ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Henderson State saw six runs in the third inning to combat a seven-run deficit in game one, then added a two-run homer in the seventh to combat a four-run deficit in game two, but both comeback attempts proved too little too late as Henderson State dropped the day one doubleheader to ATU, 8-6 and 7-5.
 
Addie Jordan registered three hits on the afternoon while Kaitlyn O'Quinn had two hits and earned four walks to get on base a grand total of six times through the two contests. Macie Pampell, Czoey White and Monica Monreal all had home runs in game two of the doubleheader.
 
GAME ONE: Arkansas Tech 8, Henderson State 6
Early on it looked like it was going to be a quick game as Arkansas Tech saw a 7-0 lead only two and a half innings in. Henderson's fortune changed, however, in the bottom of the third as six runs cut the Golden Suns advantage to one, 7-6.
 
Starting things off with an Ashlyn Taylor double followed by an Alyssa Dixon single, Taylor scored on a passed ball to get the scoring going. Moments later, after O'Quinn saw one of her four walks, a throwing error from Tech's third baseman allowed Czoey White to reach first while O'Quinn and Dixon were sent home.
 
The Reddies kept up the momentum with an Abbie Moore double, scoring White. With the score 7-4, a Jordan sacrifice bunt preceding a Taylor Sledd double scored both Moore and Monreal, who got on base via getting hit by a pitch, ending a wild at-bat that saw six runs, four hits and one error.
 
Unfortunately for HSU, Tech's third pitcher of the first contest Maddy Prough was able to hold the one-run lead as ATU added a run in its final at-bat, taking game one, 8-6.
 
GAME TWO: Arkansas Tech 7, Henderson State 5
Arkansas Tech built another daunting lead early on as a 4-0 advantage heading into the fifth inning and starting pitcher Kayla Cartwright serving up a no-hitter up to that point loomed large over the Reddies.
 
This time around, the fifth inning was the breakout inning for Henderson as back-to-back homers from Pampell – her first of the season – and White gave HSU life, bringing the score to 4-2. Both teams responded with one-run innings in the sixth as the scoreboard showed 5-3 in favor of Tech heading into the final frame.
 
A two-out single from Arkansas Tech's Caitlyn Wells scored two Golden Suns, extending the lead to 7-3. With it looking like the Reddies' scoring runs had run out, Monreal served up some last second hope in HSU's final at-bat, seeing her second dinger of the season in what was a two-run blast to bring Henderson back to within two runs, 7-5.
 
With HSU already being faced with two outs, however, two batters later spelled game over for the Reddies as Arkansas Tech escaped with the 7-5 win in game two. The Reddies (11-22, 8-15) will have a chance to salvage the four-game series tomorrow in the second doubleheader of the series beginning at 12 p.m. with game two to follow.