LAWTON, Okla. – The Southern Arkansas Women's Tennis team suffered a 4-0 loss to #11 Central Oklahoma on Friday afternoon. The defeat to the nationally-prominent Bronchos is just the second loss to a Division II opponent for the SAU Women this season. Southern Arkansas will have Saturday off before traveling down to Wichita Falls, Texas, for a pair of matches on Sunday, March 10. The Lady Muleriders will look to rebound as they meet Metro State-Denver at 8 a.m. before battling with #14 Midwestern State at 1 p.m.
Southern Arkansas (11-3) saw line one player
Aurora Novati and line three player
Angela Vargas each battle back to force 5-4 scores in their respective second sets after both players fell 6-1 in their opening sets.
Central Oklahoma improves to 4-2 on the season. The two losses for the UCO Women this campaign have come at the hands of Division I competition: a 4-3 loss to New Mexico State and a 5-2 defeat to the University of Texas-El Paso.
0-4 vs. #11 Central Oklahoma
Doubles Competition (0-1)
- UCO's Paola Landin/Isabella Dunlap def. SAU's Aurora Novati/Simone Simas 6-1
- UCO's Kirtana Bhat/Adel-Byanu Abidullina def. SAU's Angela Vargas/Joanna Nowakowska 6-3
- SAU's Serena Gill/Lena Milosevic vs. UCO's Nikki Boyar/Sara Van Eeckoudt 5-4 (UF)
Singles Competition (0-3)
- UCO's Adel-Byanu Abidullina def. SAU's Aurora Novati 6-1, 6-4
- SAU's Joanna Nowakowska vs. UCO's Isabella Dunlap 7-6 (4), 1-2 (UF)
- UCO's Paola Landin def. SAU's Angela Vargas 6-1, 6-4
- SAU's Simone Simas vs. UCO's Kirtana Bhat 7-6 (2), 2-0 (UF)
- UCO's Nikki Boyar def. SAU's Lena Milosevic 6-4, 6-2
- SAU's Serena Gill vs. UCO's Sara Van Eeckoudt 4-6, 5-2 (UF)
