1996 Miracle Yearbook

The Cedarville College men's tennis program opened up on a new set of home courts,finished second in the Mid-Ohio Conference,and competed in the NCAA National Invitational Tournament. Second-year head coach Alan Edlund guided his netters to an 8-8 overall record and a 3-1 slate in the MOC. JamieHandreturned totheteamfollowing aone yearlayoffand held down the number one position. The junior righthander recorded an impressive 15-8 mark in singles to improve his career numbers to 45-13. Hand was seeded sixth in the NAIA Great Lakes Sectional Tournament and upset the numbertwo seed on his way to the championship match where he finished as the runner-up. He was also the Flight#1 singles runner-up at the NCCAA National Invitational winning two out ofthree matches. The rest ofthe line-up included the only two seniors on the roster, David Baker and Andy Kunkler, in singles positions two and three, respectively. Baker had a 5-12 record while Kunkler was 6-11. Rookie Carl Weise was 8- 12in the number4position,junior Zach Ruffin had an 8-9 record at number five, while freshman Mark Anderson was 8-6 at sixth singles. Newcomer Jeff Durham was 5-2 in varsity play. Handand Kunklerformed thetop doublesspotandfinished 8-8. Bakerand Weise were 6-10 in the second slot while Ruffin and junior Anthony Torlone rolled to a 7-5 record in the third doubles position. The Yellow Jackets were able to play on campus for the first time in two years and won all four oftheir home matches in convincing fashion. They defeated MOCfoes Tiffin and Findlay byidenticalscoresof8-1,and registered non-conference wins against Ashland (9-0) and Wittenberg (4-1). Mark Womack,Sports Information Director MEN'S TENNIS Men Break Even Team Results Opponent Scores Ohio Wesleyan 2-5 Mt. St. Joseph 9-0 Asbury 8-1 Georgetown 1-8 Tiffin 8-1 Findlay 8-1 Otterbein 1-8 Ashland 9-0 Malone 9-0 Walsh 2-7 Wittenberg 4-1 Tiffin 8-0 NAIA Great Lakes Sectionals 4 of 7 Dave Bakershowsastrongfollow through on his forward return to his opponent. men's tennis