Henderson State held off a late inning rally by Christian Brothers to beat the Buccaneers 15-7, Wednesday at Clyde Berry Field in Arkadelphia, Ark.

With the win, Henderson improved to 24-13 on the year with head coach Cody Hooten collecting his 203^rd career win, two shy of Clyde Berry's record of 205 victories.

The Reddies clubbed 17 hits in the game and built a 10-0 lead through six innings, but Christian Brothers combined for seven runs in the seventh and eighth innings with the help of five walks and a pair of errors.

The Reddies opened the game with three straight hits as Caleb Carr led off the bottom of the first with a double to left-center field followed by back-to-back singles by Joe Myers and Zack Gray to give Henderson the early 1-0 advantage.

In the bottom half of the second, Daniel Colasanto reached on a one-out single and scored from first when Carr smacked his second double of the game to add to Henderson's lead.

Henderson extended its lead to 4-0 in the third-inning with Colasanto providing a two-out single to left field that scored Dylan McCain who led off the frame with a single to center field.

The Reddies would go on to load the bases as Danny Spradlin was hit by a pitch with Carr then picking up another RBI as he was walked to score Brandon Pollock who also received a free pass earlier in the inning.

Nolan Ryan got the Reddies going in the fifth-inning when he led off with a triple to right center field. Ryan scored as Colasanto collected his second run batted in of the game when he hit a sacrifice fly to left field to make the score 5-0.

The inning continued as Carr and Myers each recorded singles with two outs followed by Gray blasting his team-best seventh home run of the season to increase lead to 8-0.

The Reddies manufactured a pair of runs in the sixth-inning with the help of two Buccaneer errors to increase the lead to 10-0.

After CBU cut the deficit to 10-7 in the eighth-inning, the Reddies put together four hits in the bottom of the eighth with Hunter Collins providing a two-run single to left field. Two batters later, Myers picked up his third hit with a two run triple to left-centerfield. Myers would touch home plate on Gray's ground out to first to make the score 15-7.

Dalton O'Donnell started on the mound for the Reddies and pitched a career-best six innings of shutout baseball, striking out four batters while allowing just three hits to get the win and improve to 3-1 on the year.

Carr led Henderson's offense going 3-for-3 at the plate with two doubles and a pair of runs batted in. Myers also had three hits in five at-bats including a triple and a 2 RBI. Gray went 2-for-5 with a home run and four RBI while Colasanto, McCain and Bryson Haskins had two hits each.

Henderson State returns to Great American Conference play this weekend and the Reddies travel to Weatherford, Okla. for a three game series against Southwestern Oklahoma with game one set for Friday at 3 p.m.