AZUSA, Cali. -- No. 10 Washburn women's tennis battled for five hours Tuesday afternoon and into the evening before coming from behind to win 4-3 over No. 18 Azusa Pacific. The Ichabods will wrap up their week in California against Hawaii Pacific on Thursday at 12 p.m. CST.
The dual began with the Cougars (8-2) jumping ahead early with a 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles over Isabella Martensson and Saajida Razick. They clinched the first point as Renske Ubachs and Daniela Tijaro fell in a ranked battle on the top court to No. 20 Julia Jordan and Vini Bautista. Peyton Koper and Leo Floeth were all tied at five from No. 2 for Washburn (6-1) when the point was decided.
Daniela Tijaro quickly evened the match up for the Ichabods, winning 6-2 and 6-4 at No. 4 singles. Renske Ubachs followed on the top court with a 6-1 win in the first set before grinding to win 7-5 in the second and add another point. Azusa Pacific knotted the match back up as Leo Floeth fell 6-1 and 6-4 from No. 2.
Saajida Razick lost 6-4 in the first set at No. 4 but was able to extend the second set to an extra game before the Cougars came away with a 7-5 win. Peyton Koper worked quickly to even the match back up, winning 6-3 in the first and breezing to a 6-1 second set victory. Jasel Bailey went into an extra game in the first set, pulling away to win 7-5. The dual was evened with the second set going 7-5 the other way. In the third set she trailed 5-4 before winning each of the next three games to provide the clinching point in the ranked road victory.
Doubles competition:
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Bautista, Vini Margaret/Jordan, Julia (APU) def. Tijaro, Daniela/Ubachs, Renske (WU) 6-4
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Floeth, Leo/Koper, Peyton (WU) vs. Larsson, Stina/Suviste, Karola (APU) 5-5 UF
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Lopez, Shannele/Moser, Tina (APU) def. Martensson, Isabella/Razick, Saajida (WU) 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 1
Singles competition:
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Ubachs, Renske (WU) def. Bautista, Vini Margaret (APU) 6-1, 7-5
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Larsson, Stina (APU) def. Floeth, Leo (WU) 6-1, 6-4
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Jordan, Julia (APU) def. Razick, Saajida (WU) 6-4, 7-5
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Tijaro, Daniela (WU) def. Suviste, Karola (APU) 6-2, 6-4
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Bailey, Jasel (WU) def. Nguyen, Katherine (APU) 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
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Koper, Peyton (WU) def. Moser, Tina (APU) 6-3, 6-1
Order of finish: 4, 1, 2, 3, 6, 5
