TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 24 Washburn women's tennis begins NCAA postseason play Tuesday against No. 27 Augustana at 1 p.m. in Topeka with the winner advancing to the NCAA National Championships in Orlando, Fla. beginning May 11. 

Ichabod Breakdown

• No. 2 Washburn faces No. 3 Augustana in the second round of the NCAA Central Regional Tournament on Tuesday, May 2 at the Washburn Tennis Complex
• The Ichabods qualified for the tournament for the 19th time in program history after winning its seventh MIAA Championship with a 4-3 win over Northeastern State.
• Washburn enters the tournament 16-6, winning its last six matches
• No. 27 nationally ranked Augustana is 21-3 on the year and defeated Southeastern Oklahoma State 4-1 to advance to the second round
• Six Ichabods were named to All-MIAA teams last week and Sonia Smagina was named player of the year overall.
• Washburn is ranked 24th in the latest ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings. 
• The Ichabods were ranked No. 3 in the Central Region rankings released by the NCAA this week.
• 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 finished second in the MIAA regular season. 
• The Ichabods return six players from last season's roster and add two transfers and one freshman. 

Washburn who's who

• Washburn is 16-6 on the season after winning 4-3 over Northeastern State in the MIAA Championship match
• The Ichabods have won six in a row and are 5-1 at home this season 
• The Ichabods are the No. 2 seed in the Central Region 
• Washburn is ranked No. 24 in the latest ITA Rankings
• Sonia Smagina is ranked No. 2 in the nation in singles 
• Maja Jung is ranked No. 27 nationally on the singles side 
• Smagina leads the Ichabods with a 28-2 record in singles, she is 19-1 in duals all at No. 1
• Jung carries a 21-8 record in singles play going 16-6 in duals and 13-5 at No. 2 
• Casie Curry is 15-10 overall with a 13-6 record in duals, she has won her last eight matches
• Marta Torres has gone 15-10 in singles and is 3-0 at No. 4
• Washburn has won 63.6% of its singles matches going 105-60 on the year
• Smagina and Jung are ranked No. 8 nationally in doubles
• Smagina and Lara Schmid are No. 40 but have been limited playing together in the spring due to injury
• Jung and Smagina are 17-2 together, all at No. 1, they are 5-2 against ranked opponents, they have won their last 10 matches
• Curry and Torres have gone 12-4 together, including an 8-1 mark at No. 3 doubles
• Isabella Martensson and Issabella Pensavalle are 11-3 overall and have gone 6-1 at No. 2
• Washburn has won 79% of its doubles matches going 64-17 on the year
• In duals the Ichabods have won 65.1% of singles matches and 80.6% of doubles

Last time on the court

• Washburn won its seventh MIAA Championship with a 4-3 win over No. 50 Northeastern State in Edmond, Okla. 
• The Ichabods got a 6-3 doubles victory from Casie Curry and Marta Torres at No. 3 and clinched doubles after Sonia Smagina and Maja Jung won 6-4 at No. 1
• Smagina, Torres and Curry all went 2-0 on the day with singles victories at No. 1, No. 3 and No. 4 respectively 
• Washburn won its sixth straight match overall to win the crown

Milestone markers

• Casie Curry is one doubles victory away from 20 in her Washburn career
• Maja Jung needs two more victories in singles for 60 total 
• Isabella Martensson is three doubles wins away from 25 career 
• Sonia Smagina is two singles victories away from 30 as an Ichabod
• Issabella Pensavalle is four doubles wins away from 20 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 94-39 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 #23 vs No. 27 Augustana
All about Augustana

• Augustana enters the match 21-3 after winning the NSIC conference tournament
• They are the No. 3 seed in the Central Region
• The Vikings went 3-0 in road matches this season 
• Augustana is ranked No. 27 nationally in the latest ITA Rankings
• Florentia Hadjigeorgiou is ranked No. 31 in singles 
• Gabriela Jancikova leads Augustana with an 19-3 singles record, she is 11-1 at No. 6
• Hadjigeorgiou is 17-3 on the year all at No. 1
• Margarita Chouliara is 16-3 this season and has gone 11-2 at No. 5
• Senem Ocal is 14-4 from the No. 2 position this season
• The Vikings have won 84.3% of singles matches going 98-18 this season
• Hadjigeorgiou and Aleksandra Kistanova are 11-0 together in doubles this season all at No. 1
• Gabriela Jancikova and Laura Arce Vieyra are 11-1 in doubles with a 7-0 mark at No. 2
• Ocal and Emily Granson are 8-3 together overall and 5-1 at No. 3
• As a team Augustana has won 73.4% of its doubles matches going 48-17 overall

Vikings Staff

• Marc Kurtz leads Augustana in his 19th season with the Vikings  
• Kurtz has compiled a 293-54 record on the women's side and a 102-167 on the men's side 
• The Viking women have gone undefeated in each of the past 12 NSIC regular seasons, including 11-straight NSIC Tournament Championships and 12 NSIC regular season championships 
• Jared Hofer and Mitch Barr round out the coaching staff  

History with Augustana

• Washburn leads the all-time series against the Vikings 4-2
• The Ichabods defeated Augustana 4-2 on Feb. 19 earlier this season
• Washburn won the doubles point and got singles victories from Sonia Smagina, Maja Jung and Isabella Martensson
• The two teams played twice last season, splitting the matches 1-1
• The Ichabods defeated Augustana 4-3 in the second round of the NCAA Central Region Championships to advance to the NCAA Championships last season
• The first match between the two was a 7-2 loss for Washburn on April 5, 2014 in Topeka

Schedule spring forward

• With a victory in the first round Washburn would advance to the NCAA National Championships in Orlando, Fla. beginning May 11.