Chantell e Bequette works to keep the ball in play. The Lady Bi sons pl aced second in the District 17 tournament. Aimi ng w ith ca re. Chantelle Bequette prepa res ro make an accurately-placed shot. The Lady Bisons fi n ished their fi rst season w ith a 10-2 conference record . Farah Mackey vo lleys a short return at the net. The Lady Bison netters finished second in the AIC. The Lady Bison tennis team, in their first season of intercollegiate competition captured second place in the AIC with a conference record of 10-2. With the approval for a women's tennis team at the spring 1991 board meeting, Head Coach David Elliott immediately began recruiting women to represent Harding on the courts , all ofwhom had experience in high school tennis. The team's late start did not affect the impact they were to make in the ir first sea on. The Lady Bisons ' top player, freshman AmyWhittle, established herself as the number-one player in the conference, then lost her first match of the year in the last match of the season before District against CA. The Lady Bisons ' two conference losses were to UCA, the AIC and District 17 champs . Coach Elliott said that he was pleased with the success of Harding 's young program. "We exce ded what everyone expected out of us in our first year, " he said. Elliott predicted that by next year the Lady Bisons will dominate tennis in the league . The key to our success was that we were not a one-man team. Everyone contributed. Different people came through for us at different times. It was not a one-man show," Coach Elliott said. Finishing the season with a record of 128, this initial team left its mark and set the pace for those to come. -- Vicki Jackson Athletics 139
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