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MONTICELLO, Ark. – Arkansas-Monticello shot 55% in the first half and made eight 3-pointers to pull away early and defeat Harding 104-80 Thursday at the Steelman Field House. It was the Great American Conference opener for both teams. Arkansas-Monticello (3-1, 1-0) won its third straight game, and snapped Harding's three-game winning streak. "I thought UAM played great," Harding head coach Jeff Morgan said. "We got off to a good start, but we didn't answer when they made their run." The Weevils made five 3-pointers in a three-minute stretch e...
SEARCY – Harding men's soccer came from a goal down twice and tied Southern Nazarene 2-2 after two overtimes Thursday in Great American Conference action at the Stevens Soccer Complex. Harding moves to 6-3-2 overall and 5-2-1 in the GAC. Southern Nazarene is 2-9-1 and 1-6-1 in conference. With Southern Nazarene leading 2-1, Harding's Joe Ruedi took a short pass from Matheus Ribeiro and scored his fourth goal of the season with just over six minutes left in regulation. Southern Nazarene broke a 1-1 tie in the 70th minute when Jhon Mareus k...
CLAREMORE, Okla. – Midfielder Jake Simpson scored three goals and assisted on another to lead 25th-ranked Rogers State to a 6-0 victory over Harding on a rainy day in Great American Conference action. Rogers State remained undefeated in five home games and improved to 7-2-1 overall with its fourth straight win. The Hillcats are 4-2-0 in conference. Harding, shut out for just the second time this season, lost for the first time in four road games and dropped to 5-3-1 overall. The Bisons moved to 4-2-0 in GAC games. Rogers State scored three g...
Harding junior fullback Cole Chancey carried 38 times for 166 yards, and the Bison defense held Henderson State's vaunted passing attack to 139 yards in a 14-13 victory Saturday in a Great American Conference battle at First Security Stadium. The victory by 22nd-ranked Harding snapped an eight-game streak in the series of the road team winning the game. The Bisons improved to 3-1 with their third straight victory. Henderson State suffered its first loss and had its five-game winning streak in Searcy come to an end. The Reddies are also 3-1. Har...
SHAWNEE, Okla. – A pair of late goals lifted Harding men's soccer to a 4-2 victory over Oklahoma Baptist Thursday in the Bisons's Great American Conference opener. Oklahoma Baptist tied the game at 2-2 in the 79th minute, but Harding responded with an 88th minute goal from Peter Hmung and another in the 90th minute from Riley Mayes. The victory moved Harding to 2-1-1 overall and 1-0-0 in the GAC. Oklahoma Baptist fell to 2-3-0 overall and 0-1-0 in conference. After Oklahoma Baptist opened the scoring with a goal by Dominic Gibson in the 8th m...
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. – Harding women's golf played in its fifth Central Region Fall Preview in program history Tuesday at the Adams Pointe Golf Club, but never shot a score like the 308 it shot in Round 1. Not even close. Harding's previous best round at the Preview was 330 in the second round of the 2018 tournament. The Lady Bisons are sixth of 19 teams and only six strokes off the leader Rogers State. The 308 was the eighth-best round in program history and best since a 307 in the second round of the 2013 GAC Golf Championship. Leading the charg...
Harding Football opens its 69th season of intercollegiate competition Thursday at 7 p.m. against Ouachita Baptist at Cliff Harris Stadium in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. The Bisons and Tigers will open the season against each other for the first time ever and will play in September for only the third time in 61 meetings (also in 1967 and 2010). The game will stream live on ESPN.com and on the ESPN App as part of the NCAA Division II Football Showcase. Harding (11.3) and Ouachita Baptist (11.5) were the top two scoring defenses last season in...
ENID, Okla. – Harding finished as the runner up Tuesday at the Great American Conference Tournament, its best finish at a conference tournament since placing second at the 2011 Gulf South Conference Tournament. Harding defeated regular season champion Arkansas-Monticello 7-6 before falling 12-3 to tournament champion Oklahoma Baptist (33-19) at David Allen Ballpark. Harding is 34-21 overall, tied for the second-most wins in program history, topped only by the 2011 team's 42 victories. The Bisons won three straight elimination games in the t...
