Henderson State will take on nationally-ranked Southeastern Oklahoma in a four-game Great American Conference softball series this weekend at Dee White Field in Arkadelphia, Ark.
 
The two teams open the weekend with an 11 a.m. double-header on Friday and will finish with a twinbill on Saturday at 11 a.m. Friday's games were originally scheduled for a 1 p.m. start but the game time was changed due to other scheduled events.
 
Southeastern enters the weekend ranked No. 2 in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association Poll.  The Savage Storm is 19-4 overall on the season and 4-0 in league play after a four-game sweep of Southern Arkansas last weekend.
 
Henderson State is 11-13 on the season overall and 5-3 in GAC play. The Lady Reddies split a pair of double-headers last weekend at Arkansas Tech.

The Lady Reddies sport a team .282 batting average, while the pitching staff has a 4.39 earned run average.
 
Sarah Gipson leads Henderson State with a .377 average having four home runs and 11 RBI.
 
Amber Wilburn is hitting .357 with a pair of home runs, while Kayla Williams is hitting .350.

Kasey Carlock leads the HSU pitching staff with a 3.75 ERA in 16 appearances with 11 starts, while Kayla Williams leads the team with wins with a 6-4 record in 16 appearances and eight starts.
 
Southeastern's Mindy McElroy earned GAC Pitcher of the Week honors following her weekend against Southern Arkansas in which she posted a 3-0 record with a save and a 0.75 ERA in 18 innings pitched.

McElroy has a 1.68 ERA and a 7-1 record on the year.

Jacee Bennett is the ace of the Savage Storm staff having an 11-2 record with 85 strikeouts on the year.


Offensively, Jessica Simmons leads SOSU with a .377 batting average with a .422 on-base percentage and a league best 18 stolen bases.
 
Courtney Moore follows at .375 with team highs in doubles with six, home runs with four and RBI with 19.