With the win against the Emporia State Lady Hornets, the Lady Bisons tennis team won their fourth straight match and advanced to 8-3 for the season. Their next match will be in Edmond, Oklahoma, on Friday, March 24, against the University of Central Oklahoma. UCO is in the same region as Harding and currently ranked No. 7 in the central region.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, March 25, the Lady Bisons play Southern Nazarene University, marking their first GAC match of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur close match with Northwest Missouri State (NWMS) was probably my favorite match this season, just because every match was so important,\u201d junior Brittany Smyser said. \u201cIt was just so much fun being able to come back and win like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
After falling in all three doubles matches against NWMS, the Lady Bisons knew they\u2019d have to fight to come back. However, this wasn\u2019t the first time they faced such a scenario. With wins at 1, 2 and 3 singles the Lady Bisons were still in it.<\/p>\n
Butler and Faulkner lost their singles matches. Smyser played a third set to clench that match at line 4 singles for the Lady Bisons.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis season, with the team in general, we\u2019ve definitely gotten closer,\u201d Smyser said. \u201cWe\u2019ve learned to find solutions to the problems and challenges we\u2019ve faced.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Lady Bisons defeated Emporia State 8-1 this past Tuesday. Emporia State is also in the same regional conference as Harding.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t really matter what we do,\u201d Smyser said. \u201cWe just find a way to win and do the best we can with what we\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the past win against NWMS, the match against UCO will be a key determinate of how Harding will match up against other regional teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we can play other teams on a different level just because we put in a lot of work, and it\u2019s been a full year with the new coach,\u201d junior Laura Golubic said. \u201cThat being said, I think we can still start off better in doubles and have better communication within doubles.\u201d<\/p>\n
Golubic is now 6-2 at line 2 singles and 7-4 at line 1 doubles. She won her match Tuesday by default after winning the first set 6-0 in less than 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pleased to see how deep our team seems to be in both our singles and doubles lineup,\u201d head coach David Redding said. \u201cAnother thing I\u2019m very excited about is how tough our schedule will still be going forward this year, and how quickly we get to discover where we stand against some highly ranked teams.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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