1987 Miracle Yearbook

220 FINISH LINE Cedarville 9 Taylor 9 IUPA — Ft. Wayne 7 Grace 5 Marion 9 Detroit 6 Kenyon 9 Transylvania 9 Dayton 7 Fairmont State 7 Boca Raton 9 St. Thomas 2 Florida Atlantic 3 IUPA — Indianapolis 8 Findlay 5 Marion 4 Charleston, W.Va. 9 Georgetown, Ky. 7 Malone Sinclair Inv. 1st out of 4 9 Earlhom 9 Ashland 9 Wright State Wilmington Inv. 1st out of 5 1 Cincinnati Transylvania Inv. 1st out of 6 9 Otterbein 6 Xavier 9 Walsh 9 Mt. Vernon Naz. 9 Wilmington 9 Wittenberg 9 Bluffton NCCAA Nat'l Inv. 1st out of 5 1 Toledo 9 Wright State NAIA District 22 1st out of 7 9 Thomas Moore NAIA Nationals 12th out of 49 38 Total Record Opponent 0 0 2 4 0 3 2 2 7 6 1 4 5 0 2 8 3 8 0 5 Thurman Payron, Greg Fronk, Jeff Kohl, Dino Tsibouris, Bruce Toranger, Steve Lesko, Steve Brumbaugh, Scott Poling, John Kelley, Coach: Murray Murdoch Surpassed Expectations The 1986-87 men's tennis ream sow many things in our all-year seaon. We saw seven freshmen come in to rake the top seven posi- tions. We saw that coach Murdoch does not believe in tennis euthanasia-keeping a lone senior in rhe line-up at third doubles. We sow rhe NAIA District 22Championship title returned to its rightful owner,and resting more comfort- ably in its usual home of Cedarville, after o year of absence. We saw an unprecedented elev- en pointsearned at rhe NAIA Nationals,surpass- ing the previous record by three points. The most significant thing the ream sow this year, however, was not in the area of tennis skill, but in growth and maturation. With such on individual sport, team cooperation is most difficult and this year's ream often referred to ourselves as the"Men's Opinion Tennis Team." Yet, through Coach Murdoch's reaching and example of love and unselfishness, we learned rhe importance of honoring God and loving each other, building around Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ who strength- ens me." Thurman Payton