Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The Harding men's tennis team dropped their match to Drury 5-2 on Friday night before defeating Emporia State 7-0 in Springfield, Missouri. Harding improved to 1-1 on the year.
 
Against Drury, the Bisons opened the match winning at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles to go ahead 1-0. Cian Mikkelsen and Cas de Ruiter paired up at No. 2 doubles and won 6-1. Dani Ortiz and Teodor Zlatar secured the point with a 6-3 win at No. 1. 
 
Drury controlled singles action winning four of the five matches to take the match 5-2. Bryce Walker was the lone Bison to win in singles, grabbing a three-set win at No. 6 singles. 
 
On Saturday the Bisons rebounded by blanking Emporia State 7-0. 
 
The Bisons took care of doubles action again, winning every match. Milosh Petrovic and Andres Urquoila won at No. 3, 6-3. De Ruiter and Mikkelsen also posted at 6-3 win at No. 2 singles while Ortiz and Zlatar won 6-4 at No. 1.
 
The Bisons won five of the six singles matches in straight sets. De Ruiter won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 3 singles. Walker picked up his second win in as many matches, blank his opponent 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5. Ortiz won 7-5, 6-1 at No. 2 while Petrovic won 7-6, 6-2 at No. 6. Zlatar was pushed to a third set tiebreaker but won at No. 1, 6-5, 6-7, 10-2. 
 
The Bisons will travel to Plano, Texas, on Friday, February 17 for their first of four matches in as many days when they take on UT-Tyler at 11 a.m.