Harding Wins Season Opener 5-1 over Dallas Baptist

Box Score DALLAS – Harding women's tennis opened the spring season with a 5-1 victory over Dallas Baptist. The Lady Bisons won three third-set tiebreakers in singles clinch the match.

Harding (1-0) took the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3. Hana Folse and Lindy Carpenter won 6-2 at No. 2, and Emily and Allison Carpenter won 6-4 at No. 3.

Harding won four of the five singles matches played. Arisa Takanashi, Allison Carpenter and Emily Carpenter all won in third-set tiebreakers. Rylie Cox won 7-5, 6-2 at No. 1 in Harding's lone straight-sets victory.

Harding plays twice Saturday, taking on Collin College and Texas Permian Basin.

Harding 5, Dallas Baptist 1
Feb 01, 2019 at Dallas, Texas (Krest Park)

Singles competition

1. #48 Rylie Cox (HU) def. Claire Nguyen (DBU) 7-5, 6-2

2. Arisa Takanashi (HU) def. Taylor Leslie (DBU) 5-7, 6-2, 10-7

3. Adriana Carpenter (DBU) def. Hana Folse (HU) 7-6, 6-0

4. Allison Carpenter (HU) def. Ira Vogelmann (DBU) 6-4, 4-6, 10-7

5. Emily Carpenter (HU) def. Kate Daugherty (DBU) 2-6, 6-4, 13-11

6. Devon Austin-Canning (DBU) vs. Lindy Carpenter (HU) unfinished

Doubles competition

1. Claire Nguyen/Kate Daugherty (DBU) def. Rylie Cox/Arisa Takanashi (HU) 6-2

2. Hana Folse/Lindy Carpenter (HU) def. Taylor Leslie/Adriana Carpenter (DBU) 6-2

3. Emily Carpenter/Allison Carpenter (HU) def. Ira Vogelmann/Leslie Omeire (DBU) 6-4

Match Notes

Harding 1-0; Regional ranking #4

Dallas Baptist 0-1; Regional ranking #10

HU is 4th in Central Region ... DBU is 10th in South Central Region

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Players Mentioned

Hana Folse: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Arisa Takanashi: 5' 2"; Senior

Allison Carpenter: 5' 2"; Freshman

Emily Carpenter: 5' 4"; Freshman

Lindy Carpenter: 5' 3"; Freshman

Rylie Cox Evans: 5' 4"; Junior

Players Mentioned

Hana Folse
: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Arisa Takanashi
: 5' 2"; Senior

Allison Carpenter
: 5' 2"; Freshman

Emily Carpenter
: 5' 4"; Freshman

Lindy Carpenter
: 5' 3"; Freshman

Rylie Cox Evans
: 5' 4"; Junior