SAINT LEO, Fla. -- No. 5 Washburn took an early lead over No. 4 Saint Leo but were unable to control it throughout singles play, falling 4-3 in the final leg of its trip to Florida. The Ichabods are in action next on March 8 against Cameron University in Wichita Falls, Texas.
The Lions (6-2) took an early advantage in doubles with No. 8 Maja Jung and Lara Schmid falling 6-1 from No. 1. Peyton Koper and Isabella Martensson evened doubles up winning 6-4 from No. 2. After trailing early Maddie Shelley and Renske Ubachs rallied to take the doubles point for Washburn (6-1) with a 6-4 win on court three.
The Ichabod lead grew to 2-0 after No. 3 Jung delivered a 6-3 win in her opening set followed by a swift 6-1 win in set two from No. 1. Saint Leo got on the board with Koper falling 6-5 and 7-5 from No. 4. The Lions knotted the match up as Schmid dropping 6-1 and 6-3 sets from No. 3.
Ubachs forced an extra point in her first set at No. 2 but came up short 7-5. In the second set she came back from an early lead to tie the set at six but lost in the tiebreaker and Saint Leo had match point. At No. 5 Martensson lost 6-0 in the first and 6-1 in the second set and the Lions secured their fourth point. Martine Carroll played out her match at No. 6, winning 6-4 in the first set and rolling to a 6-2 win in the second set to make it a 4-3 final.
Doubles competition:
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Obermeier, Luzia/Lancellotti, Lavinia (SLU) def. Schmid, Lara/Jung, Maja (WU) 6-1
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Koper, Peyton/Martensson, Isabella (WU) def. Rabatin, Catherine/Dufour, Nicole Catherine (SLU) 6-4
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Shelley, Maddie/Ubachs, Renske (WU) def. Shailina, Kamilya/Martin, Madelyn (SLU) 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles competition:
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Jung, Maja (WU) def. Dufour, Nicole Catherine (SLU) 6-3, 6-1
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Obermeier, Luzia (SLU) def. Ubachs, Renske (WU) 7-5, 7-6
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Lancellotti, Lavinia (SLU) def. Schmid, Lara (WU) 6-1, 6-3
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Shailina, Kamilya (SLU) def. Koper, Peyton (WU) 6-2, 7-5
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Keller, Camila (SLU) def. Martensson, Isabella (WU) 6-0, 6-1
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Carroll, Martine (WU) def. Borbon Roca, Claudia (SLU) 6-4, 6-2
Order of finish: 1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 6
