CLINTON, Miss. — Double-digit kills from four different Reddies helped Henderson defeat Mississippi College in a five-set thriller on Saturday afternoon (25-23, 21-25, 25-18, 10-25, 16-14).

Sabrina Show led HSU with 15 kills, while Courtney Bolf, Tyasia McGruder, and Adrianna Hartmann all had 10 or more for the Reddies. Abby Blackburn picked up a double-double with 29 assists and 17 digs, while MaKenzie Thoman turned in another solid defensive performance with 21 digs. 

Henderson State (6-6, 1-0) took Spring Hill College to the wire earlier Saturday, but was unable to sweep the afternoon as the Reddies fell 3-2 (18-25, 25-20, 24-26, 25-18, 7-15) to the Badgers. 

The Reddies will wrap up their Mississippi swing when they face Mississippi Valley State at 2 p.m. on Sunday. 

Game 2: Henderson State 3, Mississippi College 2 

SET ONE
After trading the first two points of the match, both teams ripped off alternating runs to send the first set to an early 6-6 tie. Trailing 11-10, HSU ripped off three-straight points, highlighted by a kill from Tyasia McGruder, but was unable to get any separation as MC tied the set 15-15. Trailing 18-16, the Reddies went on their most impressive spurt of the set, grabbing five-straight points behind three kills from Show, to lead 21-18. It remained tight down the stretch, but the Reddies took the first set 25-23. 

SET TWO
Similarly to set one, neither team could find a rhythm in the second, as HSU and Mississippi College found themselves in a 9-9 tie. The Lady Choctaws took control, however, with a 7-2 run and grabbed a 16-11 lead. HSU got no closer than three as MC tied the match with a 25-21 win.

SET THREE
For the first time in the match, HSU was able to jump all over the Lady Choctaws in the third set. With the score tied 2-2, the Reddies got kills from McGruder and Hartmann, highlighting a 6-1 run which put them in front 8-3. Mississippi College responded to make it a one-point game 10-9, but another 5-0 spurt from HSU put the Reddies on top by six, 15-9. Mississippi College cut the lead to three, but never seriously threatened again, as the Reddies took a 2-1 lead, 25-18. 

SET FOUR
In the fourth set it was MC's turn to take an early lead. The Lady Choctaws took the first three points of the set and built a commanding 16-4 advantage. HSU was unable to muster a comeback as Mississippi College took the set easily and tied the match, 25-10. 

SET FIVE
Things looked dire for the Reddies early in the shortened fifth set, as the Lady Choctaws took a commanding 10-5 lead. The Reddies, however, with their backs against the wall, got six combined kills from Hartmann and Bolf on a 7-1 run that put HSU in front 12-11. Mississippi College made it match point at 14-13, but Henderson responded with three-straight points to complete the rally, take the set and win the match, 16-14.

Game 1: Spring Hill College 3, Henderson State 2 

SET ONE
Spring Hill got off to a hot start on Saturday afternoon to take an early 7-3 lead on HSU. However, a quick 4-0 spurt from the Reddies tied the first set 7-7. The Reddies were unable to pull in front, and Spring Hill regained its footing to grab a 16-13 lead. HSU trimmed the deficit to two, 17-15, but Spring Hill wouldn't allow the Reddies to get any closer, as they took the first set 25-18.

SET TWO
The Reddies flipped the script in the second and got off to a hot start to take an 11-5 lead. A 4-0 Spring Hill spurt made it 11-9, but the Reddies answered with a 7-1 run of their own and had their biggest lead of the match, 18-10. The set was far from over, however, as the Badgers ripped off eight-straight to tie the set 18-18. Fortunately, it was the Reddies who would go on the last run of the second frame, ending on a 7-2 spurt to tie the match with a 25-20 win.

SET THREE
Each team came into the third set looking to take an all-important 2-1 lead, but it was Spring Hill who took a 13-8 advantage early on. Slowly but surely, the Reddies began to crawl back into the set.  A quick 4-1 spurt behind back-to-back kills from Bolf made it a two-point game, and after two Spring Hill points made it 16-12, HSU ripped off a 8-2 run to take a 20-18 lead. The Reddies could not hold the lead though, as the Badgers battled back to win 26-24 and take a 2-1 lead.

SET FOUR
The fourth set of a hotly contested match played out much like the third. The Badgers took an 11-6 lead and looked poised to run away with the set and the match, but a 7-2 Reddies run tied the set at 13-13. Down 15-14, Henderson took advantage of multiple Badger mistakes, and got timely kills from Hartmann and McKenzie Tuyo, to spearhead a big run which pushed the Reddies to a 22-15 advantage. HSU cruised to a 25-18 set win and tied the match 2-2. 

SET FIVE  
Unfortunately the Reddies could not carry their fourth set momentum to the fifth and final frame, as Spring Hill jumped out to an 8-2 lead. HSU cut the deficit to three, 9-6, but a dominant 6-1 run from the Badgers gave them a 15-7 win and the match victory.