SEARCY – The No. 45 Harding men's tennis team returns to action this week with home matches on three consecutive days.
Harding (3-4) will open the home stand Wednesday at 10 a.m. against William Jewell. Thursday at 2:30 p.m., Harding will host Cameron, and will play Friday at 1 p.m. against Missouri-St. Louis.
The Bisons opened the season with three consecutive wins but dropped their last four prior to spring break.
Below are capsules of the four teams in action this week:
Harding (3-4)
National Ranking: No. 45
Regional Ranking: No. 6 (Central Region)
Nationally-Ranked Singles Players: none
Regionally-Ranked Singles Players: Jon Mark Rowden (No. 17)
Nationally-Ranked Doubles Teams: none
Regionally-Ranked Doubles Teams: Neto Cacace/Rowden (No. 6)
Dual singles record: 22-18 (.550)
Dual doubles record: 13-8 (.619)
William Jewell (2-5)
National Ranking: Not Ranked
Regional Ranking: Not Ranked (Midwest Region)
Nationally-Ranked Singles Players: none
Regionally-Ranked Singles Players: none
Nationally-Ranked Doubles Teams: none
Regionally-Ranked Doubles Teams: none
Dual singles record: 12-30 (.286)
Dual doubles record: 5-16 (.238)
Cameron (6-4)
National Ranking: No. 19
Regional Ranking: No. 2 (South Central Region)
Nationally-Ranked Singles Players: Joao Fazendeiro (No. 41)
Regionally-Ranked Singles Players: Joao Fazendeiro (No. 2), Felipe Oyarzun (No. 8), Dennis Merdan (No. 10), Angelo Lencioni (No. 16), Justin Baciu (No. 20)
Nationally-Ranked Doubles Teams: none
Regionally-Ranked Doubles Teams: Kartner/Velasco (No. 6)
Dual singles record: 35-25 (.583)
Dual doubles record: 14-16 (.467)
Missouri-St. Louis (5-3)
National Ranking: No. 36
Regional Ranking: No. 5 (Midwest Region)
Nationally-Ranked Singles Players: none
Regionally-Ranked Singles Players: Harry Heyburn (No. 12), Nils Mueggenberg (No. 17)
Nationally-Ranked Doubles Teams: none
Regionally-Ranked Doubles Teams: Maza/Muegenberg (No. 4)
Dual singles record: 29-19 (.604)
Dual doubles record: 15-9 (.625)