FORT MEYER, Fla. - The University of Central Arkansas tennis program finished their season today as they dropped the first-round matchup to the No. 4 seeded Liberty Lady Flames 4-2. 

While the Bears fought valiantly, they could not muster enough to land the upset as the Lady Flames stormed back in the singles section of the dual. 

UCA began this first-round matchup ready to play spoiler as they accomplished the task of winning the doubles point. This initial point eluded them in their regular-season dual as the team of Maja Gledic, and Sumomo Hamanaga got over that hump and won their doubles match the second time around. Joining them was the consistently successful pairing of Chunxi Xin and Fuka Nonoyama as they claimed their matchup for the second straight time. Heading into singles play the second time around, the Bears were in a much better position as they were playing with a lead from the get go. However, singles play did not go their way as UCA dropped five of the six matches, with the lone match going to their All-Conference player, Fuka Nonoyama. Nonoyama continued her reign of terror on the conference as she completed her 10-0 season after a quick route of her competition 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles:

No. 1 Xin/Nonoyama vs. Parra Romero/Soli 6-3

No. 2 Vasupongchai/Ishimura vs. Rogers/Saraty 6-3

No. 3 Gledic/Hamanaga vs. Nguyen/Ode Mitre 6-4

Singles:

No. 1 Chunxi Xin/Parra Romero 7-5, 7-5

No. 2 Fuka Nonoyama/Saraty 6-2, 6-1

No. 3 Jaeun Lee/Soli 7-5, 6-4

No. 4 Yada Vasupongchai/Lovato 6-0, 5-7, 6-0

No. 5 Sumomo Hamanaga/Ode Mitre 7-6, 2-6, 2-2 unfinished

No. 6 Maja Gledic/Nguyen 6-2, 6-4