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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — After splitting its series with the defending Great American Conference champions last weekend, the Henderson State softball team will look to continue its winning ways when it faces off against Arkansas Tech in Russellville, Arkansas, with doubleheaders scheduled for Sunday at 4 p.m. and Monday at 12 p.m.

Last Time Out
- Henderson (13-6, 5-3) came out strong in its series with No. 10 Harding this past weekend and took the first two games from the Lady Bisons on Friday, 3-0 and 2-1. Although the Reddies dropped two close games on Saturday, it marked the first time since 2016 that Harding had lost both games of a doubleheader and also not won a GAC series outright.

Reddies Report
- The Reddies have gotten off to a terrific start at the plate this season and boast seven players with a batting average above .300. Three tremendous freshmen have led the way offensively for Henderson: Lindsey Williams, Madie Green and Kailey Reese.

- Williams has started 12 games and carries the highest batting average on the team at .450 and the highest OBP at .532. She also has 11 runs scored and 18 hits this year.

- Green is hitting .397 at the plate (ninth in the GAC), has 23 hits (sixth in the GAC), 19 RBIs (second-most in the GAC), three homers and a team-leading 36 total bases this year with a .612 slugging percentage. She has started every game but one this season for the Reddies and is the reigning GAC Freshman of the Week.

- Reese, like Green, has started all but one game this year for Henderson and has a batting average of .389, 21 hits, 12 runs scored and 11 RBIs.

- Senior Bethany Allen and junior Ashleigh Erb are the only two players on the team who have started all 19 games this season — Allen at shortstop and Erb at third base. Allen is batting .368 and has a team-leading 25 hits, 16 runs scored and seven stolen bases. She has been consistent in the lead-off spot, striking out just twice in 68 at-bats so far this year. Erb has four doubles, two triples and two home runs this year and carries a .286 average at the plate.

- Senior catcher Courtney Warren, who was an Honorable Mention All-GAC selection in 2017, has continued her solid play behind the plate and holds a batting average of .375 with 18 hits and three triples to her credit.

- Senior pitcher Sydney Bonner has performed well in the circle for Henderson and boasts a 2.92 ERA and 4-2 record. Bonner has two complete games this season and is holding opposing batters to a .260 average at the plate.

- As a team Henderson ranks first in the league in triples (5), second in doubles (34), second in OBP (.402), third in team batting average (.323) and third in runs scored (103). The Reddies are currently fifth in the GAC standings.

- The Reddies are off to their best start since 2015, when they won the GAC regular season title and earned a berth in the NCAA Central Regional. That squad also got off to a 13-6 start through 19 games, before eventually finishing with a 43-15 record overall, which included 27-7 in the conference.

Scouting Arkansas Tech
- The Golden Suns are 15-5 this season and 6-2 in GAC action after sweeping Northwestern Oklahoma State and splitting their series with Ouachita Baptist.

- Offensively, ATU is explosive and boasts six players with batting averages above .300 and also 20-plus hits. The Golden Suns are led at the plate by Sydnie Henson, who carries a batting average of .407, as well as Paige Mendoza, who leads the team in doubles (6), home runs (4), total bases (41) and slugging percentage (.661).

- Tech features a deep pitching staff that is led by starters Kristen Dempsey and Cara Tolar. Dempsey has started nine games and carries a 3.47 ERA, while Tolar has started eight with an ERA of 4.53. Each starter has three wins. ATU has solid relief pitching as well, which comes from Megan Goodnight and Bailey Shaffer. Goodnight has appeared in 11 games, picked up four wins with no losses and has an ERA of 0.55. Shaffer, meanwhile, has seen action in 15 contests for the Golden Suns and has a record of 5-1 with a 2.94 ERA.

Last Season vs. Arkansas Tech
- ATU and Henderson played a marathon series in 2017, with both teams picking up two wins. Three of the four contests went into extra innings, including the opener, which went 19 innings to become the longest game in GAC history and the third-longest game ever played at the NCAA DII level. Ove the course of the four games, the two teams played a combined 45 innings.