The Harding men's golf team shot a 2-under 286 on Tuesday in the final round of the Battle for the Belt to place second with a 5-over 869. Henderson State, the tournament host, took the team title with a 9-under 855. 
 
Finlay Cummings earned his first career top-5 finish after shooting 4-over 76 and tied for third with a 2-under 214. Cummings was the top individual in the tournament. Manuel Cue Vargas led the Bisons in the team competition with a 1-under 71 on Tuesday and tied for sixth with an even 216. 
 
Sam Tandy earned another top-10 finish, tying for ninth with a 1-over 217 after shooting a 1-over 73. Leo Maciejek jumped 18 spots on the leader board on Tuesday with a 4-under 68. Maciejek had seven birdies in the round and tied for 12th at 2-over 218. Jake Croshaw shot 6-over 224 and placed 24th, shooting 2-over 74 in the final round. 
 
Caleb Nichols finished the team scoring with a 4-over 76 in Round 3 and tied for 29th with a tournament score of 9-over 225. Jose Peralta was the other individual competing for the Bisons and finished Tuesday 3-over 75 to tie for 33rd at 11-over 227. 
 
The Bisons will return to action next week when they travel to El Dorado and compete in the Arkansas Collegiate on October 10-11.