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No. 6 Washburn back at home Tuesday hosting William Jewell

3/18/2024 2:15:00 PM

TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 6 Washburn women's tennis heads outdoors at home for the first time this season against William Jewell College on Tuesday at 1 p.m. 
 

FIRST SERVE

  • No. 6 Washburn women's tennis returns to Topeka for the first time since February 17 and will face William Jewell College on March 19 at 1 p.m. 
  • The Ichabods are 8-2 on the year after a 4-0 sweep over UT Tyler on March 10 in Wichita Falls, Texas. 
  • The Cardinals are 4-8 going into the weekend after falling 7-0 to Southern Arkansas on March 16. 
  • The Ichabods remain in the top-10 ranked No. 6 in the latest ITA rankings. 
  • Washburn went 18-7 in 2022-23 with a 6-2 record in the MIAA during the regular season. They won the MIAA Championship Tournament and advanced to the NCAA National Quarterfinals for the first time in program history. 
  • The Ichabods return six players from last season's roster while adding three freshmen and one transfer to complete the roster. 

SINGLES SITUATION

  • Maja Jung is the lone Washburn player ranked in the ITA singles rankings remaining at No. 3. 
  • For the season the Ichabods are 69-45 (60.5%) in singles matches and are 32-23 in duals. 
  • Maja Jung leads the team with an 14-5 record, she has a 7-2 record from No. 1. 
  • Renske Ubachs is 8-9 in singles competition and has gone 4-5 from No. 2.
  • Peyton Koper is 7-5 on the year and has gone 3-1 at No. 4. 
  • Martine Carroll is 7-4 in singles matches this season with a 2-0 record at No. 6. 
  • Isabella Martensson is 7-3 overall with a 4-0 record at No. 6. 
  • Maddie Shelley is 8-2 on the year, with a 2-1 record at No. 6. 
  • Issabella Pensavalle and Daphney Koutsofta have both gone 4-1 on the year. 

DOUBLES DOWNLOAD

  • The Ichabods have one doubles duo in the ITA Doubles rankings with Maja Jung and Lara Schmid ranked No. 6. 
  • On the year the Ichabods have gone 46-17 (73.0%) on the year with a 22-6 record in duals. 
  • Jung and Schmid have the most wins together with an 15-5 record as a duo and they have gone 7-2 together at No. 1. 
  • Maddie Shelley and Renske Ubachs have a 11-2 record together and have gone 9-1 from No. 3. They have won their last five matches. 
  • Peyton Koper and Isabella Martensson have gone 6-3 together at No. 2 this season. 
  • Jung and Schmid both lead the team with 15 overall wins in doubles this season. 
  • Ubachs is third with 14  victories overall while Shelley has posted 13 total.

LAST TIME OUT

Washburn 4, UT Tyler 0 (March 10, 2024) 

WICHITA FALLS, Texas – No. 5 Washburn picked up its first sweep of the season Sunday morning with a 4-0 win over the University of Texas at Tyler. The Ichabods return home on March 19 to take on William Jewell College.  

Doubles play started for Washburn on court three with Renske Ubachs and Maddie Shelley working a quick 6-1 win to open up the match. Peyton Koper and Isabella Martensson followed closely behind with a 6-1 win themselves at No. 2, taking the first point of the match. No. 5 Lara Schmid and Maja Jung led 4-3 at No. 1 over No. 11 Muskan Gupta and Allison Schwartz when the point was decided.  

The Ichabods opened singles play with Martensson winning 6-0 and 6-1 sets at No. 1 over the Patriots. No. 48 Ubachs followed winning 6-2 in the first set and 6-1 in the second to bring up match point quickly. Cadence Lynn needed an extra point but took her first set 7-5 but was able to roll to a 6-2 in in the second set to clinch the match and the sweep. 

