VICKSBURG, Miss. – Molly Worden picked up her sixth straight singles win but the RiverHawks fell 5-2 to Central Arkansas to wrap up their three match road trip on Saturday.

Northeastern State played second match against a NCAA Division I program in a row and this was their fourth of the season.   

The Sugar Bears grabbed the doubles point on the RiverHawks with a sweep.  However, NSU made UCA battle out two 7-6 wins in its top and three slots. 

When play switched over to singles, Worden won the top slot, 6-4, 6-3, and Caitlin McCullough won 6-1, 7-6 (5-0) but then play was already clinched toward UCA.

Central Arkansas with the win over the RiverHawks is 7-0 while Northeastern State is 5-4 with three of those losses coming to NCAA Division I programs. 

The RiverHawks will be off until Thursday where they will have their home opener against Oklahoma Baptist.

Singles competition
1. Molly Worden (NSU) def. Pornpawee Pramethong (UCA) 6-4, 6-3
2. Hee-Jin Oh (UCA) def. Val Efimenko (NSU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Caitlin McCullough (NSU) def. Amiru Shimoguchi (UCA) 6-1, 7-6 (5-0)
4. QiLi Ma (UCA) def. Easton Parker (NSU) 6-0, 6-2
5. Marli Van Heerden (UCA) def. Karla Tomaic (NSU) 6-1, 6-4
6. Rada Manataweewat (UCA) def. Betha Gombarova (NSU) 6-4, 6-4
 
Doubles competition
1. Pornpawee Pramethong/Marli Van Heerden (UCA) def. Molly Worden/Val Efimenko (NSU) 7-6
2. QiLi Ma/Rada Manataweewat (UCA) def. Caitlin McCullough/Easton Parker (NSU) 6-2
3. Amiru Shimoguchi/Hee-Jin Oh (UCA) def. Karla Tomaic/Betha Gombarova (NSU) 7-6