The Harding women's tennis team defeated Texas-Dallas 5-2 on Sunday in their final match of their five game road trip this weekend. The Lady Bisons improved to 3-7 on the season while the Comets fell to 3-1.
The Comets grabbed the 1-0 lead with two match victories in doubles action. Jing Jing Yang and Lina Romero won the first doubles match 6-3 at No. 2 but Harding fell at No. 1 and No. 3, both by a score of 6-4. The win was Yang and Romero's fifth win at the No. 2 line this season.
The Lady Bisons responded in singles action with a dominating performance, taking five of the six matches. Romero won her third straight match in straight sets, winning 6-4, 6-0 at No. 2. Karli Roux improved to 5-1 at the No. 3 line in dual matches on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-3 win. Yang snapped a three-match losing skid with a 6-4, 6-4 victory at No. 4.
At No. 5, Reka Pecsi grabbed the first victory of her career, taking a tight three-set match 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Rachel McCrae also snapped a three-match losing streak with a 6-0, 6-4 victory at No. 6 to close out the match.
The Lady Bisons will return to Searcy for their home-opener on Monday (Feb. 20) to take on Mississippi College, beginning at 10 a.m.