124 Tennis Young netters Beginning in see-saw fashion, a young Bison tennis team managed to claim fourth place in both the AIC and NAIA District 17 final standings for 1979. It was win one, lose two as the netters defeated their first Ale opponent Arkansas College, 8-1, then fell to defeat in the next two meets. Before getting a chance to even their conference record, the Bisons were to face a tough team from NCAA Division II Arkansas State. Led by singles winners Scott Carstens, Dennis Sanders and Sco tt Dawkins, Harding squeezed past the Indians 5-4 in Sea rcy. They then looked toward tackling the University of Arkansas at Monticello the following Monday I April 9. Crushing the Boll Weevils 9-0 the netters were riding high as they traveled to Jonesboro to again take on the ASU Indians. The Bisons were then 2-2 in the conference and 6-5 for the season. Closely matched, the two teams battled to the final game of the last doubles match. At that po int the score stood at 4-4. Bison netters Scott and Eric Dawkins took the first set 6-3. ASU took the match and the meet however I as the team of Rasch-Gibson slipped past the Dawkins pair in the final two sets 5-7, 6-7. On the downhill side of the season the Bisons claimed victories in a majority of their meets. The season ended with Harding placing fou rth in the District 17 meet at Ouachita Baptist University I ¥ay 3-5 . OBU took first in front of distant ·second SAU who was trailed closely by John Brown and Harding . Finishing the season with a 6-3 conference record and a 13-8 tally on the season the netters were paced individually by Carstens, who earned honorable mention honors on the All-AIC team. ',,~ 1979 AIC TENNIS RESULTS Ouachita Baptist University Southern Arkansas University Hendrix College HARDING UNIVERSITY University of Central Arkansas Arkansas Tech University University of Arkansas-Monticello Arkansas College Henderson State University College of the Ozarks 9-0 8-1 7-2 6-3 5-4 4-5 3-6 2-7 1-8 0-9
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