ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — Henderson State's pitching slowed Arkansas-Monticello on Sunday, as the Reddies salvaged the three-game series with a 5-1 win at Clyde Berry Field.

After UAM scored in the top of the first inning, HSU did not allow the Weevils to score again and got great performances on the mound from starter Spencer Taack and relievers Cade Tucker and Taylor Langston.

Taack earned his second win and gave up just one run on six hits in five innings of work. The junior from Dallas struck out two batters and walked one. Tucker and Langston combined to pitch four scoreless frames to end it for the Reddies. Both relievers struck out two batters and two of the three hits given up between them did not leave the infield.

Greyson Stevens had another big day for Henderson and finished 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs. Stevens was 5-for-11 in the series with five RBIs, a double, a triple and a home run. Daniel Colasanto also had a good showing at the plate and went 3-for-3 with an RBI. Colasanto reached base four times on the day.

UAM's 1-0 lead in the first was short-lived, as Stevens quickly put the Reddies on top for the first time in the series with a two-run shot over the right field wall in the bottom half of the first inning. HSU hung two more on the board in the second on an RBI double from Bryson Haskins and an RBI single from Stevens.

Henderson nursed a 4-1 advantage for the next two innings before extending its lead to 5-1 on Colasanto's RBI single through the right side in the fifth. Tucker shut UAM down quickly in the sixth and seventh, while Langston rolled through a speedy eighth inning.

The Weevils put some pressure on the Reddies late by loading the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth after two infield hits and a walk. Langston got out of it, however, and rolled a 6-4-3 double play to eliminate the threat and give HSU the win.

The Reddies return to action next weekend when they travel to Searcy, Arkansas to face Harding in a three-game series. Henderson meets the Bisons in a single game at 6 p.m. on Friday and a doubleheader at noon on Saturday.