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Central Oklahoma UCO (8-10)
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Winner Washburn WU (19-4)
Central Oklahoma UCO
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Final
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Washburn WU
(19-4)
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

No. 13 Washburn clinches trip to MIAA semifinals with 4-2 win over Bronchos

EDMOND, Okla. -- No. 13 Washburn took control of the match early Friday afternoon against Central Oklahoma, advancing to the MIAA Tournament Semifinals after a 4-2 win. The Ichabods will take on No. 1 seeded Nebraska-Kearney at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning. 

The No. 5 seeded Bronchos (8-10) struck first in doubles with Maddie Shelley and Renske Ubachs falling 6-1 at No. 3. No. 4 Lara Schmid and Maja Jung evened doubles up on the top court winning 6-4 over No. 26 ranked Pete Komada and Blythe Buntrock. Isabella Martensson and Peyton Koper secured the point for Washburn (19-4), pulling away late to win 7-5 on No. 2.  

Martensson continued to roll into singles action, leading off with 6-3 and 6-1 set victories at No. 5. Playing on court three Martine Carroll lost 6-4 in the first set and Central Oklahoma got on the board with a 6-3 win in the second. Ubachs grinded out a 6-4 first set victory at No. 2 and continued to roll, winning 6-2 in the second over No. 69 Komada to set up match point. Playing from No. 4, Koper led early before falling 6-4 in her first set. She bounced back with a 6-3 win in the second before falling 6-3 in the third.  

On court one No. 5 Jung took her first set in an extra game, winning 7-5. No. 59 Nefeli Zafeiri evened the dual up with a 6-3 win in the second. In the deciding set Jung was able to flip the score, winning 6-3 to secure No. 4 seed Washburn's trip to the semifinals.   

Playing at No. 6, Schmid won her opening set 6-3 before falling 8-6 in a second set tiebreaker. She led 5-1 in the third when the match was decided.  

Doubles competition:  

  1. Schmid, Lara/Jung, Maja (WU) def. Buntrock, Blythe/Komada, Pete (UCO) 6-4 

  1. Martensson, Isabella/Koper, Peyton (WU) def. Yurchenko, Karyna/Ouwejan, Anika (UCO) 7-5 

  1. Koga, Ayaka/Zafeiri, Nefeli (UCO) def. Ubachs, Renske/Shelley, Maddie (WU) 6-1 

Order of finish: 3, 1, 2  

Singles competition:  

  1. Jung, Maja (WU) def. Zafeiri, Nefeli (UCO) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 

  1. Ubachs, Renske (WU) def. Komada, Pete (UCO) 6-4, 6-2  

  1. Buntrock, Blythe (UCO) def. Carroll, Martine (WU) 6-4, 6-3  

  1. Yurchenko, Karyna (UCO) def. Koper, Peyton (WU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3  

  1. Martensson, Isabella (WU) def. Ouwejan, Anika (UCO) 6-3, 6-1  

  1. Schmid, Lara (WU) vs. Koga, Ayaka (UCO) 6-3, 6(6)-7, 5-1 UF 

Order of finish: 5, 3, 2, 4, 1  

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