TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 29 Washburn women's tennis (9-5, 3-1) bounced back after losing one conference match to take down No. 25 Missouri Western State (10-4, 3-2) 5-2 at home. The Ichabods will host Emporia State tomorrow at 1 p.m., senior day presentations will take place at 11:30 a.m.
Washburn got a sweep in doubles play starting on the first court with No. 18 Sonia Smagina and Maja Jung winning a 6-1 match. Casie Curry and Marta Torres clinched the match's first point from No. 3 with a 6-3 win. Isabella Martensson and Issabella Pensavalle won 6-4 at No. 2 to complete the doubles sweep.
No. 2 Smagina started singles action with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over No. 67 Isabella MacGibbon at No. 1. Jung, ranked No. 24, followed with a two-set win of her own at No. 2, 6-4, 6-3.
All four other singles matches went more than two sets, beginning with Curry at No. 4. She lost the first set 6-3 but rallied to win 6-2 in each of the next two sets to clinch the match for the Ichabods.
Martensson also lost her first set, 7-5, but came back to win 6-3, 7-6(4) at No. 4. Pensavalle lost a first set tiebreaker from No. 6, 7-6(2), came back to win the second set 6-4 but lost the super tiebreaker 10-6. At No. 3 Torres won a long first set 7-6(11) but fell in the final two sets 6-1, 6-3 to close the match.
Doubles competition:
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Smagina, Sonia/Jung, Maja (WU) def. Chavez, Anya/Donnelly, Nicole (MWSU) 6-1
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Pensavalle, Issabella/Martensson, Isabella (WU) def. Peralta Criado, Anais/MacGibbon, Isabella (MWSU) 6-4
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Curry, Casie/Torres, Marta (WU) def. Casas Blas, Lucia/Curci, Ariella (MWSU) 6-3
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles competition:
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Smagina, Sonia (WU) def. MacGibbon, Isabella (WMSU) 6-3, 6-1
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Jung, Maja (WU) def. Chavez, Anya (MWSU) 6-4, 6-3
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Granero Boj, Cristina (MWSU) def. Torres, Marta (WU) 6(11)-7, 6-1, 6-3
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Martensson, Isabella (WU) def. Peralta Criado, Anais (MWSU) 6-7, 6-3, 7-6(4)
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Curry, Casie (WU) def. Casas Blas, Lucia (MWSU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
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Donnelly, Nicole (MWSU) def. Pensavalle, Issabella (WU) 7-6(2), 4-6, 10-6
Order of finish: 1, 2, 5, 4, 6, 3