EDMOND, Okla. -- No. 23 Washburn women's tennis lost four of six singles matches to fall 4-3 against No. 30 Central Oklahoma (8-7, 3-2 MIAA) on Friday afternoon. The Ichabods take on No. 43 Northeastern State on the road on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Washburn (10-6, 4-2 MIAA) started the day with wins across the board in doubles. Isabella Martensson and Issabella Pensavalle earned a quick 6-2 win at No. 2. Maja Jung and Sonia Smagina, ranked No. 16 nationally together, won 6-1 at No. 1 over the No. 4 doubles team in the nation Blythe Buntrock and Nikki Boyar to clinch doubles.
Casie Curry and Marta Torres completed the sweep with a 6-1 win of their own at No. 3.
No. 2 Smagina added another point to the Ichabods' tally to lead off singles with a swift 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 1. Martensson lost 6-3, 6-1 at No. 4 giving Central Oklahoma its first point of the match. The Bronchos evened up the match with No. 24 Jung losing 6-2, 7-5 on court two.
Pensavalle lost her opening set 6-2 but rallied and won 6-4 in the second set to force a third. In the deciding set she came up just short, losing 6-4 from the sixth position. Playing from No. 3, Torres won her opening set 6-3. The second set went to a tiebreaker which Torres lost 7-2, leading to a 7-6 loss to decide the match.
Curry split the first two sets of her No. 5 match, both going 6-4 in either direction. In the third set she rallied to win 7-5 for the match's final point.
Doubles competition:
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Jung, Maja/Smagina, Sonia (WU) def. Boyar, Nikki/Buntrock, Blythe (UCO) 6-1
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Martensson, Isabella/Pensavalle, Issabella (WU) def. Zafeiri, Nefeli/Komada, Pete (UCO) 6-2
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Curry, Casie/Torres, Marta (WU) def. Brocks, Tizia/Conway, Taylor (UCO) 6-1
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles competition:
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Smagina, Sonia (WU) def. Buntrock, Blythe (UCO) 6-0, 6-2
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Komada, Pete (UCO) def. Jung, Maja (WU) 6-2, 7-5
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Zafeiri, Nefeli (UCO) def. Torres, Marta (WU) 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-2
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Boyar, Nikki (UCO) def. Martensson, Isabella (WU) 6-3, 6-1
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Curry, Casie (WU) def. Brocks, Tizia (UCO) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
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Yurchenko, Karina (UCO) def. Pensavalle, Issabella (WU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 4, 2, 6, 3, 5
