EDMOND, Okla. — The Mulerider Women's Tennis squad went on to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) Central Regional Individual Championship in Edmond, Oklahoma, hosted by the University of Central Oklahoma. 

In singles, the group had three competitors in the Main Draw bracket, while having one athlete in the Flight B bracket. 

In doubles, both units for the Blue and Gold were in the Main Draw of the tournament, with both endingp in the consolation bracket after falling in the opening round. 

In the main draw of the singles bracket, Jolina Mass ended up being the only Mulerider to come out on top in the opening round, winning over Northeastern State's Carla Alvarez Perez 6-4, 6-2. The sophomore carried that momentum into the run of 32, as she overcame Augustana's Smilte Bakyte 6-3, 3-6, 10-7. Mass' run ended in the round of 16, finishing as a top-16 player in the Central Region. 

After falling in the Main Draw's opening round, Vitoria Maisa Campigotto and Kara Fukai both won their opening rounds in the consolation bracket. Vitoria ended up droppi9ng in the round of 16, while Kaera advanced on to the semifinals, but fell in the round with an up and down match in favor of her opponent. 

In Flight B, Arianna Garcia had an incredible run from start to finish, as the native of Venezuela won the first round against Elena Williams from Northwest Missouri State 6-2, 6-1. In the next round she defeated Ouachita Baptist's Clemence Mathijsen 6-2, 6-3. She won in two matches again in the quarterfinals, taking down the University of Mary's Anna Sueflohn 7-5, 6-3. In the semifinals, Garcia faced her toughest task yet, going to three matches and winning over Central Oklahoma's Dilay Ata 5-7, 6-3, 10-8. To win the bracket, Arianna took down Emporia State's Tokar Henderson with a 6-2, 2-6, 10-6 final scores. 

After both units fell in the opening round of the Main Draw bracket for doubles, the duo of Mass and Fukai saw some success in the consolation bracket, while the Garcia and Campigotto fell in the opening round of that bracket as well.

For Mass and Fukai, the two cleaned up their foes in the consolation's first round. After a bye in the round of 16, the two had a very close match against Emilia O'Neill and Sophia Brooks-Gay from Southeastern Oklahoma State, in which the group from SEOSU won 8-7. 

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