The No. 43-ranked Harding men's tennis team led 3-1 with three singles matches to play but eventually lost to Auburn-Montgomery 4-3 on Thursday morning. Harding fell to 7-4 on the year with Auburn-Montgomery improves to 6-4.
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The Bisons swept the doubles point for the sixth time this season and led 1-0 to start the match. Alvaro de Lorenzo and
Morgan Salvan, the No. 28-ranked doubles team in Division II, grabbed the first win of the day with a 6-3 victory at No. 2.
Milosh Petrovic and
Diego Pierola won their second straight match at No. 3, 6-4 to clinch the doubles point.
Arthur Bellan and
Dani Ortiz, the No. 41-ranked doubles team in Division II, finished the doubles sweep with a 7-6 (7-2) win at No. 1.
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The Warhawks took the first singles match at No. 2 before de Lorenzo and Petrovic put the Bisons just one point away from the victory. De Lorenzo won his third straight match with a 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 4. Petrovic improved to 7-2 on the year with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 win at No. 6. The Warhawks would go on to take the remaining three singles points to win the match.
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The Bisons will return to the court on Wednesday, March 23 when the take on Arkansas-Fort Smith in Searcy at 1 p.m.
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