ADA, Okla. - The Harding men's tennis team defeated East Central 6-3 on Saturday in the final Great American Conference match of the season. The victory created a three-way tie for second place in the conference standings.

Southeastern Oklahoma finished first in the conference with a 3-0 record. Harding, Ouachita Baptist, and East Central are all tied for second at 1-2. A draw will be held Saturday to determine seeds for the GAC Tournament, which will be held in Bentonville, Ark., on Apr. 18-20.

Harding improved to 8-7 with the victory, its first GAC victory in nine conference matches over the last three seasons. East Central dropped to 7-10 overall.

Harding won two of the three doubles matches, picking up victories at No. 2 and winning a tight 9-7 match at No. 3.

The Bisons then won four of the six singles matches, three of them in straight sets. Josh Hurt won a super tiebreaker 11-9 in the third set at No. 6 singles.

Harding 6, East Central 3
Ada, Okla.

Singles
No. 1 - Mathaus Spiering (HU) d. Marc Fillat (ECU) - 6-2, 7-5
No. 2 - Jon Mark Rowden (HU) d. Max DeJuan (ECU) - 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
No. 3 - Julian Caminos (ECU) d. Yann Le Mat (HU) - 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 - Brandon Hogland (HU) d. Andrew Cabato (ECU) - 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 - Stefan Schadlbauer (ECU) d. Caleb McReynolds (HU) - 6-4, 6-1
No. 6 - Josh Hurt (HU) d. Nate Kipping (ECU) - 6-4, 4-6, 11-9

Doubles
No. 1 - Caminos/Cabato (ECU) d. Spiering/Le Mat (HU) - 8-5
No. 2 - Rowden/Hogland (HU) d. DeJuan/Fillat (ECU) - 8-4
No. 3 - McReynolds/Hurt (HU) d. Kipping/Schadlbauer (ECU) - 9-7