ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Kailey Reese became the Henderson State all-time leader in triples in game one with nine in her career, but errors in the first half of the doubleheader doomed the Reddies, giving Tech a 9-6 win in a wild game one, while the Golden Suns run-ruled HSU in game two, 10-0.
 
Both Addie Jordan and Alyssa Dixon registered two hits on the day while Jordan also had an RBI. Reese saw both of her day's RBIs on her record-setting triple in game one while she also delivered one hit and one run.
 
Henderson State (11-24, 8-16) will head to Ada, Oklahoma, next for a pivotal 3-game series with East Central with conference tournament implications abounding. Game one will be Friday, April 16 at 4 p.m.
 
GAME ONE: Arkansas Tech 9, Henderson State 6
The Reddies were on the offensive from the get-go, piling on four runs in their first at-bat to go ahead 4-0. Monica Monreal, Ashlyn Taylor, and Kailey Reese built the HSU advantage with a single, double and the record-breaking triple, respectively, to see the 4-0 advantage.
 
Mallory Brewer handled it from there as the junior pitcher saw five strikeouts to only one walk through six innings, including only allowing Tech one hit. With the game moving into the top of the seventh, HSU still held the 4-0 lead.
 
After Tech's seventh-inning lead-off hitter took first after getting hit by a pitch, Tech's Makenzie Goins singled through the left side to occupy first and second with Tech base runners. From there, errors gave the Golden Suns life. After a throwing error and back-to-back fielding errors from the HSU defense, the Reddies saw its lead evaporate before their very eyes as ATU took the advantage, 6-4.
 
Now having to play catch-up, HSU responded accordingly with four of its game-total nine hits in the bottom of the seventh, as RBIs from Abbie Moore and Jordan tied the game at 6-6, moving play to extra innings.
 
Despite an opportunity to win it in the eighth frame after Tech failed to score in the first at-bat of the extra time, the game remained tied into the ninth inning. From there, the momentum the Golden Suns had garnered from their seventh at-bat was too much for HSU to overcome, as ATU wound up putting together three runs in the ninth and eventually seeing victory, 9-6.
 
GAME TWO: Arkansas Tech 10, Henderson State 0
With game four not counting as a conference duel, Henderson State ran out of gas in the final contest with the Golden Suns taking a 10-0 run-rule victory. Tech's Shannon Lasey threw a no-hitter in the effort.