Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The Harding women's tennis team defeated Emporia State 6-1 on Saturday night after falling to Drury 4-0 on Friday night. Both matches took place at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Missouri. Harding improves to 2-3 on the season. 
 
Against Emporia State the Lady Bisons opened the match by winning the doubles point. Emporia State won the first doubles match at No. 1 before the Lady Bisons won at No. 2 and No. 3 lines. Grace Dodd and Rachel McCrae won at No. 3, 6-4 while Lina Romero and Jing Jing Yang fought for a 7-5 win at No. 2. 
 
The Lady Bisons opened singles action with a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 6 by McCrae. After the Hornets scored their first point of the match at No. 5 singles, the Lady Bisons won the final four singles matches. Yang won in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3. 
 
Romero clinched the match with a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 2. Karli Roux responded after dropping the opening set and won 2-6, 6-0, 6-1. Grace Dodd was leading 7-5, 3-1 before her opponent retired giving the Lady Bisons the 6-1 victory. 
 
Drury defeated Harding on Friday night 4-0. The Panthers jumped on the Lady Bisons early in doubles action, dropping just a total of six games over the three matches and continued to control the match in singles action, not dropping a set.
 
The Lady Bisons will return to action on Wednesday February 15 when they travel to Russellville for a non-conference against Arkansas Tech beginning at 1 p.m.