FINAL
#13 PANTHERS (9-3)	2
Harding (9-6)	5

 
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— Harding handed Drury a 5-2 loss on Sunday in Searcy, Arkansas.
 
The 13^th ranked Panthers fell to 9-3, while Harding improved to 9-6.
 
The Bisons took a 1-0 lead, winning two of the three doubles matches. Harding features the number one ranked doubles team in NCAA-II with the duo of Cas De Ruiter and Cian Mikkelsen, and the two opened the match with a 6-2 win over Sylvain Garin-Michaud and Chuy Gonzalez. Marlon Wilken and Lukas Rieber evened the doubles competition with a 7-5 win over Dani Ortiz and Teodor Zlatar, but Caleb Folse and Jaydon Van Vreden clinched the point with a 7-5 win over Alejandro Esquivel and Yaroslav Sharyy.
 
Harding then won three straight singles matches to clinch the win. The Bisons earned the first point of singles play in a battle of nationally ranked players. 51^st ranked Cas De Ruiter got past 41^st ranked Marlon Wilken, 6-4, 6-2. The loss was Wilken's first of 2024.
 
The Panthers picked up points from Yaroslav Sharyy and Lukas Rieber. Sharyy, ranked 23^rd nationally, stayed unbeaten and moved to 9-0 in the spring season with a 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 win over Dani Ortiz. Rieber won the number six singles match-up with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 win over Caleb Folse.
 
Drury is idle until April 12 when they open their conference schedule at Rockhurst in Kansas City, Missouri. 
 
Harding 5, #13 Drury-M 2
Mar 24, 2024 at Searcy, Ark.
Singles competition
1. #23 Yaroslav Sharyy (DRURY-M) def. Dani Ortiz (HRDING-M) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6
2. Teodor Zlatar (HRDING-M) def. S. Garin-Michaud (DRURY-M) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
3. #51 Cas De Ruiter (HRDING-M) def. #41 Marlon Wilken (DRURY-M) 6-4, 6-2
4. Luis Munio (HRDING-M) def. Matthieu Gachon (DRURY-M) 6-2, 6-2
5. Cian Mikkelsen (HRDING-M) def. Chuy Gonzelez (DRURY-M) 6-3, 7-6
6. Lukas Rieber (DRURY-M) def. Caleb Folse (HRDING-M) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
 
Doubles competition
1. #1 Cas De Ruiter/Cian Mikkelsen (HRDING-M) def. S. Garin-Michaud/Chuy Gonzelez (DRURY-M) 6-2
2. Marlon Wilken/Lukas Rieber (DRURY-M) def. Dani Ortiz/Teodor Zlatar (HRDING-M) 7-5
3. Caleb Folse/Jaydon Van Vreden (HRDING-M) def. Alejandro Esquivel/Yaroslav Sharyy (DRURY-M) 7-5
 
Match Notes
Drury-M 9-3; National ranking #13
Harding 9-6
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,4,5,2,6,1)
T-3:48 A-34