EDMOND, Ok. — Griffon Tennis proved the No. 4-nationally ranked Bronchos can bleed, but Central Oklahoma claimed a 4-1 victory to end No. 5 seed Missouri Western's season in round two of the Central Regional at the Edmond Center Courts.

Missouri Western (18-5) and No. 1 seed Central Oklahoma (21-1) started the day with an absolute dogfight in doubles play, which came down the very last wire in No. 3 doubles action. To set the Griffs up to potentially take the doubles point, Esther Güemes and Claudia Iglesias took down the No. 31-nationally ranked team of Adel Abiduillina and Tizia Brocks. The stage was set for Ioanna Lathouri and Anaís Peralta Criado to give Nikkie Boya and Bythe Buntrock all they could handle, but the UCO pair came away with a 7-6 tiebreaker victory to claim the doubles point. 

Heading into the next stage of play, MWSU dropped matches in No 2 and No. 3 singles and were down 3-0 when Iglesias seized her team's only point of the morning. Iglesias beat Buntrock 7-5, 6-3, but No. 3-nationally ranked Mae Canete defeated Anya Chavez 6-1, 7-5 just minutes later to cement Central Oklahoma's next step to the Central Region Championship.

Iglesias' win over Buntrock is the first time UCO has yielded a point to an opponent since April 23 when the Bronchos beat Northwest Missouri State, 5-2. Lathouri and Criado were leading in No. 4 and No. 5 singles when the match was finalized. Griffon Tennis finishes its 2022 season with its first NCAA Tournament win and the furthest it's ever gone as a team. 

Doubles
No. 1:  Mae Canete / Christine Canete (UCO) def. Anya Chavez / Isabella MacGibbon (MWSU) 6-0
No. 2: Esther Güemes / Claudia Iglesias (MWSU) def. Adel Abidullina / Tizia Brocks (UCO) 7-5
No. 3: Nikki Boyar / Blythe Buntrock (UCO) vs. IoannaLathouri  / Anaís Peralta Criado (MWSU) 7-6 (7-5 tiebreaker)
 
Singles
No. 1: Mae Canete (UCO) def. Anya Chavez (MWSU) 6-1, 7-5
No. 2: Christine Canete (UCO) def. Esther Güemes  (MWSU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 3: Adel Abidullina (UCO) def. Isabella MacGibbon (MWSU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 4: Grace Chadick (UCO) vs. Anaís Peralta Criado (MWSU). 6-1, 4-6, 2-0 (DIDN'T FINISH)
No. 5: Tizia Brocks (UCO) vs. Ioanna Lathouri (MWSU) 4-6, 6-5 (DIDN'T FINISH)
No. 6:  Claudia Iglesias (MWSU) def. Blythe Buntrock (UCO) 7-5, 6-3