{"id":12752,"date":"2019-03-03T15:03:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T21:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/?p=12752"},"modified":"2019-03-21T17:32:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T23:32:15","slug":"harding-womens-tennis-wins-fifth-straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2019\/03\/03\/harding-womens-tennis-wins-fifth-straight\/","title":{"rendered":"Harding Women’s Tennis wins fifth straight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The women\u2019s tennis team improved to 8-1 with a non-conference victory over Great American Conference foe Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) at the Harding University Tennis Courts on Saturday, March 2. This is the fifth consecutive win of the season for the Lady Bisons.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harding Head Women\u2019s Tennis Coach David Redding said he knew the women\u2019s team would end the match with a 7-0 victory, but he did not anticipate how difficult the win against Ouachita would be. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After OBU upset Harding\u2019s No. 1 doubles team, the No. 2 and No. 3 teams made a comeback in close matcher to claim the doubles point and give Harding a 1-0 lead. Freshmen Emily and Allison Carpenter were down 5-4 in a six-game set but came back to win 7-5 while junior Erin Young and freshman Joee Crocker won 6-3 to get the doubles point. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were running really close in doubles, and I wanted that point so much,\u201d Young said. \u201cWe definitely weren\u2019t on our game until the end when we started playing more aggressively.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Lady Bisons dominated early on in singles and ended the match with six straight-sets victories. Young was one of three players to win in straight sets.<\/span><\/p>\n

In her first singles set, Young was up 3-0 against her opponent, Lindsay Gills of Ouachita, until Gills bounced back to win two games to make it 3-2. Young pulled away to win the set 6-2 and then won her second set 6-1.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy opponent was really pushing me hard toward the middle of the games,\u201d Young said. \u201cI knew I would have to keep my feet moving with her and become more aggressive than I was originally playing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite earning the latest win, Redding said his expectation for the women\u2019s team is still to improve at every practice in order to avoid close-call matches like this.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have to give credit to Ouachita because they came ready to play,\u201d Redding said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harding plays at home again against Henderson State on Tuesday, March 5 at 2 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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