DURANT, Okla. – The Harding women's tennis team clinched the No. 3 seed in the upcoming Great American Conference Tournament with a 6-3 road conference victory over Southeastern Oklahoma on Monday.

Both teams entered the match 2-3 in conference, but with the victory Harding captured the No. 3 seed and will meet No. 6 seed Henderson State on Friday at the conference tournament in Bentonville, Ark.

Harding won two of the three doubles matches against Southeastern Oklahoma. The No. 1 doubles team of Benyapa Phumtip and Ali Rowden improved to 9-4 this season with an 8-6 victory over Andreea Georgescu and Sabina Mardarenko.

The Lady Bisons' No. 3 doubles team of Maria Moreno and Katie Huff won their third straight with an 8-3 victory over Marina Dias and Elba Haugen.

Harding captured four of the six singles matches. Phumtip defeated Mardarenko 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 to improve to 9-6 in singles. Rowden won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 over Georgescu for her 11th singles victory this season. Chelsea Lanier won her fourth straight with a 6-4, 6-4 victory at No. 3, and Kaleigh Wagner won her sixth straight 6-1, 6-0 at No. 6. Wagner is the only Lady Bison to win all six of her conference matches this season.

Tennis Match Results
Harding vs Southeastern Oklahoma
Apr 15, 2013 at Durant, Okla.

Harding 6, Southeastern Oklahoma 3

 Singles competition
1. Benyapa Phumtip (HU) def. Sabina Mardarenko (SOSU) 6-2, 6-2
2. Ali Rowden (HU) def. Andreea Georgescu (SOSU) 6-2, 6-1
3. Chelsea Lanier (HU) def. Fabiola Juarez (SOSU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Cassaundra Braaten (SOSU) def. Katie Huff (HU) 7-5, 6-3
5. Elba Haugen (SOSU) def. Maria Moreno (HU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Kaleigh Wagner (HU) def. Marina Dias (SOSU) 6-1, 6-0

 Doubles competition
1. Benyapa Phumtip/Ali Rowden (HU) def. Andreea Georgescu/Sabina Mardarenko (SOSU) 8-6
2. Cassaundra Braaten/Fabiola Juarez (SOSU) def. Chelsea Lanier/Kaleigh Wagner (HU) 8-5
3. Maria Moreno/Katie Huff (HU) def. Marina Dias/Elba Haugen (SOSU) 8-3

Match Notes:
Harding 12-8, 3-3