SEARCY – Harding took advantage of outstanding pitching from three hurlers to take the second of two games of a Great American Conference doubleheader from No. 3 Southern Arkansas on Friday at Jerry Moore Field.

The Muleriders won the opener 4-2, but the Bisons came back to take the second game by the same score. The teams conclude the series Saturday at 11 a.m.

Harding is now 15-8 overall and 7-4 in the GAC. The Bisons are tied with Southwestern Oklahoma for third place in the conference standings. Southern Arkansas is 21-5 overall and 10-4 in conference, good for second place.

The victory for Harding was its third in the last four years over a top-5 team. Last season, Harding defeated No. 1 Delta State 12-2 in Searcy, and in 2011 the Bisons defeated No. 3 West Florida 6-2 at the Gulf South Conference Tournament.

Collin Campbell (4-0) remained undefeated by allowing only two runs on seven hits and no walks over five innings in game two.

Southern Arkansas took a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the second inning, but Harding responded with three in the third. The Bisons had four hits in the inning and capitalized on a Mulerider error. Trent Wooldridge singled to drive in the first run, John Chapman singled and scored on a wild pitch to tie it, and James Anderson singled to drive in Wooldridge with the go-ahead run.

Harding tacked on another run in the fifth as Erin McCarver walked with the bases loaded to score Chapman.

Campbell left after five innings, and Zac Stewart pitched a perfect sixth. Bronson Smith worked a 1-2-3 seventh for his third save of the season.

Anderson and Chapman both went 2-for-3. Chapman scored twice and had a stolen base. Harding's lone extra-base hit was a Victor Guerra double.

Janson Carr (3-1) lost for the first time this season for the Muleriders. He allowed eight hits and four earned runs over five innings.

Southern Arkansas' Dylan Lynn (4-1) was the winner in game one. He gave up only one run in seven innings.

The Muleriders scored one in the first and three in the third and led 4-0 entering the bottom of the seventh. Kyler Offenbacker drove in McCarver with a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 4-1.

The Bisons made it 4-2 on Guerra's RBI ground out in the ninth. Harding had the tying run on first when the final out of the game was made.

Harding had seven hits in the opener, including doubles by Anderson and Guerra. Justin Buchanan went 3-for-4 with three RBI to lead the Muleriders.

Cameron Walker (2-1) took his first loss of the season for the Bisons. He allowed four runs (two earned) on five hits and six walks over 4 1/3 innings. Hunter Payne came on in relief and pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings with two strike outs.