EDMOND, Okla. — High-level competition was flowing through the ITA Division II Women's National Indoor Championship all opening-day Friday.
 
Because of that, the No. 10-ranked Flagler College women's tennis match was pushed back by over an hour at the Edmond Tennis Center versus host, No. 8-ranked University of Central Oklahoma. The pair of teams made the wait worth it as the fifth-seeded Saints dominated the doubles point, but then were edged in singles in a narrow 4-2 loss to the fourth-seeded Bronchos.
 
"I think we competed very well," Flagler head coach Rodrigo Puebla said. "Central Oklahoma has been here before, and I don't think we played at our highest level, but I think we battled until the very end in a high-intensity indoor environment. We also adjusted well to the conditions of going from outdoor to indoor, and I look forward to seeing the girls back on the courts the next two days."
 
Flagler (2-1) will now aim to bounce back Saturday afternoon when they play the eighth-seeded, No. 16-ranked Midwestern State University at 2:30 p.m. (CT).
 
In doubles, the duo of Eden Schlagenhauf/Luisa Hrda took the opening point 6-2, while Anika Nissen and Amelie Vossgaetter clinched with a 6-4 victory in the No. 3 doubles. The Saints saw their lone singles' point came via Nissen's straight-set win (6-2, 7-5), while Florencia Massardo Brain lost back-to-back tiebreaker sets and Hrda was edged in the Bronchos' clinch victory in the third set. Alessandra Traub came back from a set-one deficit with a tiebreaker win in the second, but did not finish due to the match-clinching win in the No. 2 singles.
 
#8 Central Oklahoma 4, #10 Flagler 2
 
Singles
1. Adel-ByanuAbidullina (UCO) def. Eden Schlagenhauf (FLG) 6-2, 6-1
2. Mae Canete (UCO) def. Luisa Hrda (FLG) 6-2, 5-7, 6-0
3. Isabella Dunlap (UCO) vs. Alessandra Traub (FLG) 6-3, 6-7 (7-3), unfinished
4. Anika Nissen (FLG) def. Paola Landin (UCO) 6-2, 7-5
5. Blythe Buntrock (UCO) def. Amelie Vossgaetter (FLG) 6-2, 7-5
6. Nikki Boyar (UCO) def. Flo. Massardo Brain (FLG) 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-4)
 
Doubles
1. Eden Schlagenhauf/Luisa Hrda (FLG) def. Adel-ByanuAbidullina/Isabella Dunlap (UCO) 6-2
2. Mae Canete/Paola Landin (UCO) vs. Alessandra Traub/Flo. Massardo Brain (FLG) 5-4, unfinished
3. Anika Nissen/Amelie Vossgaetter (FLG) def. Nikki Boyar/Blythe Buntrock (UCO) 6-4
 
Match Notes:
Flagler 2-1; National ranking #10
Central Oklahoma 2-0; National ranking #8
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (1,5,4,6,2)
Clinch wins
A-200
 
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