ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Top doubles team Mulan Kamoe and Franny Nyarko handed Harding's top doubles team its first loss of the season, but Henderson State fell to conference-foe Harding, 5-2. The Lady Bisons came in as the sixth ranked team in the central region in the latest ITA poll.
 
The duo of Mulan Kamoe and Franny Nyarko at No. 1 was the highlight of doubles play as the tandem took HU's leading duo to a tiebreaker, getting the 7-6 (7-4) victory. Harding's Emily Carpenter and Rylie Cox Evans were 7-0 at No. 1 as partners coming into this match. Kamoe/Nyarko improve to 6-3 at the No. 1 spot this season.
 
With the Lady Bisons taking the doubles point after seeing wins at Nos. 2 and 3, play moved to singles as Row improved her singles record to 6-3 on the season as she delivered her best singles performance of the season, defeated Lady Bisons Emily Carpenter in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3.
 
Jaggernauth joined Row in best individual efforts as the freshman from Rogers, Arkansas, stormed back from dropping her first set, 6-1, as she earned her first singles victory of the season with the 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 triumph.
 
The Reddies (3-6, 1-3) will take on Ouachita Baptist at the Ward Tennis Center Friday, April 9 at 3 p.m. in HSU's next action. Henderson defeated OBU, 4-3, at the Bettye Wallace Tennis Center back on March 26.
 
RESULTS: Harding 5, Henderson State 2
 
Doubles
No. 1 Mulan Kamoe/Franny Nyarko (HSU) defeated Rylie Cox Evans/Emily Carpenter 7-6 (7-4) (HU)
No. 2 Romane Britt/Lindy Carpenter (HU) defeated Georjemah Row/Katie Watts (HSU) 6-1
No. 3 Hana Folse/Allison Carpenter (HU) defeated Tirzah Bailey/Tori Johnson (HSU) 6-1
 
Singles
No. 1 Rylie Cox Evans (HU ) defeated Mulan Kamoe (HSU) 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 10-7
No. 2 Georjemah Row (HSU) defeated Emily Carpenter (HU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 Romane Britt (HU) defeated Franny Nyarko (HSU) 6-0, 6-3
No. 4 Hana Folse (HU) defeated Tori Johnson (HSU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 Erica Jaggernauth (HSU) defeated Lindy Carpenter (HU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 Allison Carpenter (HU) defeated Vinda Teally (HSU) 6-1, 6-3