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Winner Nebraska Kearney UNK-W (18-4 (7-1 MIAA))
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Washburn WU (17-4 (5-2 MIAA))
Winner
Nebraska Kearney UNK-W
(18-4 (7-1 MIAA))
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Final
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Washburn WU
(17-4 (5-2 MIAA))

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

No. 13 Washburn drops first home match 4-1 to No. 17 Nebraska-Kearney

TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 13 Washburn fell for the first time in seven matches, losing 4-1 to No. 17 Nebraska-Kearney on Friday afternoon. The Ichabods wrap up the regular season against Fort Hays State on Saturday at 11 a.m. for senior day.  

Washburn (17-4, 5-2 MIAA) gained the advantage in doubles play first with a 6-3 win at No. 2 for Isabella Martensson and Peyton Koper. The Lopers (18-4, 7-1 MIAA) evened things up as Maddie Shelley and Renske Ubachs fell 6-2 at No. 3. No. 4 Maja Jung and Lara Schmid took their duel to an extra point but came up short 7-5 as Nebraska-Kearney took the first point of the match.  

No. 5 Jung evened the match up to being singles play, defeating No. 28 Jazmin Zamorano 6-1 and 6-3 from No. 1. Martensson fell 6-2 in her first set from No. 4 and came up short with a 6-4 loss in the second. UNK brought up match point with Martine Carroll falling to No. 44 Fabiana Gamboa 6-4 and 6-3 in her two sets from No. 3.  

After falling 6-4 in her first set from No. 5, Koper battled back from an early deficit to win 7-5 in the second set. The momentum swung back towards the Lopers as they secured the match with a 6-1 win in the third set. Ubachs led 2-0 in the third set after winning 7-5 in her second set to force a third from No. 2. Schmid took her first set 6-4 and led 3-2 in the second when the match was decided.  

Doubles competition:  

  1. Becerra, Melisa/Ranaivo, Narinda (UNK) def. Jung, Maja/Schmid, Lara (WU) 7-5 

  1. Martensson, Isabella/Koper, Peyton (WU) def. Gamboa, Fabiana/Midzi, Tanya (UNK) 6-3 

  1. Plachy, Clare/Bernthal, Alexis (UNK) def. Ubachs, Renske/Shelley, Maddie (WU) 6-2 

Order of finish: 2, 3, 1 

Singles competition:  

  1. Jung, Maja (WU) def. Zamorano, Jazmin (UNK) 6-1, 6-3 

  1. Ubachs, Renske (WU) vs. Becerra, Melisa (UNK) 6(3)-7, 7-5, 2-0 UF  

  1. Gamboa, Fabiana (UNK) def. Carroll, Martine (WU) 6-4, 6-3 

  1. Ranaiva, Narindra (UNK) def. Martensson, Isabella (WU) 6-2, 6-4 

  1. Bernthal, Alexis (UNK) def. Koper, Peyton (WU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 

  1. Schmid, Lara (WU) vs. Midzi, Tanya (UNK) 6-4, 3-2 UF  

Order of finish: 1, 4, 3, 5  

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