TOPEKA, Kan. -- Washburn worked a second straight 4-3 victory Saturday afternoon, defeating Central Oklahoma in its MIAA-opener. The Ichabods will briefly head back to non-conference action facing Southern Arkansas on Sunday at 10 a.m.
Doubles play was tight across all three courts, beginning with Isabella Martensson and Saajida Razick working a 6-4 win at No. 3. Renske Ubachs and Daniela Tijaro bounced back from an early deficit to win 7-5 on the top court and clinch the doubles point for Washburn (10-1, 1-0 MIAA). Peyton Koper and Leo Floeth did the same, winning a tiebreaker 8-6 at No. 2 to complete a doubles sweep over the Bronchos (5-4, 1-1 MIAA).
Central Oklahoma evened the match at one as Leo Floeth fell in two sets on court two, 6-0 and 6-1. Peyton Koper quickly gave the lead back to the Ichabods with a pair of 6-3 victories at No. 5. The match evened up once again as Daniela Tijaro fell 6-4 in the first set and 6-3 in the second at No. 3.
Saajida Razick worked a quick 6-3 win in the first set before falling 6-2 in the second at No.4 . She bounced back for another 6-3 win in the third, setting up match point. Renske Ubachs went into an extra game but came up just short in her first set at No. 1, losing 7-5. The second set also took extra games, before she fell 7-6(0) in a tiebreaker to even the match. Jasel Bailey won 7-5 in her first set at No. 6 and came through with a second-straight clincher, winning 7-6(2) in a tiebreaking second set.
Doubles competition:
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Ubachs, Renske/Tijaro, Daniela (WU) def. Koga, Ayaka/Komada, Pete (UCO) 7-5
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Floeth, Leo/Koper, Peyton (WU) def. Ouwejan, Anika/Zafeiri, Nefeli (UCO) 7-6(6)
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Martensson, Isabella/Razick, Saajida (WU) def. Soo, Hui/Yurchenko, Karyna (UCO) 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
Singles competition:
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Komada, Pete (UCO) def. Ubachs, Renske (WU) 7-5, 7-6(0)
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Zafeiri, Nefeli (UCO) def. Floeth, Leo (WU) 6-0, 6-1
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Koga, Ayaka (UCO) def. Tijaro, Daniela (WU) 6-4, 6-3
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Razick, Saajida (WU) def. Ouwejan, Anika (UCO) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
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Koper, Peyton (WU) def. Soo, Hui (UCO) 6-3, 6-3
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Bailey, Jasel (WU) def. Yurchenko, Karyna (UCO) 7-5, 7-6(2)
Order of finish: 2, 5, 3, 4, 1, 6