TOPEKA, Kan. -- After three straight matches at home No. 32 Washburn men's tennis hits the road for a Sunday contest against Southeastern Oklahoma State in Edmond, Okla. beginning at 2 p.m. 
 

Ichabod Breakdown

• Washburn begins a two-match stretch in Oklahoma with a Sunday showdown against Southeastern Oklahoma state in Edmond on April 2 at 2 p.m. 
• The Ichabods are 10-5, 2-1 on the season after a 7-0 win over Emporia State last Tursday. 
• The Storm enter the match with a 9-6 record. 
• The Ichabods are 5-3 all-time against Southeastern Oklahoma State, winning the last three contests. 
• Washburn is ranked 32nd nationally in the latest ITA Coaches Poll. 
• The Ichabods were picked to finish second in the MIAA/GAC Preseason Coaches Poll 
• Washburn 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 enters the match at 10-5 with a 2-1 record in conference play
• The Ichabods are 3-3 in road matches this season
• Washburn is ranked No. 32 in the latest ITA Rankings, it is the second consecutive week they have moved up the rankings
• In singles, Tim Hammes is also ranked No. 32
• Sebastian Pjontek is slotted in at No. 47 after being unranked last week, he has won his last four singles matches
• Santiago Rendon leads the Ichabods with a 15-7 singles record, he has gone 3-0 from No. 2 but has played and won the last two matches at No. 4, winning both
• Daniel Bird is 14-5 in singles and has gone 11-3 in duals, at No. 4 he hs gone 6-2
• Hammes has an 8-6 mark at No. 1 singles
• Washburn has won 55.4% of its singles matches going 72-58
• Rendon and Hammes are ranked No. 12 nationally in doubles
• Miquel Perez and Pjontek are slotted at No. 18 in the nation
• Hammes and Pjontek are ranked No. 32 together 
• Rendon and Hammes have a 11-2 record in doubles together going 8-2 from No. 2
• Bird and Yoshinobu Nakatsuji have gone 9-3 together with a 3-0 record at No. 2
• Perez and Pjontek are 3-1 together against nationally ranked opponents
• Hammes leads all Ichabods with a 17-5 doubles record, he has gone 12-2 in duals
• As a team the Ichabods have won 63.6% of doubles matches, going 42-24 on the year

Last time on the court

• Washburn won a 7-0 sweep over Empoira State, the Ichabods third 7-0 sweep of the season
• Washburn won all three doubles matches by scores of 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
• Sebastian Pjontek, Miquel Perez, Tim Hammes, Santiago Rendon, and Daniel Bird all went 2-0 on the day with doubles wins 
• Yoshinobu Nakatsuji won at No. 3 doubles with Bird
• Daniel Harkin won his No. 6 singles match 6-1, 6-2

Milestone markers

• Tim Hammes is one singles victory away from 30 in his career
• Miquel Perez and Sebastian Pjontek are both 6 doubles wins away from 40 in their careers.
• Santiago Rendon needs one more doubles victory for 25 in his career
• 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 81-36 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

The assistants

• Volunteer assistant Kurt Reid and graduate assistant Raul-Alin Dicu 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.
• Dicu joins the Ichabods after a five-year standout career for Washburn from 2017-22
• He finished his career with a 56-45 singles record and 53-41 doubles mark and is in the top-20 in singles and doubles wins in program history

Opponent Quick Scout
Match #16 - at Southeastern Oklahoma State

Scouting the Storm

• Southeastern Oklahoma State is 9-6 so far in the 2022-23 season
• The Storm are coming off a 6-1 loss to Arkansas-Fort Smith on March  28 in Fort Smith, Ark. 
• SEOSU is 2-3 this season at home
• Last season the Storm went 12-10 overall
• Stipan Madzar is ranked No. 67 nationally in singles with a 10-10 record
• Madzar and Thabo Ncube are slotted at No. 47 nationally in doubles  

 Southeastern Staff

• Southeastern Oklahoma State is led by Brian Nelson in his fourth season in charge of the men's and women's programs for the Storm
• Prior to joining SEOSU Nelson was the head coach at Wisconsin-Green Bay
• He also spent 11 season at Seminole State College 
• He is a USPTA certified recreational coach and has served as the president of the NJCAA Men's Tennis Coaches Association since 2015
• Student assistant Brady Matthews rounds out the staff

History with Southeastern Oklahoma

• Washburn and Southeastern Oklahoma State have faced off eight times in program history with the Ichabods holding a 5-3 advantage in the all-time series. 
• Washburn has won the last three matches between the two teams, including a 4-3 win in Wichita Falls, Texas on March 4, 2022 last season. 
• The Ichabods are 2-0 all-time on the road against the Storm
• The first match between the two teams came on March 4, 2002 and was a 5-0 win for Southeastern Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. 

Schedule spring forward

• Sunday's match against Southeastern Oklahoma State is the first of two straight for the Ichabods in the Sooner State before returning to Topeka.
• Wasburn's final home match will be on April 11 against Newman. 
• 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
• NCAA Regionals are scheduled to begin May 6