Auburn University's doubles pair of Emily Flickinger (Sr.) and Pleun Burgmans (Jr.) competed in the National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships in Flushing, NY this weekend. The men's team also sent senior Lukas Ollert to compete in the singles draw.
While Ollert lost both his first main draw match against the first seed Sebastian Stiefelmeyer (Louisville) and his first consolation match against four seed Julian Lenz (Baylor), the Flickinger/Burgmans pair made it to the finals of the main draw.
After a first round bye, the doubles team won three straight to make it to the finals. Their toughest test came in a 6-4 4-6 (10-8) win over Ashley Dai and Kate Vialle, a doubles team from North Carolina.
Their next win came in the quarterfinals against Lina Lileikite and Stephanie Wagner from Miami. The tigers won 7-6 (4) 6-2 before entering a semifinal match against Kelsey Laurente and Viktoriya Lushkova.
Flickinger and Pleun pasted the pair from Oklahoma State with a score of 6-3 6-3.
In the finals, the girls faced the unseeded team of Catherine Harrison and Kyle McPhillips from UCLA.
Despite a very successful tournament overall, the pair lost 2-6 3-6.
This tournament marks the last scheduled play for both the men's and women's teams for the remainder of the calendar year. The next scheduled match is a women's match against Middle Tennessee State on January 17.
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