INDIANPOLIS – Central Oklahoma's MIAA title this weekend guaranteed the Bronchos a spot in the NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Championship and UCO learned that fate Monday night.
The Bronchos were given the No. 6 seed in the Central Regional. UCO will travel to Topeka, Kansas for a first-round matchup against No. 3 seed Nebraska Kearney on Monday, May 12. The No. 2 seed in the six-team regional is Washburn, which will play the winner of UCO-UNK on Tuesday, May 12.
Monday, May 12
[6] Central Oklahoma vs. [3] Nebraska Kearney, 12 p.m.
Tuesday, May 13
[1] Washburn vs. UCO/UNK winner, 12 p.m.
Augustana is hosting the other half of the regional in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The top-seed Vikings will play the winner of the No. 4 Southern Arkansas and No. 5 Northwest Missouri.
The winners of the two Central regionals advance to the Round of 16 in Altamonte Springs, Florida,
Central Oklahoma went 13-6 this season with a 6-3 record in the MIAA. That put the Bronchos fourth in the conference. UCO rattled off three wins in three days this past weekend in Springfield, Missouri to win the MIAA Women's Tennis Championship.
UCO beat Emporia State in the first round, regional tournament opponent UNK in the semifinals, and regional participant Northwest Missouri in the championship match. Central lost to the three MIAA teams in the regional during the regular season but avenged two of them last weekend.
The 2025 season is a return to the national tournament for the Bronchos, who missed out last season. UCO made eight consecutive national tournaments (2015-23) prior to that, including the 2022 squad that finished national runner-up.