ENID, Okla. – Harding junior right-hander Ryder Yakel recently received first-team All-Great American Conference honors as a relief pitcher. Monday at the GAC Tournament, he showed why. Entering in the seventh inning, Yakel did not allow a hit and struck out five of the 12 batters he faced as Harding posted three runs in the 10th inning to defeat Arkansas Tech 13-10. Harding (33-20) will play Arkansas-Monticello Tuesday at noon with the winner advancing to meet Oklahoma Baptist at 3:30 p.m. If Harding wins both games, the Bisons would play O...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Harding women's tennis, ranked 37th nationally, closed out its regular season with a 7-0 blanking of Arkansas Tech Friday at Chartwells Tennis Center. Harding improved to 15-5 overall and 4-2 in Great American Conference matches with the victory. The Lady Bisons also earned the No. 2 seed in the upcoming GAC Tournament, winning a tiebreaker over Oklahoma Baptist and Arkansas Tech. Oklahoma Baptist will be the No. 3 seed, and Arkansas Tech will be the No. 4 seed. Harding will have a bye in the first round of the GAC T...
MAGNOLIA, Ark. - Harding women's track and field, ranked 33rd nationally and first in the Central Region, recorded four event victories Saturday at the Dan Veach Invitational, hosted by Southern Arkansas. Freshman Abigail Howell recorded her first career event victory by winning the 100-meter dash in 12.52 seconds. Freshman Natalie Toney earned her first career individual event victory with a win in the 400-meter hurdles. She finished in 1:04.44. Sophomore Cara Mason won the hammer throw with a mark of 46.51 meters (152-07). It was her second...
DURANT, Okla. – A pair of 10th-inning errors allowed Southeastern Oklahoma to score the winning run and defeat Harding 9-8 in the final game of a three-game Great American Conference series Saturday at the Ballpark in Durant. The teams split Friday's doubleheader. The loss dropped Harding to 14-9 overall and 7-5 in the GAC. Southeastern improved to 11-10 overall and 7-5 in conference. Harding hit three home runs for the third straight game, including two from Myles Humphreys, who hit a three-run homer in the Bisons's six-run first inning and a...
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – No. 8 Southwestern Oklahoma held Harding to a season-low point total in a 70-42 victory over the Lady Bisons in the semifinals of the Great American Conference Tournament Saturday at Bruin Fieldhouse. Southwestern is the tournament's top seed and the Central Region's top-ranked team. The loss ended Harding's season with a 21-9 overall record, the 10th 20-win season in program history and fifth for head coach Tim Kirby. Southwestern won its 29th consecutive game and improved to 29-1. The Bulldogs will take on the winner o...
SEARCY – Harding women's tennis ran its winning streak to six straight matches Tuesday with a 7-0 nonconference victory over Henderson State at the Harding Tennis Courts. Harding (9-1) quickly took the doubles point with wins at all three doubles spots. Rylie Cox and Arisa Takanashi former Harding's No. 1 team for the first time since early in February. The change paid off with a 6-0 victory. Hana Folse and Lindy Carpenter won 6-2 at No. 2, and Allison and Emily Carpenter won their third straight 6-4 at No. 3. It was the team-leading 12th d...
SEARCY – Harding combined smothering defense and dominance on the boards to defeat Northwestern Oklahoma 70-47 Saturday in its final Great American Conference regular season game of the season at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House. With the victory, Harding improved to 20-8 overall and 15-7 in the GAC. The Lady Bisons will be the No. 4 seed in the GAC Tournament, which begins next week in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Harding will play No. 5 seed Henderson State on Friday, March 8, at noon. Harding limited Northwestern to only 23 percent (14 of 61) s...
SEARCY – Harding junior third baseman Luke Van Dover scored the eventual winning run and prevented the tying run Saturday in the Bisons's 6-5 Great American Conference victory over East Central at Jerry Moore Field. The victory gave Harding a 2-games-to-1 series victory and boosted the Bisons to 13-7 overall and 6-3 in the GAC. East Central fell to 3-16 overall and 3-6 in conference. Van Dover walked to lead off the seventh inning and scored on Jack Thomas's single. It looked like an insurance run that gave Harding a 6-4 lead, but it proved t...
SEARCY – Harding had a season-high 16 hits in a 9-1 win in the first game of a Great American Conference doubleheader Friday against East Central but had only five hits and a season-high three errors in losing game two 3-1. The teams conclude the series Saturday with a single game at noon. Harding moved to 12-7 overall with the split and 5-3 in conference games. East Central is now 3-15 overall and 3-5 in the GAC. Game 1 Harding scoring in six of its eight at-bats and had five players with multiple hits in the opener. Miles Humphreys had H...
