TOPEKA, Kan. -- Washburn women's tennis is in Topeka for the first time this season on Friday and Saturday for the Washburn Invite at the Kossover Tennis Center. 
 

First Serve

• Washburn women's tennis is at home for the first time in the new season for the Washburn Invite beginning Friday, Sept. 12 and running through Saturday. 
• Last season the Ichabods made another appearance in the NCAA Tournament going 17-4 overall and 8-1 in the MIAA to share the MIAA Regular Season Championship. 
• Washburn's 2025-26 roster features eight players with two seniors, one junior, three sophomores and a pair of freshmen. 
• Tournament play on both days will begin with doubles competition followed by singles action. 
• All eight players on the roster will compete in both singles and doubles. 
• The tournament features players from Seward CC, Pratt CC, Northwest Missouri State, Southwest Baptist, Colorado Mesa, Rockhurst and Missouri Western. 

Singles Situation

• After the opening weekend of play Washburn has gone 20-4 (83.3%) in singles matches this season. 
• Each of Jasel Bailey, Charlotte Bair, Riko Konno, Saajida Razick, Maddie Shelley and Renske Ubachs had 3-0 weekends to begin the 2025-26 season. 
• Daniela Tijaro and Peyton Koper each went 1-2 in singles competition to begin the season. 

Doubles Dominance

• The Ichabods are a perfect 8-0 on the year in doubles competition after competing at the Rockhurst Invite in the season-opener. 
• Saajida Razick paired with Riko Konno to go 2-0. 
• Renske Ubachs and Daniela Tijaro continued where they left off after an All-American season to go 2-0. 
• Maddie Shelley and Peyton Koper also left the weekend with a 2-0 record.
• Charlotte Bair and Jasel Bailey went undefeated going 2-0 as well. 

LAST TIME OUT

Nebraska Kearney 4, Washburn 2 (May 13, 2025) 

TOPEKA, Kan. -- The 2024-25 season came to a close for No. 14 Washburn women's tennis on Tuesday afternoon with a 4-2 NCAA Central Regional Finals loss to No. 22 Nebraska Kearney. The Ichabods end the season 17-4 after winning a share of the MIAA Regular Season Championship. 

Doubles play led off on the top court with Renske Ubachs and Daniela Tijaro working a 6-3 ranked win over No. 17 Ranya Midzi and Narindra Ranaivo. Saajida Razick and Isabella Martensson jumped out to an early lead and didn't look back at No. 2, winning 6-2 to secure the first point of the match for the Ichabods (17-4). Leo Floeth and Maddie Shelley had tied things up 4-4 at No. 3 when the point was decided.  

Singles points came stacked close together beginning with the Lopers (20-5) getting on the board as Maddie Shelley fell in two sets at No. 6, 6-3, 6-4 on court six. Saajida Razick battled through a first set tiebreaker, coming away with a 7-6(5) win at No. 5. She carried the momentum into a 5-0 lead in the second set before winning 6-1. Jasel Bailey came up short in the first set, 6-2, but battled in the second to tie it at 4-4 on court four. The next two games went to Nebraska Kearney to tie the match.  

 For the first time all match the Lopers went in front with Leo Floeth falling 7-5 in the second set after a 6-3 loss in the first at No. 3. Shortly after, No. 35 Narindra Ranaivo defeated Daniela Tijaro in two sets, 6-3 and 6-2 on court two, clinching the match. Renske Ubachs had just began a third-set with No. 13 Fabiana Gamboa after splitting the first two sets, 4-6 and 6-3 at No. 1.  

Head Coach Kirby Ronning

• Ronning is in year six as the head coach of the men's and women's tennis teams at Washburn  
• Has led both teams to the NCAA Tournament in every season at the helm with a 176-60 combined record with Washburn.
• Has been named the ITA Central Region Coach of the Year four times and the MIAA Coach of the Year twice. 
• Prior to joining the Ichabods Ronning spent four seasons as the assistant coach at Azusa Pacific from 2016-2022.
• As a player, he played for four years at Bethel University (Minn.). Ronning received his bachelor's degree in Business from Bethel in 2014 and earned his master's degree in Physical Education at Azusa Pacific in May 2020.

The Assistants

• Kurt Reid enters year seven as a volunteer assistant coach for the Ichabods. Reid started his collegiate tennis career at Tulsa (1977-78) before transferring to Washburn for the 1978-79 season.
• A Topeka-native, Reid played tennis at Topeka West High School and was elected to the Topeka West Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. 
• Graduate assistant Santiago Renton is entering his 2nd season as part of the Washburn coaching staff.  
• He moved from playing to the sidelines after wrapping up three seasons with the Ichabods headlined by an ITA Cup Doubles National Championship in fall of 2023. 
• Maja Jung also is entering year two on the coaching staff as a graduate assistant for the women's program. 
• Jung was an All-American in both singles and doubles and is 2nd in program history in career victories. 

FALLING FORWARD

• Next up the Ichabods will head to Edmond, Okla. for the ITA Central Region Championships taking place beginning Sept. 19 and running through Sept. 21. 
• The next home appearance will come on Oct. 24 for the Washburn Invitational at the Kossover Tennis Center in the final tournament of the fall.