Lack of quickness , silent bats, and poor fielding combined with inexperience to spell doom for the hardbailers. The Bisons came from a 13-9 season in 1976 to a final record of 7-7 in the AIC and a 1(}-15 record over all in 1977. They had hoped to look to three sen iors and a host of underclassmen in a quest for the 1977 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference baseball crown. The hardbailers started the season off by splitting a double-header with Christian Brothers, thus getting off to what appeared would be a good season by making a good showing, according to Coach Richard Johnson . In their first conference game, the Bisons split a pai r with the College of the Ozarks to 190 • Baseball give them a season record of 4-2 and 11 in the Ale. The Bisons then lost the next 7 out of 8 games but still were in contention for the AIC race with a 2-2 record. The hardbailers Gould not seem to put together the wins that counted and went into their fi nal games witha 5-7 AIC record. They dropped both games of a doubleheader in their last outing and failed to make it to the final playoffs. Freshman outfielder Mike Beam was named to the AII-AIC baseball team. Bison first baseman Vince Adams and second baseman Ordis Copeland were named honorable mention . Adams was also named to the NAIA District 17 AII - Star team.
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