The UAFS women’s team split its weekend matches, sweeping NCAA Division II East Central University before getting swept by NAIA No. 5-ranked Oklahoma Christian University.
            UAFS (3-2) beat ECU 9-0 and lost to OCU 9-0 at Edmond, Okla., on Saturday.
            The Lady Lions set the tone for their sweep of ECU (0-1) by winning all three doubles matches.
            Junior Abby Whittemore and freshman Monica Pieratt beat Kristen Clubb and MartaValles 8-2 in No. 1 doubles, sophomores Whitney Hobson and Amy Belanger beat Agostina Moran and Gentry Fisher 8-0 in No. 2 doubles and senior Stanislava Harvanova and freshman Masa Podunavac beat Kelsey Kerr and Katelin Threet 8-2.
            Pieratt, who is ranked No. 28 in singles, beat Valles 7-5, 6-1 in No. 1 singles to highlight the Lady Lions’ domination of the singles matches.
            OCU (1-0) lived up to its high-billing by shutting out UAFS. It was the second time in three matches the Lady Lions had been shut out. NCAA Division I Missouri beat UAFS 7-0 last week.
            Hermon Brhane and Lucie Sipkova, who are ranked No. 1, sparked OCU’s sweep of the doubles matches with an 8-4 win against Whittemore and Pierratt.
            The Lady Lions encountered two nationally-ranked players in singles action. Sipkova, who is ranked No. 11, beat Pieratt, who is ranked No. 28, 6-1, 6-1 in No. 1 singles. Brhane, who is ranked No. 2, beat Whittemore 6-1, 6-1 in No. 2 singles.
            UAFS will resume play at 11 a.m. on Wednesday against NCAA Division I University of Central Arkansas in Conway.
 
COLLEGE TENNIS
WOMEN
UAFS 9, EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY 0
At Edmond, Okla.
Doubles
Abby Whittemore and Monica Pieratt, UAFS, def. Kristen Clubb and Marta Valles, ECU, 8-2
Whitney Hobson and Amy Belanger, UAFS, def. Agostina Moran and Gentry Fisher, ECU, 8-0
Stanislava Harvanova and Masa Podunavac, UAFS, def. Kelsey Kerr and Katelin Threet, ECU, 8-2
Singles
No. 28 Monica Pieratt, UAFS, def. Valles, ECU, 7-5, 6-1
Whittemore, UAFS, def. Clubb, ECU, 6-0, 6-0
Belanger, UAFS, def. Moran, ECU, 6-3, 6-3
Podunavac, UAFS, def. Adisha Waghmarae, ECU, 6-1, 6-2
Hobson, UAFS, def. Kerr, ECU, 6-0, 6-0
Kristen Cox, UAFS, def. ECU, 8-6
 
NO. 5 OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY 9, UAFS 0
At Edmond, Okla.
Doubles
No. 1 Hermon Brhane and Lucie Sipkova, OCU, def. Abby Whittemore and Monica Pieratt, UAFS, 8-4
Gabriela Carrilo and Marta Contel Miranzo, OCU, def. Whitney Hobson and Amy Belanger, UAFS, 8-0
Andreea Constantinescu and Maryfer Abreu Roman, OCU, def. Stanislava Harvanova and Masa Podunavac, UAFS, 8-4
Singles
No. 11 Sipkova, OCU, def. No. 28 Pieratt, UAFS, 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 Brhane, OCU, def. Whittemore, UAFS, 6-1, 6-1
Carrilo, OCU, def. Belanger, UAFS, 6-3, 7-5
Constantinescu, OCU, def. Podunavac, UAFS, 6-1, 6-3
Roman, OCU, def. Hobson, UAFS, 6-1, 6-1
Miranzo, OCU, def. Cassidy Kincannon, UAFS, 6-0, 6-1