CONWAY, Ark. - Competing in its first match of 2020, men's tennis hosted Division II foe Harding Wednesday evening inside Hatcher Tennis Center. While the Warriors fell behind 3-0 after doubles action, Nikhil Nair and Dylon MaassonVetters managed to steal four games at the number three spot. Lance Smith also won five games in the second set in singles action but the Bisons ended up winning all six singles matches as Harding carved the 9-0 victory over Hendrix Wednesday.

DOUBLES COMPETITION
1. Walker / Reeves def. Eric Meyne / Micah Moore (8-0)
2. Balassa / Rodriguez def. Connor Brooks / Joseph Donaldson (8-2)
3. Moore / Mihalko def. Nikhil Nair / Dylon MaassonVetters (8-4)

SINGLES COMPETITION
1. Pierola def. Meyne (6-0, 6-0)
2. Reeves def. Donaldson (6-0, 6-0)
3. Balassa def. Moore (6-0, 6-2)
4. Moore def. Parker Work (6-0, 6-1)
5 .Rodriguez def. Brooks (6-0, 6-0)
6. Mihalko def. Lance Smith (6-0, 7-5)

WHAT WAS SAID
"Really great effort from all of our guys," stated head coach Craig Kirchgessner. "We had some of our players compete in college matches for the first time and we handled ourselves well going against a nationally-ranked division II team in Harding."

UP NEXT
Men's Tennis remains in Conway to battle Rhodes in the Southern Athletic Association opener Friday at 4 p.m. from the Hatcher Tennis Center.