The No. 48-ranked Harding men's tennis team jumped out to an early 3-0 lead but eventually fell to McKendree on Sunday (March 27) in Searcy. Harding falls to 8-5 this year while McKendree moved to 9-1.
 
The Bearcats won the first doubles match at No. 1, but the Bisons responded with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 to take the doubles point and the early 1-0 lead. Milosh Petrovic and Diego Pierola won their fourth straight match at No. 3 by a 6-4 score. The No. 30-ranked doubles team of Alvaro de Lorenzo and Morgan Salvan secured the point with a 7-5 win at No. 2. The Bisons have won the doubles point in 12 of their 13 matches this season.
 
Petrovic improved to 9-2 on the season with a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 5 to push the Bisons lead to 2-0. Morgan Salvan won his fifth match at No. 3 this season with a 6-3, 7-5 win. The Bearcats would go on to take the final four singles matches, with the last two being three-sets to take the match 4-3.
 
The Bisons travel to Springfield, Missouri on Sunday (April 3) to take on Washburn beginning at 1 p.m.