 and has gone 8-3 from No .1
• Flagler has won 69.6% of its singles matches going 112-49
• Jagger Ong-Patzwald and Tatyanin are ranked No. 41 in ITA doubles
• Lemken and Pavlos Parson are 11-4 in doubles play together, going 6-2 in duals
• Fernando Bulnes is 9-4 in doubles across the season
• Ong-Patzwald has ten total wins with multiple different partners
• The Saints have won 60.6% of doubles matches going 40-26

Flagler College Staff

• Jonas Piibor is in his second season leading the Flagler program
• Prior to joining Flagler he was the head coach at Gonzaga from 2018-21
• He served as an associate head coach at Oregon from 2008-18
• In his first season at Flagler, Piibor coached the team to its first NCAA Division II National Championship, advancing all the way to the national semifinals. He was named the Peach Belt Coach of the Year in 2022
• Volunteer assistant Brian Washburn rounds out the staff 

History with the Saints

• Washburn and Flagler College have played each other once in program history with the Ichabods leading 1-0 
• The match was a 6-1 win for Washburn on March 10, 2021 in St. Augustine, Fla.  

Match #12 - at No. 20 Florida Southern

Magnify on the Moccasins

• Florida Southern is ranked No. 20 in the latest ITA national rankings
• The Moccasins are 12-3 overall and 10-3 in home matches
• Florida Southern has win its last nine matches
• Mario Garoz leads the Moccasins with a 14-1 singles record going 13-1 at No. 3
• Inaki Braun Simo is 10-4 in singles going 9-4 at No. 2 
• Chris Fok Kowhas a 9-5 record at No. 1 
• Florida Southern has won 75.3% of its singles matches going 67-22
• Fok Kowhas and Matteo Feggi are ranked No. 6 in the national doubles rankings
• The duo are 14-1 together at No. 1 in duals 
• Garoz and Ryan Rajakar are 9-5 together in doubles play, including going 9-3 from No. 2 
• The Moccasins are 24-6 combined at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles
• Florida Southern has won 68.2% of its doubles matches going 30-14

 Florida Southern Staff

• Florida Southern is led by Rhett Rollyson in his first season wiht the Moccasins
• Having spent the last three years as an assistant tennis coach at the University of South Florida, Rollyson helped lead the Bulls to a conference title in 2019 and runner-up in 202. During each of his years at USF, the Bulls advanced to the NCAA tournament 

History with the Moccasins

• Washburn and Florida Southern College have played twice in program history, with the Moccasins winning both matchups 
• The first matchup was on March 18, 2008 and was a 7-2 win for Florida Southern College 
• The two teams have not played since March 21, 2014, both were played in Flakeland, Fla.