SEARCY – In a game tied 12 times with 10 lead changes, Southwestern Oklahoma took the lead for good with 13:28 left and fought off Harding down the stretch to win 87-71 in Great American Conference action at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House. Harding (5-22, 3-18) pulled within three points twice, the second coming on an Alex Francis 3-pointer with 10:14 left. Southwestern (5-22, 2-19) outscored Harding 17-7 down the stretch, holding the Bisons to only one field goal in the final seven minutes. Harding had four players in double figures, led by Regg...
SEARCY – Harding and University of the Ozarks split a pair of well-pitched games Tuesday in a nonconference doubleheader at Jerry Moore Field. Ozarks, an NCAA III opponent from Clarksville, Arkansas, won the opener 4-1, and Harding used a complete game pitching effort to win game two 2-1. Harding (11-6) hosts East Central in Great American Conference action this weekend with the series scheduled to begin Friday. Ozarks moved to 6-6 with the split. Game 1 Harding had seven hits in the opener but left 10 runners on and could not overcome a t...
Magnolia, Ark. – Harding held one early lead and surrendered another in a doubleheader split Monday in Great American Conference action against 13th-ranked Southern Arkansas. The Bisons won the opener 5-1 after scoring two to take the lead in the third. A grand slam gave Harding an early lead in game two, but Southern Arkansas came back to win 6-5. Harding is now 10-5 overall and 4-2 and part of a four-way tie for third place in the GAC. The Bisons play a nonconference doubleheader Tuesday against University of the Ozarks beginning at 4 p.m. S...
SHAWNEE, Okla. – Oklahoma Baptist had five players score in double figures in a 94-65 victory over Harding Saturday in Great American Conference play at the Noble Complex. Antonio Wade and Dishon Lowery led Oklahoma Baptist (14-12, 13-7) with 20 points each. Oklahoma Baptist shot 56 percent and made five 3-pointers to pull out to a 45-29 halftime lead. Harding struggled from the floor, shooting 11 of 30 (37 percent) and missing seven of its eight 3-pointers. Oklahoma Baptist led by as many as 20 with 2:17 left in the half. Harding (5-21, 3...
SHAWNEE, Okla. – Harding had its highest scoring output of the season and made a season-high 13 3-pointers in a 92-63 victory over Oklahoma Baptist Saturday in Great American Conference action at the Noble Center. Carissa Caples made seven 3-pointers, and she scored 21 of her career-high 32 points in the first half. Cheyenne Brown made all four of her 3-point attempts and had a career-high 20 points. Kellie Lampo and Kennedy Cooper had 14 points each. Peyton Padgett did a little of everything for Harding. She had five points, nine rebounds, a...
BETHANY, Okla. – Harding had its second-best shooting effort of the season Thursday, but No. 15 Southern Nazarene shot it even better and defeated the Bisons 96-75 Thursday in Great American Conference action at the Sawyer Center. Southern Nazarene shot 76 percent in the first half and 61 percent for the game. Harding shot 46 percent in the first half and 53.4 percent for the game, second only to its 56.7 percent against Ecclesia on Nov. 15. It was Southern Nazarene's 13th win in 14 home games this season and pushed the Crimson Storm to 23-4 ov...
BETHANY, Okla. – Southern Nazarene scored 10 of the game's last 12 points and defeated Harding 60-55 Thursday at the Sawyer Center in Great American Conference action. The loss snapped Harding's six-game winning streak and dropped the Lady Bisons to 18-7 overall and 13-6 in GAC games. Harding is tied with Southern Nazarene (14-11, 13-6) and East Central for second place in the conference standings with three regular-season games remaining. With the game tied at 55-55, Southern Nazarene's Alexus Jones hit a jumper in the lane to give the C...
SEARCY – Harding baseball scored 23 runs on 20 hits, and seven Bison pitchers allowed only two earned runs Monday in a doubleheader sweep of NAIA opponent Williams Baptist at Jerry Moore Field. Harding won by scores of 10-1 and 13-3 to push its winning streak to nine games, it longest since a nine-game streak in 2011. Harding (9-3) returns to action this weekend against Southern Arkansas in Magnolia. The Bisons were one of four teams to sweep their season-opening conference series, winning all three against Arkansas-Monticello. Game 1 Connor K...
