SEARCY, Ark.– Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers volleyball dropped a heartbreaking loss to Great American Conference opponent Harding University Friday evening. The Black and Red were the closest they have ever been to taking down the Lady Bison. The back-and-forth play had an incredible 33 tied scores and 33 lead changes.

The match was so close that it had to be decided with the tiebreaker fifth set and the Rangers battled until the very end [25-23, 14-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-13]. The loss knocked the Black and Red to a 15-8 record, 5-3 in the GAC, while Harding’s record improved to...