1997 Miracle Yearbook

The Cedarville Men's Tennis team entered their 1997 season as the underdogs afterlosing thetop three play- ersfrom their previous year.The Yellow Jacketsfinished with an overallrecord of 8-12. Theteamopenedtheirseason with losses against Transylvania and Merrimack before coming around to de- feat Ohio Wesleyan for the first time in four years. Thematch againstNorthern Ken- tucky found the Jackets down 6-1, but theyrebounded againstMountSt.Joseph to a 9-0 victory. Coming from a six-match losing streak,CedarvillestronglydefeatedMOC rival Malone 8-1. In their second match against MountSt.Joseph,Cedarvilleclosedthem out for a 9-0 win. The Yellow Jackets picked up their third straight win against Tiffin with an 8-1 MOC victory. A Smash Hit Men's Tennis At the Bluffton Invitational, Cedarville gathered two wins and one loss to place second in this four team tournament, with Brian Wilbur and Tim Haylett picking up the two wins. At Greenville for NCCAA Na- tional play, the Yellow Jackets lost by a narrow 5-4 margin. Theteam losestwo ofits seniors, Tim Haylett and Anthony Torlone, to graduation,and its No. 1 ranked singles player Brian Wilbur, a sophomore, to Oxford University, though he's prom ised to come back for his senior year. "This team was one of the bes groups of guys I've ever worked with,' Coach Edlund observed. "All the guy pulled together for each other to form cohesive unit,and they all gotalong ye well." TheteamspenttheirSpringBre in Jacksonville,Florida wherethey prac- ticed an average of six hours a day. "TheJacksonville practices were a time for us to get to know each other, with six hour practicesandthen spending the restof our time together," Coach Edlund said about their Spring Break. The Cedarville Yellow Jackets lookforwardtonext yearas manyoftheir opponents are losing top-ranked seniors, while the Jackets team is bringing in several top-ranked players to continue building a solid team. . Ben Barnhart 111477:1'-' 46,kateowit . 1116141116161111ci. AZMIMSg e. Scott Huck row 1 (1-r): Reuben Duncan,BrettCooley,Tim Haylett,MattTaylor.row 2:Carl Weise,Anthony Torlone,Brian Wilbur,Zach Ruffin,Head Coach Alan Edlund. 226 at4t,til