1996 Miracle Yearbook

The Lady Jackets tennis team enjoyed an 8-4 season overall and 3-2 mark in the Mid-Ohio Conference before finishing second in the post-season tournament. Cedarville hosted the MOC Championships on the new nine- court campus facility. Senior Melissa Hartman concluded an outstanding career with numerous accomplishments including capturing the MOC singles crown. She defeated the top two seeded playersin the process and both opponents had beaten her Serving with grace and balance, Mary earlier in the 1996 season. Wolfe hopes for an "ace." Hartman advanced to the NAIA National Tournament where she split two matches and was also named an NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete in tennis for the second straight year. Even more significantly, she was given the prestigious Prince/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Graduate Scholarship Award. She ended the season with a 10-5 singlesrecord and a41-12 markfor her career. Junior Hasmine Gmuer was the MOC#2 Flight singles winner. She was 9-2 on the season to improve her career record to 29-7. Gmuer joined Hartmanonthe All-MOCTeamin both singlesand doubles. Thetwosomehad an 8-3 doubles record. Newcomer Jodi du'Monceaux and sophomore Mary Wolfe won the #2 Flight doubles title in the MOC and also earned spots on the all-conference team. They had a 7-3 doubles mark. GwenJudkins,the only other senior on the squad,and sophomoreJodi Muehling formed the other doubles unit and they finished with a 9-4 record. du'Monceaux was the MOC runner up in Flight#3 singles and had an 8-5 record. The remainder ofthe varsity line- up included Wolfe,who had an 8-6 record,sophomore Lesley Nester(5-3), and Muehling (6-4). Walsh totalled 40 points to repeat as the MOC tournament champion while Cedarville had 34 points to finish second in the six-team field. The Jackets had players in the top three singles finals and all three ofthe doubles finals. Mark Womack,Sports Information Director Melissa Hartman receives a watch after earning a letter in Volleyball, Basketball and Tennis for the last four years. Team Results Opponent Scores Shawnee State 9-0 Findlay 7-2 Wilmington 9-0 Oberlin 0-9 Ohio Wesleyan 1-8 Earlham 7-2 Walsh 2-7 Malone 4-5 Mt. St. Joseph 8-1 Tiffin 9-0 Bluffton 6-3 Ohio Northern 8-1 MOC Championships 2 of6 Women Leave Opponents Stone Cold Women's Tennis Gwen Judkins watches her return shot fall in her opponent's court. women's tennis