ORLANDO, Fla. -- Azusa Pacific took a 3-2 lead over Washburn, but the Ichabods won two three-set matches to come from behind and win 4-3 over the Cougars in the round of 16 at the NCAA Division II National Championships on Friday at the USTA National Center.

The Cougars finish the season with a 22-6 record after having reaching the round of 16 for the fourth time in program history. Azusa Pacific also was the PacWest Championships runner-up and won the NCAA West Region play-in match against Concordia.

Washburn won the doubles point, but Azusa Pacific was dominant at the start of singles play, winning the first set on four of the six courts. Miruna Tudor led the early singles dominance by winning the first set 6-0, and she then won the match 6-0, 6-4 to finish the year on a 20-match winning streak.

The Ichabods won only one singles match in straight sets and it was in a battle of two top-6 players in NCAA Division II. No. 2 Sofia Smagina ended No. 6 Eleonora Liga's 22-match winning streak with a 6-4, 6-0 win to make the overall score 2-1 for Washburn.

The Cougars then won two more singles matches to take a 3-2 lead. Vini Bautista was dominant in her 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles. Then Madison Kane earned a 7-6, 6-3 win at No. 2 singles, beating Maja Jung, the No. 27 player in NCAA Division II.

April Wong dropped her opening set in a tiebreaker, but she came back to force a third set by winning the second 6-4. At the same time, Katherine Nguyen, who had won her opening set was mounting a big comeback in her second set at No. 6 singles. She got back on serve at 4-5, but got broken in the final game of the second set. Both matches went into a third set at the same time, and the Couars needed to win just one of them to advance to the quarterfinals.

The Ichabods got a strong start in both remaining singles matches as Casie Curry and Issabella Pensavalle took a 3-0 lead in each set. Against Curry at No. 3 singles, Wong got the break back, but was broken again to go down 2-4 in the final set. The players continued to trade breaks as Wong got back on serve, but then she held at love to tie the match, 4-4. Pensaville won her third set 6-1, handing Nguyen only her fourth defeat this season. Curry then held her serve and broke in the final game to win 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.

Tudor finished the year with a 20-1 record, while Liga went 24-2 in singles. Madison Kane's record improved to 15-7, which includes two wins over nationally-ranked opponents, and Vini Bautista finished at 14-8.

"I am sad to see a great group of seniors move on," said head coach Mark Bohren, "They made a great contribution to our program and university. They will be greatly missed."