308 Tennis Talk About/TenniS Efforts Of Young Team Yield Impressive Season Plagued with youth, the 1980 Bison tennis team had what could be deemed a "miracle season. " Although the squad was seasoned with veterans, freshmen played a significan t role in the success of the team. To everyone's surprise, the Black and Gold oetters posted a 19-5 overall record and a 6-2 record in the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference. which located them in third place. The season kicked off in Batesville against Arkansas College. The Bi son oetters were just in the testing stage and AC provided a good confidence Ijooster as Harding prevailed, 9-0. In the NAIA District 17 championships, the Bisons fared very well. Freshman Sam Moore and sen ior Scott Carstens won the doubles team championship and represented Harding and Distrist 17 in the national championships at Kansas City, Missouri. Carstens and Moore were the first Bisons in the nationals since 1970. While they won the number one position, the netters from Harding collected wins in the other doubles matches. Scott Dawkins and On March 21-22, the Harding raqueteers competed in the Christian College Tournament, held at Searcy. After squeaking past Freed-Hardeman Co llege 5-4 in the fir st round, the netters experienced their first loss to a powerful Abilene Christian University team, 3-6. Roaring back they downed Lubbock Chri st ian 9-0, and David Lipscomb College 7-2, to stretch their record to 6-1. David Redding won the number two doubles as Clark Wood and Bob Ballenger picked up the number three doubles. Redding, a freshman, won the number three singles to pick up the only singles victory. All in all, the Bisons placed second in the district match, losing by only a point. Moore and Ca rstens represented Harding on the six member All-Ale team. Redding received Honorable Mention honors. - ( 'OUflt!'y of Publicily Offict / tennis 1980 AIC TENNIS RESULTS Southern Arkansas University 8-0 Ouachita Baptist University 7-1 HARDING UNIVERSITY 6.2 Arkansas Tech University 5-3 Hendri x College 4.4 University of Central Arkansas 3-5 University of Arkansas-Monticello 2-6 Arkansas College 1-7 College of the Ozark' 0.8
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