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Women's Tennis by Scott Goode (4/7/14)

HU Women's Tennis Seeks Eighth Straight Victory, Meets GAC Foe Ouachita Baptist

Katie Huff is tied for the team lead with 12 doubles victories.

Harding Women's Tennis

Harding (12-5, 4-0) at Ouachita Baptist (0-10, 0-3)

Location: Arkadelphia, Ark.

Time: Tuesday, Apr. 8 at 1 p.m.

Series: Harding leads 26-11

Coaches: Harding – Marco Ruiz (12-5, 1st season at Harding); Ouachita Baptist – Betsy Danner.

Harding's women will look to win their eighth straight match Tuesday when they meet Ouachita Baptist in Great American Conference action. The Lady Bisons lead the series 26-11 over the Lady Tigers and have won nine straight.

Harding is 4-0 in GAC action and in first place in the conference standings. Ouachita Baptist has lost all three of its GAC matches and is in sixth place.

All six of Harding's top singles players have more than 10 singles victories this season. Piper Huey has 15 victories to lead the team. She is 12-3 in dual matches, 4-0 in conference matches, and 11-1 at No. 2 singles and has won six straight overall. Freshman Lauren Doversola enters the match with a seven-match singles winning streak.

Doversola and Katie Huff lead Harding with 12 doubles victories.

UNIVERSAL TENNIS RANKINGS POTENTIAL MATCHUPS (based on most-used singles lineups this season)

Match

Name

Team

UTR

 

Name

Team

UTR

No. 1

Ali Rowden

HU

7.33

Vs.

Valeryia Mansvetova

OBU

5.03

No. 2

Piper Huey

HU

7.72

Vs.

Palina Tsymbalava

OBU

4.00

No. 3

Benyapa Phumtip

HU

7.89

Vs.

Camelia Ferreia

OBU

4.00

No. 4

Lauren Doversola

HU

5.90

Vs.

Mary Wolfe

OBU

3.00

No. 5

Arielle Butler

HU

5.23

Vs.

Keely Howk

OBU

2.00

No. 6

Kaleigh Wagner

HU

5.81

Vs.

Katelyn Barber

OBU

1.00

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