STILLWATER, Okla. - The University of Central Arkansas tennis program had split results as they finished their trip to Oklahoma. 

UCA defeated their cross-state Bear rival as they bested Missouri State 4-0 in the doubleheader's first leg. In the second portion of the day, the Bears fell to the No. 13 Oklahoma State Cowgirls 4-0. 

UCA 4 MSU 0
Singles: 
It only took three singles matches for the Central Arkansas Bears to defeat these Missouri State Bears. Starting it for UCA was sophomore Fuka Nonoyama. Nonoyama got the singles scoring going as she completely dominated her opponent in the second portion of the match. After winning the first set 6-4, she went on a run to obliterate her opponent 6-0 to win it.

Following her success was freshman Jaeun Lee and junior Yada Vasupongchai. Lee pushed the lead further as she completed her victory 6-4, 6-1. After that, Vasupongchai solidified the match with her own successful campaign as she won it 6-4, 6-4. 

Doubles:
The Bears continued their recent string of success in doubles play as they claimed two of the three. The dynamic duo of Chunxi Xin and Nonoyama began the match on a high note as they claimed it 6-2.

The team of sophomore Mei Ishimura and Vasupongchai continued their trend of giving the Bears the doubles point. The pairing won their set in a tiebreaker as they claimed it 7-6.

OSU 4 UCA 0
Singles:
Though the Bears did not get anything on the scoreboard, they showcased ability from their top players. Both Nonoyama and Vasupongchai were well on their way to a victory before the match hit the final point. Nonoyama had already won the first set 6-4 and was up 5-4 in the second. Vasupongchai won her first set 6-4 and was tied 3-3 in the second. 

Doubles:
The Bears fell in all three of their matches but came close in their No. 1 doubles match. Xin and Nonoyama were up 5-4 but could not finish it out as the match ended early.

Up next for the Bears, they will host their first two home matches of the spring season. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is set to match up with UCA on Friday, while Lamar comes to town Sunday. 

Quote from coach Casey Wharton:
"I thought today went really well, the reason I feel today went really well is because we haven't practiced in a week. We like to be on the court and we don't usually go two days with hitting, but we had to go a whole week without hitting. The goal going into today was just to make good decisions and have great energy because those are the things you can control."

"As the day went on our timing got better and better and I thought we got great results against Missouri State. The biggest thing in that match was that Mei and Yada won the tiebreaker to give us the doubles point and without that we would have gone into singles down and not having our timing. Winning doubles pushed our energy forward and allowed us to do great in singles. We then had lunch and played Oklahoma State and I thought we played even better in that match. Cece (Xin) and Fuka were ahead when the doubles point was clinched and then we played great in singles. I thought it was close overall and we played great overall."