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Northeastern St. NSU (7-6 (2-3))
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Winner Washburn WU (14-3 (4-1))
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Washburn WU
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

No. 14 Washburn defeats Northeastern State 4-3 for fourth straight win

TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 14 Washburn clinched the match early and finished off a fourth straight victory, winning 4-3 over Northeastern State on Saturday morning into the afternoon. The Ichabods head on the road to take on Missouri Western on April 17 at 2 p.m. 

Doubles play began with Maddie Shelley and Renske Ubachs giving Washburn (14-3, 4-1 MIAA) an early advantage, winning 6-1 at No. 3. No. 7 Lara Schmid and Maja Jung snagged the first point of the match with a 6-2 win on the top court. At No. 2, Isabella Martensson and Peyton Koper trailed 4-0 but won the next six points to win 6-4 and complete a doubles sweep over the RiverHawks (7-6, 2-3 MIAA).  

Ubachs continued the momentum in singles play, winning in two sets at No. 2 while dropping only one set point in the duel. Martine Carroll played an extra point in the first set but was able to work a 7-5 win at No. 3. She rolled right into a 6-2 win in the second to set up match point for the Ichabods. Martensson took the first set into a tiebreaker but fell short, losing 7-5 in the extra set point. Northeastern State got on the board as she lost 6-4 in the second set from No. 4.  

Playing on the top court No. 5 Jung lost 6-4 in the first set but was able to force a third set with a 6-3 win in the second. She carried the strong finish into the third set, winning 6-2 to clinch the match for a second straight day. After falling 7-5 in a tiebreaker in the first set Schmid responded with a 6-1 win in the second at No. 5. She trailed 4-2 when she was forced to retire, giving the RiverHawks a second point. At No. 6, Shelley fell 6-1 in the first set but responded with a 7-6(2) tiebreaking win in the second before coming up just short 7-5 in the third.  

Doubles competition:  

  1. Schmid, Lara/Jung, Maja (WU) def. Moldakhmetova, Alisha/Kotliarova, Sofiia (NESU) 6-2 

  1. Koper, Peyton/Martensson, Isabella (WU) def. Heaton, Tegan, Mari Marti, Sandra (NESU) 6-4 

  1. Shelley, Maddie/Ubachs, Renske (WU) def. Teran Valeria/Gonzales-Edwards, Leah (NESU) 6-1 

Order of finish: 3, 1, 2 

Singles competition:  

  1. Jung, Maja (WU) def. Moldakhmetova, Alisha (NESU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2  

  1. Ubachs, Renske (WU) def. Mari Marti, Sandra (NESU) 6-0, 6-1 

  1. Carroll, Martine (WU) def. Gonzales-Edwards, Leah (NESU) 7-5, 6-2 

  1. Vargas, Andrea (NESU) def. Martensson, Isabella (WU) 7-6(5), 6-4 

  1. Heaton, Tegan (NESU) def. Schmid, Lara (WU) 7-6(5), 1-6, 4-2 wr 

  1. Kotliarova, Sofia (NESU) def. Shelley, Maddie (WU) 6-1, 6)2)-7, 7-5 

Order of finish: 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6  

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