TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 9 Washburn got back in the win column Tuesday afternoon, beginning the final week of the regular season with a 5-2 win over Newman. The Ichabods remain at home hosting Northeastern State at 2 p.m. on Friday.
Doubles competition began with Leo Floeth and Peyton Koper cruising to a 6-2 win on court two, giving Washburn (15-2, 6-1) the advantage. Renske Ubachs and Daniela Tijaro worked their way to a 6-3 victory on the top court, clinching the first point of the match. Isabella Martensson and Saajida Razick played an extra game but were able to complete a sweep of the Jets (6-14, 2-5) in doubles, winning 7-5 at No. 3.
Newman was able to even the match at the start of singles action with Daniela Tijaro falling in two sets, 6-2 and 6-3 at No. 2. Leo Floeth breezed through a 6-1 first set at No. 3 before grinding out a 7-5 win in the second from court three to re-take the lead. After delivering a 6-3 first set win, Renske Ubachs went in a tiebreaker at No. 1 in the second set. She came out on top, 7-1 over No. 70 Dana Issabayeva in the tiebreak to set up match point.
Early in her first set at No. 6, Peyton Koper was forced to retire, adding a point to the Jets tally. Jasel Bailey settled things down, winning 6-3 in her first set before clinching the match with a 6-2 win in the second from No. 5. Saajida Razick went in a third set after winning her first 6-2 and dropping the second 6-3. In the 10-point tiebreaker she finished the match with a 10-2 victory at No. 4.
Doubles competition:
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Tijaro, Daniela/Ubachs, Renske (WU) def. Jimenez, Mariana/Zeikidze, Ana (NU) 6-3
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Koper, Peyton/Floeth, Leo (WU) def. Bono, Nicole/Feillon, Luna (NU) 6-2
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Martensson, Isabella/Razick, Saajida (WU) def. Flores, Luciana/Issabayeva, Dana (NU) 7-5
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles copetition:
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Ubachs, Renske (WU) def. Issabayeva, Dana (NU) 6-3, 7-6(1)
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Zeikidze, Ana (NU) def. Tijaro, Daniela (WU) 6-2, 6-3
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Floeth, Leo (WU) def. Bono, Nicole (NU) 6-1, 7-5
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Razick, Saajida (WU) def. Feillon. Luna (NU) 6-2, 3-6, 10-2
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Bailey, Jasel (WU) def. Flores, Luciana (NU) 6-3, 6-2
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Kim, Anastassiya (NU) def. Koper, Peyton (WU) 4-1 ret.
Order of finish: 2, 3,1 6, 5, 4