The Harding men's tennis team needed a victory over No. 44 ranked Southeastern Oklahoma on Friday to continue their season into the MIAA/GAC Men's Tennis Championships and that is exactly what the Bisons got. Milosh Petrovic clinched the victory for the Bisons by winning the third set tiebreaker. 

Harding improves to 10-8 on the season and 2-1 in conference action and clinched the No. 1 seed for GAC teams in the conference tournament next week in Edmond, Oklahoma. Southeastern Oklahoma falls to 11-8 on the season and 1-2 in conference. 

The Bisons opened the match the same way they typically do, securing the doubles point. The No. 11 ranked doubles team of Cas De Ruiter and Cian Mikkelsen opened the match with an easy 6-1 victory at No. 1. The pair improved to 15-0 on the season. Petrovic and Andres Urquoila clinched the doubles point at No. 3 with a 6-3 victory after the Savage Storm won at No. 2. 

Teodor Zlatar, the No. 16 ranked singles player in NCAA Division II pushed the lead to 2-0 with a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 3. The Savage Storm responded with three singles victories at No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 to put them one match away from the victory. 

Bryce Walker picked up his third straight victory after falling behind by one set at No. 6 and finished off the match winning 5-7, 7-6, 6-2. With the match all coming down to the No. 5 line, Petrovic had to go to a third set tiebreaker but eventually won 7-4 to finish his match with the 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 victory. 

The Bisons will open the MIAA/GAC Men's Tennis Championships on Thursday April 20 at 10 a.m. with the opponent to be named later.