Columbia, Missouri – The Central Arkansas women's tennis team returned to action on Sunday morning, taking on Southeast Missouri State at the Mizzou Tennis Complex in Columbia, Missouri. The Sugar Bears turned in a dominant performance on the day, dropping just a single set en route to a 7-0 sweep of the Redhawks.
Central Arkansas (1-1) rolled through the doubles competition, with
QiLi Ma and
Rada Manataweewat taking down Anais Emelie and Maja Lundell 6-3 in the number three match and
Pornpawee Pramethong and
Marli Van Heerden defeating Isabella Krupa and Kseniya Zonova 6-4 in the number one match to lock up the doubles point.
Chunan Xiang and
Amiru Shimoguchi closed out the doubles portion of the match with a 6-4 victory over Oleksandra Doroshenko and Alessandra Maya Thompson in the number three match.
The Sugar Bears continued to control the match in the singles portion, as Xiang earned a 6-1, 6-2 win over Krupa in the number two match and Shimoguchi took down Kelly Sicha 6-1, 6-2 in the number four contest.
Hee-Jin Oh picked up a 6-3, 6-0 win in her number three match against Zonova and Pramethong secured the UCA victory with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) win against Doroshenko in the number one match. Van Heerden picked up her second win of the season with a 6-3, 6-4 win versus Emelie, before Manataweewat made it a clean sweep for UCA with a 6-1, 5-7, 10-8 win against Maya Thompson in the number six match.
Central Arkansas hits the road for a pair of matches in Jonesboro, Arkansas next weekend, taking on Arkansas State at 9:00 AM on Saturday and facing off with UMKC at 2:00 PM on Sunday.