INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The No. 18-ranked (ITA Division II) Flagler College women's tennis team received an at-large berth to the NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Championship and will play in the Southeast Regional No. 2 at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia. The tournament will be held Monday and Tuesday (May 13 and 14) at the John W. Walden Tennis Center.
 
Flagler (16-6), the No. 6 seed, is making its ninth appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament and will face the No. 3 seed, and No. 16-ranked, Tusculum University (17-3) at 12 p.m. on Monday. These two programs have never met.

The winner of the Flagler-Tusculum match will advance to play the winner of the Columbus State University-Emmanuel College match on Tuesday at 1 p.m. The winner of that match will advance to the NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Round of 16, May 22-25, at Altamonte Springs, Florida.

The Saints are led by Eden Schlagenhauf, who is ranked No. 65 in the nation. She is 14-7 this season at No. 2 singles. Felicitas Runkel is 13-8 at No. 1 singles while Anika Nissen sports a 10-1 record at No. 3.

Flagler has two doubles teams nationally ranked. Alessandra Traub and Paloma Martinez (8-5) are ranked No. 41 while Lixin Wang and Nissen (14-0) are No. 46.

The Pioneers had a 14-match winning streak snapped by Wingate University in the South Atlantic Conference final.

Annie McCullough is ranked No. 33 in the nation. Tusculum also has two nationally ranked doubles teams. Caitlin and Annie McCullough are ranked No. 22 while Julia Lopez and Africa Mota check in at No. 49.

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