SEARCY, Ark. - Henderson State had early leads in the first two sets on unbeaten Harding Tuesday night, but the Lady Bisons proved to be too much, defeating the Reddies 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-14) in the first Great American Conference match for both teams.

SET ONE: Harding took the first three points to open the match, but the Reddies responded quickly with a big 13-4 run to seize a 13-7 lead early. The Lady Bisons, backed by their home crowd, answered with an 8-2 spurt of their own, tying things up 15-15. From there it was a battle, as the two teams traded the next six points. With the score 1...