ST. AUGUSTINE – The No. 5-ranked (ITA Collegiate Rankings sponsored by Tennis Point) Flagler College women's tennis team will compete at the ITA Indoor National Championships this weekend (Feb. 24-26) at the Ernest Grundy Tennis Center in Kearney, Nebraska.

This is the third consecutive year the Saints have participated in the indoor championships. In 2021, the Saints went 1-2 and posted the same record the following year in 2022. Both of those tournaments were held in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Flagler (1-1) opens the championships against No. 3 Saint Leo University (4-0). The Lions have two singles players ranked in the top 10 – No. 7 Claudia Borbon Roca and Marta Vicens Miquel. Vicens Miquel is 3-1 this spring and has lost her only match against a nationally ranked opponent. The doubles team of Vicens Miquel and Lavinia Lancellotti is ranked No. 15 in the nation and they are undefeated (4-0) this spring. The tandem has defeated a nationally ranked doubles team already.

The Saints have three players ranked among the top 50 singles players in the country. Luisa Hrda, the recent Peach Belt Conference Player of the Week, is ranked No. 6 and holds a 15-3 record this year, which includes a 2-0 mark this spring. She defeated a nationally ranked player last week. Nadja Meier is ranked No. 13. She holds a 14-2 record this year and has won both matches this spring, including one over a nationally ranked opponent. Dana Heimen is ranked No. 30. She is 11-2 in singles play this year and is 1-1 this spring. Flagler has two ranked doubles teams – No. 6 Hrda and Eryka Kruk as well as No. 10 Heimen and Meier. The Hrda-Kruk pairing holds a 10-3 record and is 1-1 this spring. Heimen and Meier are 10-2 this year and 2-0 in the spring season.  

The other quarterfinal matches on Friday includes: No. 8 University of Central Oklahoma vs. No. 9 University of North Georgia at 11 a.m.; No. 7 University of Indianapolis vs. No. 4 Hawai'i Pacific University at 2:30 p.m.; No. 1 Barry University vs. University of Nebraska Kearney at 5:30 p.m. Teams are seeded 1-8 for the tournament. The number before each team is the national ranking.

The winners of the quarterfinals will meet in the semifinals on Saturday at 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. The losers will drop into the consolation round and play at 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The championship match is Sunday at 5:30 p.m.

Live video and results can be found at the ITA's website at wearecollegetennis.com and choose the "Events" dropdown on the header and select DII National Women's Indoors.
 
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