Harding Women's Tennis Sweeps Regional Foes

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Harding women's tennis picked up two regional wins over the weekend against teams it had not beaten for a while. The Lady Bisons defeated Drury 6-1 on Friday at the Cooper Tennis Complex, and then defeated Nebraska-Kearney 5-2 on Saturday.

Harding last defeated Drury in 2002 and Nebraska-Kearney in 2014. The Lady Bisons are now 6-1 on the season and play next at home against Arkansas-Fort Smith on Feb. 19.

Drury, ranked No. 5 in the Midwest Region, had only five healthy players for Friday's match, which left Harding needing only one doubles win to earn the doubles point. The Lady Bisons got that win at No. 1 where Rylie Cox and Lindy Carpenter won 7-5.

Harding won No. 6 singles by default, and Emily Carpenter won in straight sets at No. 5. The Lady Bisons also picked up three-set wins from Cox, Arisa Takanashi and Allison Carpenter.

Nebraska-Kearney entered Saturday's match ranked No. 7 in the Central Region. Harding is No. 4.

Harding won the doubles point with victories at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. Again, Harding needed three-set wins in singles to earn the team victory. Those three-set wins came from Cox, Takanashi and Emily Carpenter. Lindy Carpenter had Harding's only straight sets win.

Cox extended her singles winning streak to nine matches and improved to 12-1 overall. Lindy Carpenter has won seven straight, and Takanashi has a five-match winning streak.

Tennis Match Results
Harding vs Drury
2/8/2019 at Springfield, Mo.
(Cooper Tennis Complex)

Harding 6, Drury 1

Singles competition
1. #48 Rylie Cox (HU) def. Yu-Ning Lee (DU) 7-5, 6-7, 10-6
2. Arisa Takanashi (HU) def. J. Jedrychowski (DU) 6-1, 1-6, 7-5
3. JiaQing Mo (DU) def. Hana Folse (HU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
4. Allison Carpenter (HU) def. Julia Schepp (DU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
5. Emily Carpenter (HU) def. Isabella Melena (DU) 7-5, 6-3
6. Lindy Carpenter (HU) def. No player (DU), by default

Doubles competition
1. Rylie Cox/Lindy Carpenter (HU) def. JiaQing Mo/Yu-Ning Lee (DU) 7-5
2. J. Jedrychowski/Julia Schepp (DU) def. Hana Folse/Arisa Takanashi (HU) 7-6
3. Allison Carpenter/Emily Carpenter (HU) def. No player/No player (DU), by default

Match Notes:
Harding 5-1; Regional ranking #4
Drury 1-2; Regional ranking #5
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,5,2,3,4,1)
HU ranked 4th in Central Region ... Drury ranked 5th in Midwest Region

Tennis Match Results
Neb.-Kearney vs Harding
2/9/2019 at Springfield, Mo.
(Cooper Tennis Complex)

Harding 5, Neb.-Kearney 2

Singles competition
1. #48 Rylie Cox (HU) def. Vasilisa Polunova (UNK) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
2. Arisa Takanashi (HU) def. Zhanel Turabek (UNK) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
3. Sherry Sun (UNK) def. Hana Folse (HU) 6-2, 6-0
4. Fidan Ibrahimova (UNK) def. Allison Carpenter (HU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
5. Emily Carpenter (HU) def. Claire Neil (UNK) 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
6. Lindy Carpenter (HU) def. Pranathi Gannavaram (UNK) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Rylie Cox/Lindy Carpenter (HU) def. Zhanel Turabek/Fidan Ibrahimova (UNK) 6-3
2. Hana Folse/Arisa Takanashi (HU) def. Vasilisa Polunova/Pranathi Gannavaram (UNK) 6-3
3. Sherry Sun/Claire Neil (UNK) def. Allison Carpenter/Emily Carpenter (HU) 6-3

Match Notes:
Neb.-Kearney 7-2; Regional ranking #7
Harding 6-1; Regional ranking #4
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (3,1,2,4,6,5)

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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