ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — After dropping the opening set, Henderson State refocused and took the next three-in-a-row, as the Reddies defeated Oklahoma Baptist 3-1 (16-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-18) to improve to 16-3 overall and 5-1 in Great American Conference action. The win keeps Henderson in a tie for second place in the conference and just one game back of first place Harding. The Reddies have eight wins at home this season, the most of any team in the league.

Adrianna Hartmann led the way, with 13 kills and a blistering .619 attacking percentage. Courtney Bolf had a double-double with 13 kills and 13 digs, while Karlie Greene had 12 kills and Gigi Garramone had a team-high 15 digs. Setters Abby Blackburn and Taylor Scalzi combined for 38 assists and five players tallied double-digit digs in the win: Zuzana Ondruskova, Kenzie Thoman, Bolf, Blackburn, and Garramone. 

Henderson returns to the court tomorrow at 2 p.m. when it hosts Southern Nazarene in the Duke Wells Center.

SET ONE
Things did not start the way the Reddies imagined, as OKBU sprinted out to a 10-3 lead in the early going. Henderson took the next four points to close the gap to 10-7, but that would be as close as the set would get, as the Lady Bison responded with a 10-4 run to extend their lead to 20-11. The Reddies got a kill from Bolf and two from Hartmann to trim the deficit down to 23-16, but back-to-back OKBU kills gave them the opening set, 25-16. HSU hurt itself in the frame with seven attack errors and four serve-receive errors.

SET TWO
The second set was a battle all the way through, as neither team could open up a lead of more than two points on the other for the majority of the frame. With the score tied 17-17, it was Henderson who finally put a big run together. Five Lady Bison errors, along with kills from Bolf and Ondruskova, helped the Reddies string together a 7-1 spurt and seize a 24-18 advantage. OKBU got a point back, but the timely run proved to be the difference, as a Lady Bison set error gave Henderson a 25-19 win and tied the match 1-1.

SET THREE
OKBU got out to an early 6-3 lead in the pivotal third set, but the Reddies responded quickly and used a 12-4 run to grab a 15-10 advantage. The Lady Bison, who trailed by as many as seven at one point in the set, made things interesting late when they closed the gap down to just 24-22, but Greene made sure they would come no closer, as she got the winning kill to help Henderson take it 25-22 and jump in front in the match 2-1.

SET FOUR
The final set was all Henderson from the get-go, as the Reddies sprinted out to a commanding 14-6 lead in the first 20 points. Although they tried, the Lady Bison had no answer to the hot start from Henderson and never threatened again. A thunderous kill from Bolf fittingly ended it in the Reddies' favor 25-18 and gave them the 3-1 match win.