MOBILE, Ala. – The No. 11 seed Loyola Wolf Pack women's tennis team breezed through a first-round matchup with No. 22 seed Oklahoma Wesleyan Tuesday at the 2026 NAIA National Championship. 

Loyola (9-7) moves on to face No. 6 seed Southeastern (Fla.) in Wednesday's second round at the Mobile Tennis Center. The match is scheduled for 1 p.m. 

Oklahoma Wesleyan picked up a 6-3 win in doubles to start the match, but it would be their only win of the day. Avery Frierson and Adele Fereres picked up a 6-2 win shortly after. Then Micaela Ponce and Presha Shanthamoorthi, who trailed 4-2 on court 1 doubles, won four consecutive games to pull out a 6-4 win and clinch the doubles point. 

In singles, Frierson kept up momentum with a 6-0, 6-0 sweep on court 2. Fereres followed, winning 6-2, 6-1 on court 4 for her 11th singles victory of the year. 

Avrora Volkova and Presha Shanthamoorthi's matches finished nearly simultaneously, but the match was clinched with Volkova's 6-3, 6-1 win on court 6. Shanthamoorthi would have had a 6-2, 6-1 win, but it was ruled unfinished due to the match being clinched. 

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Results

No. 11 Loyola – 4

No. 22 Oklahoma Wesleyan – 0

Doubles
1. #39 Ponce/Shanthamoorthi (LOYNO) def. #10 J. Henderson/Espinal (OKWU) 6-4
2. #13 Fereres/Frierson (LOYNO) def. M. Henderson/Frendjian (OKWU) 6-2
3. N. Henderson/Miller (OKWU) def. Volkova/Amodu (LOYNO) 6-3
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles
1. #70 Micaela Ponce (LOYNO) vs. #48 Rocio Espinal (OKWU) 4-6, 6-1, unfinished 
2. Avery Frierson (LOYNO) def. Jewel Henderson (OKWU) 6-0, 6-0
3. #41 Adele Fereres (LOY) def. Nancy Henderson (OWKU) 6-2, 6-1
4. #71 Presha Shanthamoorthi (LOYNO) vs. Madeline Henderson (OKWU) 6-2, 5-1, unfinished
5. Oceane Frendjian (OKWU) vs. Sofia Amodu (LOYNO) 7-6 (7-3), unfinished 
6. Avrora Volkova (LOYNO) def. Ashley Miller (OKWU) 6-3, 6-1
Order of finish: 2, 3, 6