On the top court No.3 Jung won her first set 6-4 and led 4-1 in the second when the match was decided. Schmid won in the opening set 6-1 before falling 6-1 in the second with the third set left unfinished. Martine Carroll lost 6-2 in her first set but led 6-5 in the second when the match was clinched.

HEAD COACH KIRBY RONNING

  • Ronning is in year four as the head coach of the men's and women's tennis teams at Washburn  
  • Has led both teams to the NCAA Tournament in every season at the helm with a 111-46 combined record with Washburn.
  • Was named the ITA Central Region Coach of the Year on both the men's and women's side after the 2022-23 season.   
  • Prior to joining the Ichabods Ronning spent four seasons as the assistant coach at Azusa Pacific from 2016-2022
  • As a player, he played for four years at Bethel University (Minn.). Ronning received his bachelor's degree in Business from Bethel in 2014 and earned his master's degree in Physical Education at Azusa Pacific in May 2020.

THE ASSISTANTS

  • Graduate assistants Sofia Smagina and Casie Curry begin their first season on the Ichabod coaching staff while Kurt Reid and Miller Zeiders enter their fifth and second seasons respectively.  
  • Kurt Reid enters his fifth 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.
  • Reid, a Topeka-native, played tennis at Topeka West High School and was elected to the Topeka West Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. 
  • Zeiders enters his second season with Washburn and his first as a volunteer assistant after serving as a graduate assistant in 2022-23. 
  • Zeiders joins the Ichabods after a four-year career at Washburn from 2018-22 where he went 11-3 in singles and 9-6 in doubles. 
  • Former All-American Sofia Smagina joins the coaching staff after wrapping up one of the best seasons in Ichabod tennis history in 2022-23. 
  • Finished as the runner-up at the ITA Cup in singles and was named the MIAA Player of the Year while going 30-3 in singles and 26-5 in doubles in her one season at Washburn. Joined the Ichabods as a transfer from Kansas. 
  • Casie Curry rounds out the coaching staff as a graduate assistant after spending one season with Washburn in 2022-23. 
  • Curry received All-MIAA recognition in both singles and doubles while going 16-11 and 22-6 respectively. She joined the Ichabods after transferring from Midwestern State. 

OPPONENT QUICK SCOUT - MATCH #11

ABOUT THE WILLIAM JEWELL CARDINALS

  • William Jewell is 4-8 on the year after getting swept 7-0 against Southern Arkansas on March 16. 
  • The Cardinals are 1-3 away from Liberty, Mo. this season. 
  • Last season William Jewell posted a 8-15 record overall while going 1-4 inside the GLVC. 

CARDINALS STAFF 

  • Ben Ford is in his first season as the head coach of the men's and women's tennis programs at William Jewell. 
  • Spent 22 years as a private tennis coach mentoring more than 30 All-Metro players, nine state champions, one NCAA Division I national champion and five world ranked players
  • Played collegiately at Emporia State University, leading the team in wins three times

HISTORY WITH WILLIAM JEWELL

  • Washburn and WJC have faced off 10 times in program history with the Ichabods leading 9-1.
  • The series began on April 15, 2013 in Topeka with a 5-4 win for Washburn. 
  • The Ichabods are 6-0 against the Cardinals in Topeka. 
  • The last match between the two came on February 4, 2023 with Washburn winning 7-0.


MILESTONE MARKERS

  • Maja Jung is three doubles victories away from reaching 70 and one singles win from reaching 75 in her career. 
  • Isabella Martensson is one win in singles away from reaching 30 as an Ichabod.
  • Issabella Pensavalle is one doubles win away from 20 in her career. 

SCHEDULE SPRING FORWARD 

  • Washburn stays at home to face Cowley County Community College on March 26 at 1 p.m. 
  • The Ichabods begin MIAA play on March 30 against Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Mo. 
  • Senior day for Washburn will take place on April 27 against Fort Hays State. 
  • The women's MIAA Tournament will take place in Edmond, Okla. from May 3 to May 5.
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