TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 15 Washburn women's tennis began its slate of non-exhibition matches with a 6-1 win over the University of Missouri – St. Louis inside of the Topeka Country Club on Saturday morning. The Ichabods head on the road to face the University of Indianapolis on Friday, Feb. 9.
There was no slow start early in the morning for Washburn in doubles, with Isabella Martensson and Peyton Koper taking a 6-0 win at No. 2 to begin the match. Maddie Shelley and Renske Ubachs secured the doubles point for the Ichabods with a 6-3 win on court three. Maja Jung and Lara Schimid completed the sweep at No. 1, winning 6-2.
No. 3 Jung worked quickly in singles notching 6-1 and 6-2 victories from No. 1 to begin singles competition. Ubachs followed just behind with a two-set victory of her own, winning 6-1 and 6-3 from No. 2. Washburn clinched the match with Koper winning two sets at No. 3 7-5 and 6-1.
Martensson kept the run of two-set victories going with 6-2 and 6-1 set victories at No. 5. Shelley won 6-2 in the first set and 6-3 to close out her match from No. 6. At No. 4 Schmid fell in the first set 6-3 but won the second set 6-2. She came up short in the super-tiebreaker, 10-7, giving the Tritons their first point of the match.
Doubles competition:
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Jung, Maja/Schmid, Lara (WU) def. Lietzau, Maja/Tse, Hannah (UMSL) 6-2
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Koper, Peyton/Martensson, Isabella (WU) def. Domingo, Anna/Lopez, Aleksandra (UMSL) 6-0
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Shelley, Maddie/Ubachs, Renske (WU) def. Sweeney, Lauren/Favaron, Anna (UMSL) 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
Singles competition:
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Jung, Maja (WU) def. Domingo, Anna (UMSL) 6-1, 6-2
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Ubachs, Renske (WU) def. Lietzau, Maja (UMSL) 6-1, 6-3
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Koper, Peyton (WU) def. Tse, Hannah (UMSL) 7-5, 6-1
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Lopez, Aleksandra (UMSL) def. Schmid, Lara (WU) 6-3, 2-6, 10-7
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Martensson, Isabella (WU) def. Favaron, Anna (UMSL) 6-2, 6-1
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Shelley, Maddie (WU) def. Sweeney, Lauren (UMSL) 6-2, 6-3
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 4
