WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Henderson State won its second Great American Conference series of the season after taking the rubber match against SWOSU on Saturday afternoon, 2-1. After dropping 10 of their first 11 games, the Reddies have now seven of their last eight contests, including back-to-back GAC series.
 
One day after moving into sixth place on the all-time strikeout list in HSU history, Mallory Brewer cracked the Top-5 with six strikeouts in her second appearance of the weekend series. With twelve strikeouts on the weekend, the Smackover High School product has 169 strikeouts in her career.
 
The game started off with each team bringing in one run in their respective first at-bats as a Taylor Sledd single scored Czoey White for the Reddies' first run. A pitching duel commenced the rest of the way as SWOSU only mustered four hits to Henderson's two through the next five innings as the score remained tied, 1-1.
 
With the Reddies facing their potential final at-bat in the top of the seventh, HSU broke its five-inning dry spell with back-to-back hits from Ashlyn Taylor and Morgan Reeve, yielding a Madison Banister run to go ahead, 2-1, with the bottom of the seventh coming up.
 
In a similar position to yesterday's second game of the doubleheader where HSU held a one-run lead heading into Southwestern's final at-bat, only to have the Bulldogs bring in two runs to take the contest, 6-5, HSU was hoping to flip the script in the final game of the series.
 
Brewer registered two of the final three outs, though not in the fashion the junior pitcher was accustomed to on the day as two ground-balls hit towards the circle spelled the two put-outs. With a ground-out to the shortstop to split Brewer's outs, HSU escaped with the 2-1 victory and the series win.
 
The win improves Brewer's season record to 4-7 as the junior saw two wins on the weekend. Abbie Moore led the way on the other side of the ball, registering two hits while five other Reddies claimed single hits.
 
Henderson State (10-17, 7-10) will return to the natural state for a weekend series with GAC-foe Southern Arkansas in Magnolia, Arkansas, with a single game on Friday, April 2 and a doubleheader on Saturday, April 3.