1994 Miracle Yearbook

Asthe ball approaches,Cory Groves concentrates on it and returns it to his opponent. As he moves back,David Staedtler uses all his energy to return the serve. Photo byTodd Hill Jackets Tennis Team Finishes Season 12-1 ItwasanunusualseasonfortheCedarville College men's tennis team. For only the third time in the last 29 years, the Yellow Jacketsfailed tosend a representative to the NAIA National Tournament. Cedarville coasted through the regular season at 12-1 including a perfect 7-0 mark against NAIA District 22 competition. Ev- erythinglooked tobeinorderfortheJackets to win their sixth straight district tourna- ment,especially since they were scheduled to serve as host. However,top playerBrannonPottswent downwithanankleinjurytwodayspriorto the event and everything unraveled from there. Malone College, whom Cedarville had beaten 7-2 earlier in the season on the road,peaked and claimed the district team title as well as the singles and doubles crowns. SophomoreJamieHandhada15-2singles record and was an All-NAIA District 22 performerwhichincludesthoseplayerswho advancetothequarterfinalsinsinglesand semifinals in doubles. He was a singles semifinalist and he,along with freshman teammate Josh Rader, was the doubles runner-up. Hand is now 30-5 for his ca- reer in singles. Junior Todd Entner, 13-3 in singles, wasan all-district performerbymaking it tothe quarterfinals,whileJosh Rader was all-district in doubles. Freshman Gary Hey had the team's best singles record at 14-1,Rader was 10-3,and Potts,a senior, had a 7-2 mark prior to his injury to im- prove his career mark to 46-11. Cory Grove was the only other senior on the team and he had a 9-5 singles record. The Yellow Jackets walked through their regular season schedule and their victories included wins over Northern Kentucky and Wittenberg.Theirlone set- back occurred at Ohio Wesleyan. *Mark Womack Photo by Todd Hill Photo by Todd Hill