....... ~Volleyball Up and over 'I )) espite a disappointing season in some respects, the Lady Bison volleyball team put up a good fight and ended the fall season by earning a berth in the NAIA District 17Tournament. The season opened discouragingly in September, when the Lady Bisons won only one of four games in the Arkansas Tech tournament at Russellville. But at Harding a few days later, the team came back to defeat Henderson State three games straight. A week later the Lady Bisons again won three consecutive games, this time against the University of Arkansas in Pine Bluff. During the match, senior Dawn Mason lead the team, serving six straight points in the opening game to give the Lady Bisons the edge they maintained throughout the match. This home victory was followed by another successful encounter with UAPB, when Harding's team won a match 3-4, improving its overall record to 10-10. After this promising streak of victories, however, the team's luck turned. The Lady Bisons suffered double defeat by Arkansas Tech, and a few days later lost to the University of Central Arkansas. Coach Karyl Bailey indicated that the team was drained from midterms, pledge week, and four straight road matches. The Lady Bisons later lost to Henderson State in a close, 3-2 match, and then won one of four games against Arkansas Tech, whose team boasted a 52 game winning streak. The Harding team finished the season by winning one and losing two more close matches. The Lady Bisons ended their season with a 13-20 overall record, and a 5-9 record in the AIC, winning a sixth-seed position in the NAIA District 17 women's volleyball tournament. Although the team had hoped to do better, Mason indicated that, in some ways, the Lady Bisons were successful. "We have established ourselves in the League," she said. "The other teams don't take us lightly anymore." 1Jt Volleyball Team: Front row : Glenn , Gardner, Wallis , Mason , Shanklin ; back row: manager - Morris, trainer - Wheeler, Shiflet, Clements, Green , McAfee, Walters, Daugherty, Hinton, coach - Bailey. - photo by John Radcliffe . 136 Volleyball Concentration for an ace. Freshman Tracy Hinton from Jonesboro , Arkansas, concentrates on her timing in anticipation of seroing an ace.- photo by John Radcliffe. Up in arms. Setter Dawn Mason, from Tabernacle, New Jersey, asks for the assistance of her teammates against Henderson State. - photo by John Radcliffe.
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